Tasmanian Times
Knowledge
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Devil Disease: Too little, too late?
IN THE early 1990s DPIWE received anecdotal reports of declines in devils from NE corner of Tasmania (one of the highest density...
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The industrial museum at Long Reach
MY MESSAGE is a simple one, in two parts. Firstly, it is about cause and effect in the forestry and wood industry...
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Foxes: The questions remain
IT WAS the government itself that declared its response to foxes in Tasmania would be based on ‘hard physical evidence’. Using the...
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Ralphs Bay: The split in Cabinet
IN A a small victory of sorts for Ralphs Bay, the Lennon Cabinet has been split over the Walker Corporation’s request for...
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Ralphs Bay: Voter backlash awaits
In the likely event the Lennon Cabinet meets today to decide whether to endorse or reject Tasmania’s first canal housing plan, its...
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Forestry’s jobs-offshore strategy
THOUSANDS of tonnes of eucalypt logs piled on Hobart’s wharf for export represent wasted job growth opportunities for the timber industry. There...
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Crisis? Rehash the past
Using a smear campaign against conservationists is a transparent attempt to pass the buck. We are witnessing the usual industry and government...
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Your Say: Highly offensive
Dear Senator Macdonald, I found your media release referring to people who are genuinely concerned about the consequencess of industrial clearfell conversion...
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Chips too dear: Price blamed for slump
TASMANIAN woodchips are becoming too expensive for the Japanese paper industry to buy, Australia’s leading forest products economist has warned. Robert Eastment,...
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Your Say
Increasingly research is showing us that previously documented (albeit the research to produce the documentation was “limited”) safe pesticides are anything but...
