Tasmanian Times
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1.0KHow Groningen invented a cycling template for cities all over the world
In Groningen, an estimated 61% of all trips are made by bicycle. Photograph: Alamy Motorists woke up one mid-70s morning to find...
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Lapoinya Letter of Learning
The Minister for the Environment Greg Hunt MHR has had a few problems in his short term in office. ETS v Carbon...
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Xenophobia is killing our Planet
Dying … humankind’s impact is everywhere … even in the ring-barked environment of suburbia … Xenophobia (both human and ecological) is raging...
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The Protest at Vedanta …
Sixty people drummed and chanted at today’s protest in London, calling ‘Corporate Criminal, Shame on you!’ at executives entering the AGM and...
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Racist booing of Adam Goodes: this is Abbott’s Australia
Just ask when did this sustained booing against Sydney’s Adam Goodes begin? It was after his spear dance celebration during the AFL...
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Exclusive: Amnesty International UK’s stitch-up job?
Julie Bindel obtains a summary of an Amnesty International UK meeting held in 2013, revealing the intention to support the decriminalisation of...
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Silence Of The Churches
A simple question: who is heeding the calls to save Tasmania’s riches of built heritage? In particular, who will rescue our old...
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Bridgewater Bridge …
I endorse the sentiments of Lance Wiggins (RACT News 9/09/2014) that the Derwent River be accessible to all forms of boating and...
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STATE: The case for a tunnel under Davey Street, Hobart
Bob Cotgrove, in his excellent summary of road transport issues facing Hobart (The Mercury 11 Jul 2015,) challenges our political leaders to...
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Hands in the Dirt for Space Food
Image from here ~ http://www.vice.com/read/astronauts-gourmet-food-in-space-alain-ducasse-876 Astronauts must eat and the better the food, the better their health. Could Tasmania make a contribution...
