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2.4KEnvironmentCable car company to be sold to Canadian investor
The proponent of the Mt Wellington cable car, Adrian Bold, has entered into an agreement to sell a majority of a proposed...
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813Politics
Aurora’s storm vulnerability
A week after strong winds led to blackouts for approximately 70,000 customers across the state, Aurora Energy is left mulling how and...
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858Article
Senate inquiry into move to gut recent World Heritage forests listing
The Australian Senate has agreed to a motion moved by the Australian Greens seeking a Senate inquiry into the decision by the...
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813Article
Aurora, you have a big problem
Strong winds in Southern Tasmania have revealed that Aurora Energy’s emergency response communications system is unable to handle widespread power outages. At...
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1.1KPolitics
Most Tasmanian political donors remain in the shadows.
All up Tasmania’s three largest political parties received just over $2.8 million in 2012/13 according to the latest annual returns released yesterday...
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940Economy
Big Coal’s annus horribilis
2013 was a bad, bad year for Big Coal. If the coal industry’s PR dream is for a stream of exuberant articles...
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1.2KEconomy
Tas government slashes solar feed-in tariff. Milne’s power plan
The Tasmanian government has announced that it will slash the solar electricity feed in tariff for new customers by over two-thirds and...
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David Crean’s subdivision proposal sparks opposition
Nearby: Lady Franklin’s vision David Crean, former Tasmanian Treasurer and currently the Chair of the Board of Directors of Hydro Tasmania, is...
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1.2KDemocracy Tasmania
Political gymnastics down at the Mercury, Libs and Labor HQ’s
A Mercury backflip has prompted the Liberal Party then Labor to ditch their support for increasing the size of the Tasmanian House...
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1.8KEconomy
Bell Bay aluminium smelter announces long-term energy contract
Rio Tinto Alcan Bell Bay aluminium smelter today announced the signing of a long-term, base load electricity supply contract with Hydro Tasmania...
