Tasmanian Times
Economy
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678Local Government called to account on mergers
Tasmania’s Mayors, Alderman and Councillors will be called to account on their views on the need for council reform with a survey...
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Triabunna lease dispute resolved
Conflict over the lease said to be holding up the re-opening of the Triabunna woodchip mill has been resolved. State-owned Tasports has...
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Report Finds Tasmania’s Marine Life Globally Significant
Picture: Geoff Rollins A new report titled “Nowhere Else on Earth: Tasmania’s Marine Natural Values” has for the first time, collated the...
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Government’s Wasteful Health and Safety Record Slammed
Tasmania’s public sector union today (Wed) released figures showing massive blowouts in both injury rates and workers’ compensation insurance premiums for state...
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TOTE’S $5m losing bet
THE State Government invested $5 million in a sports betting company that its liquidator says was insolvent at the time. Now Government-owned...
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Young Designers Rewarded for Hobart Vision
Two young designers have each won $500 for their visionary schemes for the Hobart CBD, showcased as part of the Hidden Hobart...
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Railway, not busway
Railway line into Hobart must remain a railway line Community-based public transport advocacy group, Future Transport Tasmania (FTT), today called on the...
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The best way to push bad policy is to wrap it in a ‘security’ blanket
These days, the surest way to gain acceptance for policy proposals that former Treasury Secretary Ken Henry might have called “frankly, bad”...
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Murdoch buries the lead as reshuffle has Hartigan bowing out at News Ltd
RUPERT Murdoch underplayed a key move of his own in his announcement that John Hartigan would step down as chairman and chief...
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Giant Freshwater Crayfish latest Forestry Tasmania collateral damage …
Experts fear a planned logging operation in Tasmania’s north-west threatens the survival of the Tasmanian giant freshwater lobster. A river system near...
