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1.2KJapanese whalers issue plan for harpoon boats to return to Southern Ocean this summer
Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, Greens spokesperson for Whaling and Fisheries, responds to Japan lodging plans to send their whaling fleet to the Southern...
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Asylum seeker lifeboats stripped of their safety equipment
Lives put at risk as ropes, knives and other emergency tools removed and fuel tanks sealed, says customs officer The orange lifeboats...
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‘BandAids’ for HVC’s Cygnet medical centre
Huon Valley Guessing Games Cygnet’s federally funded, Huon Valley Council-run medical centre is failing, says a retired neurosurgeon, David Cull — and...
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Mother Mountain: The Symphony of Birdsong (9)
The “Respect the Mountain” forum ( here, here, and here ) at the Hobart Town Hall earlier this year prompted Don Knowler...
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Doctors raise the alarm on climate change and pull the pin on fossil fuel investments
L-R (student) Alice Minchin, (Dr) Nick Towle, (Dr) Rohan Church, (student) Alice McGushin Dr Rohan Church (Centre), with comedian Dave O’Neil, medical...
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Christine Milne: Government’s World Heritage lies exposed in Senate hearing
*Pic Number 37 from Richard Colbeck’s World Heritage Mockery series, here The Abbott government’s argument that large areas of Tasmania’s World Heritage...
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Coalition hit by poor Newspoll result
SUPPORT for the coalition has dived to its lowest level in almost four years, a poll suggests. A Newspoll conducted for The...
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Christine Milne: Tarkine mining jobs lies must be exposed
The mining company that was supposed to bring a jobs boom to northwest Tasmania is coming unstuck, prompting the Australian Greens to...
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The great Tasmanian fox hunt … the Background Briefing report
Image: Seen any foxes? As published in the Hobart Mercury. ( Kudelka with permission. www.kudelka.com.au ) An independent scientific review says it’s...
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The Verdict: MLC for Huon and Rosevears
Welcome to my coverage of the 2014 Legislative Council election counts. There will be live comments tonight through the count. There will...
