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861Ancient Tassie had nothing to do with ‘The Mainland’ …
*Pic: Fossil Bluff, North-West Tasmania … We always thought Tasmania was different, and now geology can explain why. New discoveries from Tasmania’s...
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Basslink’s wrong cut … ?
Basslink has revealed it cut the fibre-optic and interconnector cable in the wrong place on March 11, and won’t be able to...
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What can you expect from a Hydro Board with five business/finance backgrounds …
*Pic: This incredibly stark photo illustrates Hydro’s problem … Taken March 5 by Isla MacGregor of Lake Burbury. Part of the flooded...
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Nero fiddled. Basslink fried …
*Pic: The Basslink route from the Basslink website, http://www.basslink.com.au/basslink-interconnector/maps/ Nero fiddled while Rome burned. In Tasmania Parliament has fiddled while Basslink has...
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The Basslink of the Tasmanian planning world has just been released
Draft State Planning Provisions The Minister for Planning and Local Government, Peter Gutwein, has approved the draft State Planning Provisions (SPPs) for...
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NATION: Turnbull creates storm in double d cup in a week of dithering and indecision
Double D is all the buzz in Canberra this week as Malcolm Turnbull shrewdly deflected a bit of media attention away from...
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Anti-Protest Laws to be Challenged in High Court
*Pic: The moment Bob Brown was arrested … MONDAY March 14 … • Stewart Hoyt, convenor for Forests of Lapoinya Action Group...
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The Unnoticed Death of Our last Fuzzy Wuzzy Angel
A simple message in a Tasmania Newspaper ( TT HERE ) announced a death all Australians should be aware of. Faole Bokai,...
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Forestry Managed Investment Schemes: $4 billion more reasons for a Royal Commission
The Senate Economics Committee has today released its report into the collapse of forestry MIS in Australia, detailing the rise and fall...
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UTAS Inveresk campus plans unveiled
*Pic: Artist’s impression of the proposed UTAS campus at Inveresk, viewed from Aurora Stadium. The University of Tasmania says relocating its Launceston...
