Tasmanian Times
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850Mine’s impact on Tasmanian devil. Why is Shree Minerals a Protected Species?
Departmental advice tendered in evidence during Save the Tarkine’s successful Federal Court challenge to the Commonwealth approval of Shree Minerals’ Nelson Bay...
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Right To Information denied on Savage River mine tailings dam spill
On 31st May this year the Tasmanian Public and Environmental Health Network submitted a Right To Information (RTI) application to the Department...
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The false dichotomy of clearfell or reserve must be abandoned. Vica Bayley on free speech.
German forest scientist, Professor Andreas Rothe, has injected some much needed rationality and clarity of vision into discussions regarding the future of...
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Jesus weeps, Bishop tells Rudd
The head of the Anglican Church in Tasmania has told the Prime Minister “Jesus weeps” over his PNG asylum seeker plans. The...
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Councillors behaving badly
Huon Valley Guessing Games Rohan Gudden, one would hope, learned a lesson in manners, respect and proper procedure at last Wednesday’s (July...
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So you can basically lie …
This is the15th extract from Our Corrupt Legal System. The author, Evan Whitton, is a legal historian, a trade almost as rare...
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FSC Changes Chemicals Criteria Again … Incorrect, says FSC Australia
A so-called expert independent panel for FSC International has again changed the criteria for determining which pesticides should go on the FSC...
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A wine bar in the Huon region, opened last month …
Part of the $1 million of taxpayers’ money allocated to set up three Sirolli Institutes in regions hit hard by the forestry...
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We are concerned that Telstra has breached the Privacy Act
Mr Tim Pilgrim Australian Information Commissioner GPO Box 5218 Sydney NSW 2001 16 July 2013 Dear Mr Pilgrim, We are making a...
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Helen Thomas: Feisty journalist broke glass ceiling
Helen Thomas was the tenacious and feisty dean of the White House press corps who covered 10 presidents and was a trailblazer...
