Tasmanian Times
Economy
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Pulp mill start aim next month!!!
Invite all your Face Book friends to join this group, then when the word goes out for action, it will reach as...
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1.1KGiddings wields PS axe
The Tasmanian Government has announced major cuts to jobs in the public sector to cover a massive drop in state revenue. The...
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Gunns to quit without green pact. Finnish giant may back mill
TIMBER giant Gunns will sell all of its Tasmanian native forest operations if there is no forest “peace deal” agreed between the...
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Tim Morris: Is it time for a Select Committee?
What an interesting thread; this is a discussion that really does seem to be getting to the problems that the government faces....
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Budget cuts: The Saul Eslake view
Background: The Tasmanian Government will release its mid-year review (MYR) of the State’s economic and fiscal position – later than any other...
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New dairy inquiry must deliver
The Australian Greens today welcomed the referral of the current milk discounting controversy to the Senate Economics Committee, following a motion by...
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Even Hydro and Transend are buying power interstate
When Hydro and Transend are buying cheaper power interstate, it makes no sense for the Labor-Green Government to deny all Tasmanians the...
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As dozens of Tasmanian RBF jobs go … meet RBF’s new best friend …
BACKGROUND THE Retirement Benefits Fund, which manages superannuation for more than 75,000 state public servants, will axe nearly half its staff and...
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Section 11 Again, and Again … FSC report. March Mill start?: L’Estrange
The suggestion that section 11 if the PMAA does not deliberately remove citizens’ appeal rights if they are damaged or destroyed by...
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The Forests … The Forests …
March15 is D-Day for Tasmania’s high conservation old-growth forests. Tasmanians who love forests have been fighting to protect them for decades. On...
