Tasmanian Times
Economy
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823Great Things Happening in the State’s North
Exciting times in Launceston with serious undertakings underway, it can be reported that movement on the flood levies is advancing and has...
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Gillard poised for major forests statement …
A NEW-FOUND pragmatism forced by economic downturn, public pressure and high-stakes politics has entered the previously hardcore centre of Tasmania’s forest industry....
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‘Crew must not be locked on board of fumigation ship’
The Tasmanian Greens today demanded that the Labor government intervene and ensure that the crew of the whole log transport ship, ID...
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Tas ‘green tick’ a forestry first
The owner of Australia’s first internationally-endorsed native timber property says he has balanced conservation and timber production. Peter Downie’s property in Tasmania’s...
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Farms snub fox bait layers
LAND owners are fighting plans to lay 1080 fox baits on land in one of Tasmania’s last healthy Tasmanian devil strongholds. The...
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Whole log exports to cease … but no-one seemed to have told Forestry Tasmania
The Tasmanian Greens today congratulated the people of Tasmania, and especially the people of George Town and Burnie, after Forestry Minister Bryan...
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Still looking for finance
The latest on the Penola mill … still looking for finance It seems pulp mills are just as unpopular in South Australia...
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As fumigation starts, ‘Labor and Forestry Tasmania must explain whole log exports’
The Tasmanian Greens today continued to press the Labor Government to explain why whole pine logs are being exported to China, and...
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Save 10 Murray win
AN ambitious plan to sell off the city block behind Hobart’s Parliament House for a major development is in chaos. A shock...
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Public Meetings for FSC Pre-assessment of Gunns Limited
The SmartWood Program of the Rainforest Alliance is conducting a pre-assessment of Gunns Limited forest management in Tasmania, South Australia and Western...
