Tasmanian Times
Economy
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868The 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:...
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E-bikes to cut greenhouse emissions and beat traffic snarls
HCC Greens alderman Bill Harvey is calling on council to invest in a small fleet of electric bikes for council use. At...
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8 hour blockade of Ta Ann logging ship. Two nights in remand. Released
“Six conservationists were arrested today at Hobart wharf, after halting loading of logging ship bound for Malaysia for 8 hours. The ship...
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Our planning system did strangle the canal estate at Ralphs Bay
Professor West is reported as having said at a forum at the University of Tasmania on the 27th of April 2011 that...
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19 Studies Link GMO Foods to Organ Disruption
GMO Soy BeansA new paper demonstrates that consuming genetically modified (GM) food leads to significant organ disruptions in rats and mice. Researchers...
