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Gunns: Up the Tamar without a paddle

I suggest that Gunns are up the Tamar without a paddle and I paint this possible scenario. The ANZ will not lend...

Forestry MIS teat milks 77 per cent; Farmers 7 per cent

HARDWOOD forestry managed investment schemes received tax-based subsidies of between $900 million and $1.2 billion in the five years to 2008, according...

Shabby treatment

Welcome to shabby Hobart (don’t take my word for it, just read recent letters to the Mercury), and with it the decline...

The Wonderful Power of Humanity

What makes humankind different from all other animals is that we have an alleged conscience and have learned to develop a moralilty...

Bugger history, the environment and aesthetics

Huon Valley’s seven male councillors on Wednesday evening displayed their contempt for the concept of “consultation and communication” with the people they...

Teachers to strike

Worst cancer death rate in the Commonwealth

Tasmania has just recorded the worst cancer incidence and the worst cancer death rate in the Australian Commonwealth. [Sunday Tasmanian newspaper, 7...

Economic Assessment of the Gunns Pulp Mill 2004-2008

School of Economics and Finance Discussion Paper 2010-01 Abstract This paper outlines the process for evaluating the economic effects of Gunns proposed...