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956Five months and still no answer on Nelson Bay River Mine breach.
Save the Tarkine has written again to the Department of the Environment expressing concern that after five months there are still no...
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Death of a Giant
ABC Radio is reporting the death at 98 of Gough Whitlam, who bestrode the political landscape of Australia like a giant, 1972-1975....
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ICC asked to prosecute Abbott government. Refugee Convention Death Knell …
ICC REQUESTED TO INVESTIGATE PROSECUTION OF ABBOTT GOVERNMENT The Independent Member for Denison, Andrew Wilkie, and eminent human rights advocate and lawyer,...
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The Bid for Marine Protection in Antarctica …
Swedish delegation members Jessica Nilsson and Bo Fernholm. Pic: Rob Blakers AOA Launch Global Leadership Scoreboard Showing Support for Southern Ocean MPAs...
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STATE: Former DPP criticises delays at Tasmania’s misconduct watchdog
Tasmania’s Integrity Commission is taking too long to investigate complaints, a hearing has been told. Former Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP)...
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Tassie’s forestry wars echo UK’s motorway wars …
“Mum and dad’’ demonstrators, fiery activists, a government intent on silencing environmental protesters, the battle of Twyford Down in Britain two decades...
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LOCAL: The UTAS city … and Conflicts of Interest. Despard Gallery’s complaint …
*Pic: Model of the projected student accommodation … • Not for us any of Oxford’s gentle spires if Hobart is to become...
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Keeping alive the British colonial tradition of tugging our forelocks …
*Pic: From Wikipedia here The magnificent ballroom … The price Tasmanian taxpayers pay each year for the privilege of keeping alive the...
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Solar flare
The sun emitted a significant solar flare on October 19, 2014. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of the event in...
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Multiple helpings of the ‘Wild and dramatic, cultured and quirky, isolated yet accessible’
*Pic: Isla MacGregor The world is fast catching on that Tasmania is a must-see destination with the Lonely Planet ranking our state...
