Tasmanian Times
Economy
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1.0KTreated Water for Swansea
Southern Water Employees Ricky Wright, Kim Williams and Stephen Ninness toast to new clean water at the opening of the Swansea Water...
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Woolworths Must Change The Name Of The Gunns Mitre 10 Hardware Stores
It’s now a year since the 100% Woolworths-owned subsidiary Danks and Son bought the Gunns hardware stores. They also own the Becks...
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A Spanish Island’s Quest to Be the Greenest Place on Earth
At the moment, the project that will transform the future of El Hierro doesn’t look like much more than a hole in...
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Going, going …
Time is running out for Midlands farmers in Tasmania to secure the set price for irrigation water in the Midlands Water Scheme:...
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The miseducation of Julia Gillard
Julia Gillard is trying to shift attention to education and training as the theme of this year’s federal budget. That’s far firmer...
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Forest Coalition Joins for Forest Vigil
Wednesday 4th May, noon-1pm, and each Wednesday till 15 June 2011 Executive Building,15 Murray St, Hobart. A coalition of forest groups have...
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Job export plans abandoned
MERCURY staff are celebrating what they see as a huge victory in blocking plans to export sub-editing jobs offshore. Mercury editor Garry...
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Winners and Losers
Federal Hotels told a Public Accounts Committee in 2003 that its gaming monopoly would assist in underwriting “significant investment strategy in Tasmania”....
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A Night at the Burbury – Shaping Tasmania’s Future
I did not attend this forum – I think there was something more interesting on the telly – but I have watched...
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The dumbing down of democracy
Former finance minister Lindsay Tanner says the media has driven politicians away from serious debate and towards spin and gimmicks. LEIGH SALES:...
