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1.8KVested interests are undermining our democracy
Image: Thomas Cole, Course of Empire I am very privileged to be able to reply to the Governor-General’s speech. I am especially...
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Road to Utopia …
Sir Thomas More depicted an imaginary Island – Utopia – as enjoying a perfect social, legal and political system. Most Tasmanians however...
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What would be the effect on farmers if there was contamination of the water table … ?
Image from here One of the last projects agreed by the now departed Giddings government was awarding a licence for unconventional oil...
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Mother Mountain: The Symphony of Birdsong (6)
Image from here: http://foxgully.wordpress.com/tag/environment/page/3/ The “Respect the Mountain” forum ( here, here, and here ) at the Hobart Town Hall last month...
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What is Organics?
Photo: Alastair Bett ( f8photography.com.au ). Read the original at organicgardener, here Let’s look at the basics of organic growing. Why is it...
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World’s Number 1 Herbicide Discovered in US Mothers’ Breast Milk
• Pilot study shows build-up of glyphosate herbicide in Mothers’ bodies • Urine testing shows glyphosate levels over 10 times higher than...
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Macquarie Island declared pest free after 7-year eradication program
The World Heritage-listed Macquarie Island has been declared free of pests after a near seven-year campaign to eradicate it of rats, rabbits...
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Forests: Reality bites for Paul and Will …
• Eye of the storm … Resources Minister Paul Harriss with Premier Will Hodgman. Mr Harris is reported as saying the Liberal...
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Andrew Wilkie: The rebuild is a mess and the previous State Government misled the community
I share new Tasmanian Health Minister Michael Ferguson’s assessment that the situation with the rebuild of the Royal Hobart Hospital is “appalling.”...
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ABC: PM Abbott risks being branded a liar
“If Mr Abbott does not promptly deny reports that the Government plans to cut ABC funds he risks being branded a liar,”...
