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1.0KMother Mountain: The Symphony of Birdsong (13)
The “Respect the Mountain” forum ( here, here, and here ) at the Hobart Town Hall earlier this year prompted Don Knowler...
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Mining’s multi-billion-dollar black hole
As the boom ends, poor oversight and lax bonds leave governments stuck with an enormous bill for mining’s clean-up. Back in the...
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Remote Wilderness Eco-Lodges for the Stranded
Letter to the Editor, Mercury In reference to your article on eco-lodges (Mercury 29/5/2014) and the Tourism Industry Council wish-list for resorts...
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Poisoned Planet
Transcript Robyn Williams: Well, it’s 52 years since Rachel Carson wrote Silent Spring, warning of the poisons polluting our surroundings, but still...
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AMP Fund drops fossil fuel investments
Another big investor has decided to reduce its exposure to fossil fuels, with AMP Capital announcing that its ‘‘responsible’’ funds would have...
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Tasmanian household income will suffer most from Federal Budget measures
*Pic: Leunig, with permission http://www.leunig.com.au/ Measures contained in the 13 May Federal Budget will hit the finances of Tasmanian households disproportionately, the...
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Hypocrite? Moi? Peppa Pig …
Joe on YouTube, THEN. Joe relaxes with cigar, NOW. Joe Hockey protesting university fee increases as a student, March 26, 1987 Watch...
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Flawed forestry repeal bill huge risk to forests, industry
Rob Blakers’ ( http://www.robblakers.com/ ) pic of Oldgrowth forest, Upper Florentine Valley The Tasmanian Government’s bill to repeal the Tasmanian Forest Agreement...
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Greg Hall and the unspoken Sins of Omission
The Great Western Tiers. The view field is currently World Heritage, but is proposed to be wholly excised from the Tasmanian Wilderness...
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So, where is it?
MH370: Australia rules out main search zone Government announces plane is not in part of Indian Ocean where searchers previously reported ‘pings’...
