Tasmanian Times
Economy
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958TOTE’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...
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UK Olympic scandal with endangered Tassie timber
• The Independent, UK: So much for the ‘truly Green Games’: Olympic athletes to train on timber from ‘endangered’ forests Wood from...
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Afghan soldier shoots 3 diggers
Three Australian soldiers are in hospital this morning after being shot by a rogue Afghan soldier, just 10 days after three diggers...
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Our new climate laws will not endanger economic growth. Tasmania’s Temco smokestacks
THE Hollywood blockbuster 2012 is based on the premise that the end of that year was destined to be the end of...
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Fairly linking Bass Strait is critical for Tasmania
The Hon. Julia Gillard MP Prime Minister of Australia Parliament House Canberra 7th November 2011 Dear Prime Minister, Fairly linking Bass Strait...
