Tasmanian Times
Economy
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887Top Reads!
Confirming suspicions about the aftermath of BP oil spill? http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/features/2010/12/20101230105158700342.html ********************* Chemical cocktail anyone . . . ? http://news.discovery.com/earth/a-love-hate-relationship-with-chlorine.html ********************* The price...
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The state of democracy
In a recent article1, Sue Neales weighs the performance of the Tasmanian Government in the balance, using the metric of Abraham Lincoln’s...
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Gunns: The Rainforest Alliance valuations …
Dear Stakeholders, The Rainforest Alliance conducted two separate and distinct evaluations of Gunns Limited in July 2010 using Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)...
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Communities and tree monocultures
These are FSC certified monoculture plantations and the issues, including those of workforce occupational health and safety, are very similar to those...
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State tax review set up to investigate problems identified in latest IPA report
The Tasmanian Greens today responded to the latest report from the Institute of Public Affairs (IPA), which has found that state-based taxes,...
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Report from 2050: Too Many Mouths to Feed
JANUARY 3, 2050 (New York) — Over forty years ago, in a 2009 interview with 13.7 Billion Years, executive director of the...
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To Bee Or Not To Be?
Bees – upon which the entire human food chain rests – are suffering a sharp decline. As The Guardian: Bees in freefall...
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The Tasmanian Fox who had no balls
In 2006 Minister for Foxes, David Llewellyn called me into his Ministerial suite in the Franklin Square Buildings. He wanted me to...
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South Esk headwaters clearfalls: The devastating consequences
The photos are from Coupe RS142E, upstream from the Tombstone Creek Forest Reserve in the northeast highlands, headwaters of the water supply...
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Tassie bid to import foxes
TASMANIA’S fox eradication taskforce came up with a bizarre plan to import live foxes into Tasmania last year. Correspondence obtained under right...
