Tasmanian Times
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Swift Parrots return … to logging
Wild Wielangta “Much of the Swift Parrot’s favoured nesting habitat is on land managed by Forestry Tasmania that is targeted for logging...
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Save Wielangta Forest
Fiona Scott Save Wielangta, Premier Bartlett and Prime Minister Rudd. You have been elected to support the people and you have the...
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Write to Kevin Rudd – Forestry Tasmania Replies
Bob Manton I recently sent a letter to Prime minister Rudd expressing my opinion on the effects of Forestry burn offs in...
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Study confirms pesticides persist in groundwater
Alison Bleaney The climate changes that are happening and previous and current land practices (with the use of pesticides and fertilisers) makes...
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Careful, Mr Bartlett
Frank Nicklason We must not fall into the trap of allowing big, polluting industries such as coal mining to carbon offset by...
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Dear Peter Garrett
Dave Groves On the 27th April 2008 I emailed Peter Garrett regarding the degradation of our air quality from forestry activity. Three...
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Submissions Invited – Draft State Policy on the Protection of Agricultural Land
The Premier and Minister for Planning, the Hon David Bartlett MP, has directed the Resource Planning and Development Commission (the Commission) to...
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The dilemma facing our politicians
David Leigh Tasmania’s State Premier has suggested that Forestry Tasmania is best placed to determine whether plantation trees are better than nature’s...
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New era for Forestry Tasmania
ABC Online Forestry Tasmania is selling its new Sustainability Charter as a new era in public accountability, but the Greens are concerned...
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Job cuts feared as Gunns loses Fed funding
ABC Online It is feared there could be more job losses in Tasmania’s north-east after the Federal Government’s decision to cancel a...
