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A parrot’s tale

The endangered Orange-Bellied Parrot may now have a future, with scientists developing a stable sub-population at Birches Inlet from captive birds as...

The suburban forest

How does someone get to be the leader of a political party in a developed western country, where the basics of the...

Little Red Riding Hood

THE arc of a rainbow spread across the Waterworks Valley as I hurried home to beat the rain. I had been walking...

Wedging Lennon

Late last year Tasmanian company Gunns, the world’s largest hardwood woodchip exporter, commenced proceedings in the Victorian Supreme Court against twenty individuals...

Germany … and lawsuits

Woodchips and Law Suit Australian timber company sues conservationists – who fear for their right to speak their mind Urs Walterlin, Hobart...

Engineering Tasmania

It is a deliberate policy designed to facilitate the ‘get-big-or-get-out’-of-the-country stance of the Tasmanian Government. Interesting to note that the massive landholdings...

The Examiner eviscerated …

Feral Cat-astrophe (2)

Dear Minister, I write to you in response to a question asked by Nick McKim, MHA, In Their Own Words, regarding the...

Feral Cat-astrophe (1)

And feral cats continue to pose a serious environmental threat for the island State. With the demise of Tasmanian devil populations across...

South Sister, writs etc

Praise for stay on South Sister logging And, South Sister’s story … Legal gags on critics debated There were weekend articles in...