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1.7KAnother Forestry Tasmania lie …
The intense heat generated from Forestry Tasmania’s ‘regeneration burns’ (also called napalming) is necessary for new growth, says FT. But a recent...
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Loss of Hobart’s Architectural Heritage
Letters to the Editor Tasmaniantimes.com.au HOBART TAS 7000 28th August, 2015, Loss of Hobart’s Architectural Heritage I refer to the article “Call...
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What a load of rubbish!
In the ongoing debate over Southern Waste Solution’s (SWS) proposed hazardous materials landfill at Copping, SWS CEO, Christine Bell has marked her...
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Pesticides linked to bee decline for first time in a countrywide field study
Landscape-wide research by former UK government agency on oilseed rape fields in England and Wales shows link between neonicotinoids and honeybee colony...
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How the Murdoch press has waged a relentless campaign against the BBC (and why it’s worked)
The UK government’s recent Green Paper spells out a vision of far-smaller BBC. Coincidentally, this is just what Rupert Murdoch and his...
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Truth Hurts: The Science Behind Why People Don’t Care About The Death Of Our Planet And Democracy
This is a long read … but immensely rewarding. Take the time. You won’t be disappointed … Activists and environmentalists take note....
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STATE: ‘True’ unemployment rate hits 18% – the nation’s worst
Tasmania has the nation’s highest rate of labour force under-utilisation ‒ the number of people either unemployed or underemployed ‒ according to...
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Mantach questions swirl around Premier and Senator Eric Abetz. Police called in …
The Premier continued his empty ‘nothing to see here’ rhetoric in Question Time today when repeatedly asked about the Tasmanian Liberal Party’s...
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NATION: Theatre of the Absurd. ‘Sleepwalking’. The Christian Right. Greste. Bart …
‘Man overboard! Cabin boy Hunt squeals from the crow’s nest where he’s been sent to practise spotting endangered species. A waterlogged periwig...
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The AFL’s Governor Arthur Colony … Tasmania
Time for a real discussion about Tasmanian football It’s regrettable that the AFL Commission, when it meets in Hobart today, won’t get...
