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1.2KSpecial timbers need to get real. The Honey Trap. Abbott rebuffed
The Tasmanian Special Timbers Alliance just doesn’t get it do they! This recent article by Andrew Denham in The Sunday Tasmanian (...
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Abetz refuses to say if super trawler ban will be made law …
LIBERAL Senator Eric Abetz yesterday refused to clarify whether banning super trawlers in Australian waters would be legislated. In Senate question time,...
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Greens pledge funding for north-west coastal pathway
The Greens today committed $5.416 million to develop a multi-stage shared scenic pathway connecting Devonport and Smithton. Greens Member Paul ‘Basil’ O’Halloran...
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Tasman National Park Goes Under The Knife
Tasmania, summer, 2014: Wilderness is still being lost … Just take a look! Once upon a time the offenders were bulldozers –...
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What Will Russia Do ~ NEXT?
‘Vikings’ by Viktor M. Vasnetsov (1848–1926), painted in 1913 in Russia, showing the meeting of Vikings and Slavs. Is it possible to...
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Senate vote confirms Greens only party standing up for farmers against big mining
The old parties have voted down the Greens’ bill to give landholders the right to say no to coal and gas, in...
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A Rational Fact: Tony Abbott’s timber speech with added facts
Tony Abbott gave a speech to the Australian Forest Products Association that was a little light on facts. Understandable since the coalition...
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Light rail among Greens’ major policy initiatives
The Tasmanian Greens today launched their election campaign with three major policy initiatives. Tasmanian Greens Leader Nick McKim spoke at the launch...
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Greens introduce Bill to protect the Public Interest against Trojan horse provisions …
… in Trade Agreements Today Greens spokesperson for Trade, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson introduced the Trade and Foreign Investment (Protecting the Public Interest)...
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The Zombie Pulp Mill. Doctors’ warning
Last week (Thursday 27 Feb) we went to another Launceston Tailrace Centre meeting. (Sigh! And grin! And gee, there have been many...
