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888‘There is reason to celebrate the protection of our Blue Derby forests …’
Members of the community group Blue Derby Wild cautiously welcome announcements that threatened forest areas around the Flickety Sticks, Dam Busters, and...
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STATE: Lies trump truth in the GST carve-up
Anyone listening recently to the Treasurer, Peter Gutwein, is likely to believe Tasmania lost heavily in the latest round of GST allocations....
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Submissions on the January fires – due this Friday
The January fires have altered some of our wilderness landscapes forever. The Senate Standing Committee on Environment is asking for submissions. From...
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Forestry Tasmania is thoroughly unprofessional …
Yes this – Coupe CC104B – is a working forest … but despite all the media hype Forestry Tasmania has not changed...
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STATE: Blue Derby, nature tourism revival that could be lost to logging. ERIC and Libs’ ticket …
Andrew Nikolic The once sleepy town of Derby is awakening off the back of the $3.1 million Blue Derby Mountain Bike trails....
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STATE: TasWater emails show company planned to hit back at scientists
Documents appear to show TasWater had a strategy of avoiding unwelcome independent scientific findings about lead contamination in the water supply in...
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NATION: Live within our means?
*Pic: On the rise … ABC pic of Labor Leader Bill Shorten “This budget will not be about a fistful of dollars,...
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NATION: The Loonies are running the Asylum …
*Pic: ABC of Malcolm Turnbull and Scott Morrison So it’s becoming increasingly clear what actually happened with that leadership change. The Party...
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Why the killing in Iraq will never end …
*Pic: Image from HERE In Iraq, the hatred for the ruling class is too deeply entrenched, writes John Martinkus. On Monday, 29...
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Pro-nuclear environmentalists and the Chernobyl death toll
Tas Uni academic Barry Brook and other self-styled pro-nuclear environmentalists peddle misinformation regarding the death toll from the 1986 nuclear disaster in...
