Tasmanian Times
Economy
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843$18 million lost on pokies in October
The Tasmanian Greens said pokies losses increased to nearly $18-million during October, the same month that the Labor and Liberal parties sided...
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A deficit of leadership
This week’s decision by the Gillard government to ditch laws that discriminate between asylum-seekers coming to Australia by sea and those who...
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Assessing the risk of devil poisoning
Download: Hughes_et_al_2011_Assessing_risk_of_poisoning_of_devils.pdf This well referenced paper in a very reputable, peer-reviewed journal focuses on palatability of a particular bait type (Foxoff) to...
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Seven Mile Peninsula: Is this a repeat of Ralphs Bay? Beaconsfield loses its lustre
Matthew Goggin The Tasmanian Conservation Trust today accused the state government of scraping the 2009 draft management plan for the Seven Mile...
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Nowhere to go …
YOUNG TASMANIANS MORE WORRIED ABOUT STRESS AND SCHOOL THAN EVER BEFORE: NATIONAL YOUTH SURVEY Young Tasmanians are more worried about school, study...
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Protecting forests can gain carbon funds and diversify Tasmania’s Economy
Wed, Nov 23, Catamaran.Image HERE Environment Tasmania, the state’s peak environment body, welcomed the Government hosted forest carbon forum today on the...
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Dazed, confused and without a clue …
Dear Editor, I thought the cartoon by Daze on the 14th November (Story, and Cartoon, HERE) revealed an uncanny understanding of Tasmania’s...
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Beggaring belief
The Tasmanian Greens today said that Forestry Tasmania should be scrapped, following the Auditor General’s revelations that the government business enterprise has...
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Surplus: There is a better way
Greens’ more responsible option “The Gillard Government’s plan to balance the books by imposing a higher ‘efficiency dividend’, a tired euphemism for...
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Bishop, Wilkie debate gambling
The next Friday Forum at the cathedral will be on the issue of problem gambling. The details are below and you can...
