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2.0KTasmanian prehistoric fossil confirms tusked mammal ancestor
(Monday) researchers from the University of Tasmania, Queensland Museum and La Trobe University announced Australia’s second dicynodont had been described, using a...
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Has the forestry industry really moved on?
Chudleigh-coupe-drain. Has the industry really moved on? The emails below were part of an FOI application that was requested when a very...
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Dam approval angers Aborigines
Michael Mansell, ABC pic The Tasmanian Government has approved the construction of a dam in the Coal River Valley, despite aboriginal relics...
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Heralding an End to Indonesia’s War of Occupation
One day an Australian Prime Minister may find the courage and resolve to fly to Washington and address the Congress and the...
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The high cost of power (2)
Comment 6: At best, retail competition might save a few % on household power bills. What it amounts to in practice is...
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Out with the lot of them
OK folks, let”s get this show on the road with some irrefutable facts. On 15/11/2001, Paul Lennon replied to my letter requesting...
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Toxic group’s call for reforms on regulation of contaminated sites
Sludge bubbling to the surface in Rosebery The Tasmanian Public and Environmental Health Network (TPEHN) today released their position paper on reforms...
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The Genocide on our doorstep. Do we care?
Massive Indonesian offensive displaces thousands in Paniai as helicopters attack and raze villages Wednesday December 14, 2011 SPECIAL REPORT By Nick Chesterfield...
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How Lennon, Rolley and Gordon flogged the softwood resource
I can still recall the bewielded looks on the faces of the Technical Foresters and our Field Supervisors when we had just...
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Rape Used as Military Weapon
BANGKOK, Dec 10, 2011 (IPS) – The Burmese army has been following a policy of systematically raping women and girls to subjugate...
