Tasmanian Times
Economy
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851Is Abbott right to end Marine Protected Areas
Liberal leader Tony Abbott, in a bid to grab the fishing industry vote, has declared Marine Protested Areas will be ended if...
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Julie Bishop in MIS pledge
THE Liberals are bowing to pressure from farmers to scrap forestry managed investment schemes and will review the “unfair” tax advantages. This...
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Gunns’ planned pulp mill on the nose for voters
“Internal polling of the northern Tasmanian 63 telephone district shows a clear majority of the electorate is less likely to vote for...
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Reforestation Projects Capture More Carbon Than Industrial Plantations, New Research Reveals
ScienceDaily (July 30, 2010) — Australian scientists researching environmental restoration projects have found that the reforestation of damaged rainforests is more efficient...
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Toxic groups reject mine/DHSS findings
The Toxic Heavy Metals Taskforce have today condemned MMG Rosebery mine for failing to release any data from their recent environmental sampling...
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Tassie’s film funding flop
DESPITE millions in taxpayer funds being invested in the state’s film-funding body Screen Tasmania, just a small number of projects have gone...
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Tamar group refuses Gunns meeting
Last week Gunns’ PR Francis Duffy contacted Pulp the Mill spokesperson Lucy Landon-Lane wanting to arrange a meeting with the group. Ms...
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Aborigines urge UN to delay convict sites World Heritage move
Aborigines say the UN should not consider World Heritage status for convict sites like Port Arthur, while the indigenous artefacts unearthed at...
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Living Below the Line
Live Below the Line Clothes Swap and Dutch Auction being held this Saturday 31st August at EcoHaven, 71 Murray St, Hobart http://livebelowtheline.com/Laura...
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Forest Defenders halt logging in Tasmania’s Weld Valley
Monday 26 July 2010 Media Release Forest Defenders halt logging in Tasmania’s Weld Valley Fourteen conservationists have today established a protest in...
