Tasmanian Times
Economy
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613Tasmania’s ‘Climate Inaction Plan’ blasted
Community group Climate Action Hobart today lambasted the Tasmanian Government’s ‘Climate Action Plan’ that was released last week as a ‘disgrace and...
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Gillard hails health reforms … as Wilkie lashes private hospitals
• Prime Minister Julia Gillard, ABC Online: Prime Minister Julia Gillard has launched the Government’s hospital funding agreement with the states and...
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Lara opens John Holland’s new Tasmanian office. Are they after pulp mill action?
Premier Lara Giddings recently opened major construction company John Holland’s new office in Hobart. The question is: Are they seeking a part...
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Food Bowl vision blurs. TFGA workshops
THE future of the key plank in the Tasmanian Government’s $220 million Food Bowl vision rests on the sale of water to...
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Campbell spent big in run-up to last election
FORMER Bass Labor MHR Jodie Campbell spent more than $26,000 of taxpayers’ money on printing and mailouts in the two months before...
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We will never stop fighting. The Backlash against the Backlash
‘Red-haired’ animal advocates across the country gathered once again today (July 30) to urge the Gillard government to put an end, once...
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Four-term Tassie … as TAFE enrolments tipped to drop
Tasmania’s public school system will switch to a four-term school year from 2013. The Education Minister Nick McKim says he has accepted...
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Questions, but no Answers, in Hobart
I wasn’t invited, so I watched online, and I had to wait until it was almost over to see the best bit...
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No common ground on the forests agreement. Whole log exports lashed
• Peter McGlone, Director Tasmanian Conservation Trust CONSERVATION GROUPS MUST REJECT THE FORESTS AGREEMENT ANTI-PROTEST CLAUSE The Tasmanian Conservation Trust today stated...
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Agricultural land: The future hot property
Australia’s sweeping plains are being overrun by rural raiders from overseas. Leonie Lamont and Paddy Manning explain how the humble back block...
