Tasmanian Times
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797Organic non-GM food production is the way to go
If Tasmania wants to keep any niche food markets, then organic non-GM food production is the way to go. This food will...
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Greens to help tourism industry break dirty Coca-Cola habit
Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, Australian Greens spokesperson for both tourism and recycling, returned from this week’s 2013 Tasmanian Tourism Conference on “sustainable tourism”...
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Leading barrister asks A-G Wightman to hold Inquiry into ‘unsafe’ conviction
A letter from Robert Richter QC, one of Australia’s leading silks, has been provided to the Tasmanian Attorney-General, the Hon. Brian Wightman,...
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Doctors warn of CSG health risks
Tasmanian doctors have warned of potential health risks to Tasmanians that could arise from the advent of shale and coal seam gas...
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Luxuriating in a lock-it-up mentality
With the much-vaunted Jobs Forum behind us and with it some sensible suggestions for the state government to digest (like supporting local...
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Mansell warns against any threats to Aboriginal delegates campaigning against mining on West Coast
Aborigines will descend in large numbers on the Nelson River mine site to protect any Aboriginal delegates from threats to their safety,...
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Shrieking like a pack of seagulls …
In the course of research on hazardous waste management in Tasmania I have encountered many comments by Mercury columnist Greg Barns. Some...
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Ex-Gunns boss John Gay fears prison will harm health
The insider trading sentencing hearing for the former head of Gunns has been told a prison sentence would severely affect his health....
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Misleading and defamatory Labor Party election material. PM refuses to intervene
I have today written to the Prime Minister regarding misleading and defamatory election material released by the Labor Party in Denison. Printed...
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Tasmanian Forests Disagreement Act 2013
Two Views of a Fork in the Road Tim Thorne’s reflection “La Cave d’Aristide”, was originally published in “The Best Australian Poems...
