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1.2KEconomyRio Tinto Alcan’s new lobbyist … Jody Fassina
As Rio Tinto Alcan’s efforts to wrangle a new long-term power contract from Hydro Tasmania gather momentum, the company has hired a...
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1.2KEconomy
As power prices spike, Rio Tinto Alcan launches a charm offensive
With power prices for domestic consumers set to climb steeply over the next 18 months, Rio Tinto Alcan, has launched a charm...
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822Politics
Who’s polling for local government amalgamation?
Brace yourselves for a news headline citing an opinion poll claiming that an overwhelming majority of Tasmanians support council amalgamations. While the...
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1.1KPolitics
Llewellyn’s back … as a lobbyist
After over two decades as a member of Parliament, David Llewellyn is embarking on a new career as a lobbyist. On August...
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843Politics
Tasmania’s Right to Information reforms found wanting
Tasmania’s new Right to Know legislation and how it is being implemented is disappointing, according to Sydney lawyer and Freedom of Information...
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1.5KEconomy
Lennon: Peace push ‘breakthrough’; mill will be built in Tamar Valley. Biomass row.
… Five months of preliminary talks between environmentalists and the forestry industry to end 30 years of conflict in Tasmania’s native forests...
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1.3KPolitics
What does it cost to polish a premier?
Despite repeated requests the Tasmanian Department of Premier and Cabinet (DPAC) is refusing to reveal how much it paid the Labor Party’s...
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787National
Abetz’s 2010 Senate nomination form
Tasmanian Liberal Senator Eric Abetz is facing a High Court challenge over whether he was eligible to nominate for the 2010 election....
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941Article
Forestry Tasmania wins secrecy bid on the costs of Going Bush
A Supreme Court judge has upheld a Forestry Tasmania appeal against a decision of the Ombudsman requiring the disclosure of the costs...
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1.4KMedia
Miranda Devine and thuggery
Miranda Devine uncritically quotes former Gunns Chairman and CEO John Gay claiming that he resigned from the company, in part, because “I...
