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860How about this TasWater!
TasWater wants to give developers a waiver on headworks fees ( TT here ). Well how about this TasWater! Until people who...
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Tasmania can capitalise on its renewable energy advantages
Decarbonising the economy and land use policy key to climate change response The Tasmanian Climate Action Council (the Council) has welcomed the...
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The Schilthorn cable car …
This is a picture of a gondola of the Schilthorn cable car in Switzerland holding 75 standing passengers. It is the 3rd...
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Live export industry leaves Wilkie on the dock
The Independent Member for Denison, Andrew Wilkie, has condemned the live animal export industry which this morning effectively withdrew an invitation for...
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Tough times for the Tasmanian Greens
Last week was tough … the new Premier Hodgman struck hard and relegated the three Green MPs to the status of sole-trader...
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Vested interests are undermining our democracy
Image: Thomas Cole, Course of Empire I am very privileged to be able to reply to the Governor-General’s speech. I am especially...
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Road to Utopia …
Sir Thomas More depicted an imaginary Island – Utopia – as enjoying a perfect social, legal and political system. Most Tasmanians however...
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What would be the effect on farmers if there was contamination of the water table … ?
Image from here One of the last projects agreed by the now departed Giddings government was awarding a licence for unconventional oil...
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Mother Mountain: The Symphony of Birdsong (6)
Image from here: http://foxgully.wordpress.com/tag/environment/page/3/ The “Respect the Mountain” forum ( here, here, and here ) at the Hobart Town Hall last month...
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World’s Number 1 Herbicide Discovered in US Mothers’ Breast Milk
• Pilot study shows build-up of glyphosate herbicide in Mothers’ bodies • Urine testing shows glyphosate levels over 10 times higher than...
