Tasmanian Times
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851‘Embracing the Climate Challenge’ …
*Pic: Climate Change in ‘action’ … this year’s devastating bushfires in World Heritage Areas. Pic by Rob Blakers, https://www.robblakers.com/ INTRODUCTION The events...
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East Timor is mad as hell, and it’s our fault
*Pic: Jose Belo (left) and Commander David Alex (right) (Photo: John Martinkus) The East Timorese may be poor, but they are not...
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Corruption of Process Hallmark of World Heritage Management under Liberals
The protection of Tasmania’s globally unique wilderness assets is taking a distant second place to the desires of a selected handful of...
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Federal Hotels’ $25M Bluff
*Pic: From ‘Team Mulawa’ here: “Greg Farrell Jr, “Mr. Mulawa”: Greg is by nature very hands-on – activity done translates into learning...
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Entura staff furious as sale deception revealed
Documents obtained this week under Right of Information reveal that the Tasmanian State Government has deceived Entura staff and the Tasmanian public...
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BASSLINK: A Wrap. $400m cost? The Senate Inquiry …
This is in the UTAS archives from December 1932 … Updated with a picture of 2016 Energy Minister Matthew Groom. THE BASSLINK...
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Tasmanians say: ‘Show Us Our Drinking Water Data’
The State Labor Party announced in parliament last week its opposition to TasWater’s proposed website model to publish Tasmania’s drinking water data....
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Super Trawler Senate Inquiry Hears of Diminishing Transparency
Recreational fishers and conservationists called for Senators to respond to the overwhelming public opposition to industrial scale freezer factory trawlers in Australia’s...
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April 17: Bill McKibben’s Hobart Oration. The Rogue Nation …
Tasmania recently experienced a record-breaking drought that has parched much of the state and led to the worst bushfires in memory. This...
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Human rights atrocity in Victorian psychiatric hospitals
*Pic: ECT … (from One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest) This is an Australian story. I was profoundly shocked to hear that...
