Tasmanian Times
Economy
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752The rise and rise of greener party politics
As Australian politicians prepare for a federal election and the challenging task of framing a policy around the topic they dare not...
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Keen’s debt march: FIRE sale
The fifth daily dispatch from BusinessSpectator correspondent Rob Burgess who is accompanying economist Steve Keen on his walk to Mount Kosciusko. Extract...
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The crying need for change
Remember when Paul Lennon, as our then Premier, made a widely reported round-400km dash to Launceston to see John Gay about one...
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Rudd’s tax Trojan Horse
The Premiers and the Prime Minister are pretending to talk about health reform for the cameras this week, but they are actually...
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Pulp and paper crisis as FEA workers sacked. Milne: opportunity missed
A report has found the Australian pulp and paper industry is in crisis with employment, investment and exports all falling. The $12...
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Burning debate fires up
1. Iceland volcanos doing volcano like things: http://patrickmylund.com/blog/pictures-of-eyjafjallajokull Learning from Nature – Tassie style – Global Impact : 2. At the same...
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Forestry challenges Ombudsman’s order to disclose Going Bush costs
Forestry Tasmania have launched a Supreme Court action aimed at overturning a decision by the Tasmanian Ombudsman, Simon Allston, requiring public disclosure...
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Public lecture: Predicting water flows from tsunamis and dam bursts
For those interested in THIS this and similar issues (tsunami and dam-burst flooding effects), there is a public lecture tomorrow night in...
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Burning Tasmania: Forestry halt. The facts.
The Tasmanian Greens today again called on Forestry Tasmania to acknowledge the respiratory damage being caused by so-called regeneration burns which have...
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A microcosm of what is happening throughout Tasmania
83.I have skimmed through this thread and, as is often the case, I am saddened by the to-and-fro arguments degenerating in to...
