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844Tasmania scraps fox baiting program
After years of controversy, the Tasmanian Government is winding back its fox eradication program after finding no evidence of the pests for...
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A health issue, not a criminal one. MLCs delay bill
Who you gonna trust? Mythbusters! Tasmania’s eighty-nine year old Criminal Code Act currently contains sanctions of up to 21 years’ jail for...
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Special Timbers: The Broken Business Model
The iconic Tasmanian special timbers industry is destined to follow Ford Australia into commercial oblivion. In fact the current special timbers business...
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Understanding Budgets: A Better Way
The previous posting Stop telling lies Barry ( here ) tried to highlight the lack of understanding of budgetary issues confronting Tasmania,...
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DHHS surveillance on poisoned Rosebery patients must stop
The Toxic Heavy Metals Taskforce Tasmania has recently received a confidential document sent to GPs who have been treating several patients who...
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Plantations and Forest Stewardship Council Audits
Plantations and Forest Stewardship Council Audits Friends of the Earth (FoE) has been concerned about the questionable practices of logging operations for...
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Nine dead, 60 missing in another asylum tragedy
Authorities are searching for survivors after nine people drowned when a boat believed to be carrying 70 asylum seekers sunk off Christmas...
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A glorious lawyer-driven revolution
This is the ninth extract from Our Corrupt Legal System: Why Everyone Is A Victim (Except Rich Criminals) by legal historian Evan...
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To Save Our Planet ? … People Power !
In Burlington, Vermont, on Saturday, April 27, 2013, the “Owning the New Economy Summit” had just ended. There was an enormous amount...
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Liberals question land deal ‘kickbacks’ for ex-Premier
Tasmania’s Human Services Minister has been asked whether former Labor Premier Paul Lennon received “kickbacks” under a scheme to help low income...
