Tasmanian Times
Economy
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966Brown condemns Japan’s blood money
The reported decision of Japan to spend $27 million of public money on killing whales in Antarctica this summer must rate as...
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Slash and burn in Tasmanian Polytechnic?
Hag has been told there are going to be big cuts in Tasmanian Polytechnic (and possibly mergers). It will affect all departments...
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Call for Moratorium on New Mines in Tasmania. ‘Shree’s deception makes them unfit’
TPEHN has today (Thurs) called on the Tasmanian Government to implement a Moratorium on all new mine exploration licences and new mine...
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Standoff as MLCs demand Gunns $34m compo advice
The Tasmanian Government is on a collision course with the Legislative Council after snubbing its ruling to release legal advice about a...
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George Town, The Mayor, Gunns … and memories of Robin Gray
This reminds me of the time then Premier Robin Gray spruiked the Wesley Vale pulp mill on North Broken Hill letterhead …...
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Classical George W. Bush technique. Is this really the best we can do?
Forestry Tasmania forest ecologist, Dr Simon Grove, has attempted to place those of us who object to broadacre clearfelling and burning of...
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Residents shocked at error-filled invoices
BEN Lomond Water has confirmed that some of its customers received “extraordinary and obviously incorrect” water bills. It comes after a $3.5...
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Pulp mill permit non-action equates to interference by default
The Tasmanian Greens today said that the statement by the Director of the EPA that his pulp mill project determination has “no...
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Brown tackles Ta Ann
After a zero-coverage press conference by Ta Ann critic, British journalist Clare Rewcastle, in Hobart this week, today’s Mercury has a lead...
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Adopt financial transaction tax as a global initiative: Brown
The Australian Greens will take the European Commission’s proposal for a financial transaction tax to next week’s tax forum. “In an era...
