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1.1KEffectiveness and efficiency – is that what local government is really about?
The Minister for Local Government, Peter Gutwein, and the Property Council’s Brian Wightman, are leading the charge for a more effective, efficient...
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A “lesson for the ages” from two Dead White Mediterranean Blokes
A prof named Greg from a place called the Gong advises Aussie Tony & Bill and Tassie’s Will & Bryan to read...
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Prince Cnut Defies the Waves of Reality
“Canute rebukes his courtiers” by Alphonse-Marie-Adolphe de Neuville ~ 1835 – 1885. The Abbott Liberal Government became lambasted as climate change dinosaurs...
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Mother Mountain: The Symphony of Birdsong (42)
The “Respect the Mountain” forum ( here, here, and here ) at the Hobart Town Hall earlier this year prompted Don Knowler...
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New resource on health threats posed by endocrine-disrupting chemicals
As governments, industry and public interest groups from across the globe prepare to meet next week to discuss endocrine-disrupting chemicals and other...
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Tarkine: International call to protect nation’s heritage
Part of the 1969 excavation of the Mt Cameron West site (near Marrawah) with the “sculptured” rock (right). Note the bare slab...
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Undermining The Tarkine
Take a look at the map above, which is essentially a chart of the southern Tarkine. This entire region is dotted with...
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A breach of competition policy? FLAG …
The Forestry Tasmania scrutiny hearing left no doubt that its survival depends on selling more native forest woodchips at higher prices. Filling...
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STATE: Royal Hobart Hospital Decision
The Liberal Government has accepted and will implement the recommendations of the Royal Hobart Hospital Redevelopment Rescue Taskforce for the project to...
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STATE: Education; Will’s Music Report. The RHH
Over the past few weeks, parents like me have been asking the Government to listen to them about their concerns for their...
