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874Super Trawler Senate Inquiry Hears of Diminishing Transparency
Recreational fishers and conservationists called for Senators to respond to the overwhelming public opposition to industrial scale freezer factory trawlers in Australia’s...
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Inbred, fat: Liberal MP attacks political advisers
Inbred, fat, abnormal: that’s the extraordinary connection made by a South Australian Liberal MP in his latest spray at the political class...
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April 17: Bill McKibben’s Hobart Oration. The Rogue Nation …
Tasmania recently experienced a record-breaking drought that has parched much of the state and led to the worst bushfires in memory. This...
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Human rights atrocity in Victorian psychiatric hospitals
*Pic: ECT … (from One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest) This is an Australian story. I was profoundly shocked to hear that...
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‘There is reason to celebrate the protection of our Blue Derby forests …’
Members of the community group Blue Derby Wild cautiously welcome announcements that threatened forest areas around the Flickety Sticks, Dam Busters, and...
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NATION: Why stand up for owner-operators … because we give a truck!
JLN Independent Tasmanian Senator Jacqui Lambie after meeting with Tasmanian owner / drivers regarding the government-made Trucking Crisis has renewed her call...
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STATE: Lies trump truth in the GST carve-up
Anyone listening recently to the Treasurer, Peter Gutwein, is likely to believe Tasmania lost heavily in the latest round of GST allocations....
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The Slaughter of Rhinos is a Crime …
*Pic: Alice Prichard with rhino guardians Robert Lochiam, William Okoth and Stephen Nyoya. Robert, William and Stephen come from cultures where cattle...
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Submissions on the January fires – due this Friday
The January fires have altered some of our wilderness landscapes forever. The Senate Standing Committee on Environment is asking for submissions. From...
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Forestry Tasmania is thoroughly unprofessional …
Yes this – Coupe CC104B – is a working forest … but despite all the media hype Forestry Tasmania has not changed...
