Tasmanian Times
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The witches’ cauldron
JOHN Howard has charged into the eduction debate but may find himself in the witches’ cauldron. The PM told ABC Radio in...
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Keeping the lid on
CYNICISM is a trait in journalism cultivated over a career. I started mine with much naivety believing that nobody elected to represent...
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Heidi’s second triumph
More good news for Tasmanian filmmaker Heidi Douglas this week as she found out her film about Tasmania’s forests has been nominated...
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A North-East tragedy
MY roots are in the North East, where as a lad I trapped hawks and even a pair of wedge-tailed eagles for...
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958What we want to save
Why we want to save it: History of the North East Highlands National Park and 7-day bushwalking track 1996 – 2006 DURING...
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Noisier worlds
THE arrival, in March 2006, of boat people / refugees / asylum seekers — nomenclature depending on one’s (geo)political outlook — does...
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Leatherwood crisis eases
THE Forests & Forest Industry Council has announced that Forestry Tasmania is to defer 2 coupes in the Huon district and 16...
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The world is watching
THE dressed-up sustainability certification that is the Australian Forestry Standard (AFS) seems to be coming unstitched for the main players in the...
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John Howard’s promise
Media Release 10 April, 2006 Future economic opportunities for Australia from the sale of it forest products overseas are threatened unless the...
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Harry Seidler: something better
THE life of Austrian-born, Jewish Australian architect Harry Seidler, who recently died aged 82, was publicly commemorated this week. The service featured...
