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815The Mining Boom is over. Is farming the next boom … ?
The resources boom is over, sooner than anyone expected. Capital expenditure in mining essentially peaked in mid-2012, flatlined over the following six...
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The asbestos fiasco
Telstra has announced it’s setting up a 200-strong team to remedy asbestos problems which have occured during the rollout of the National...
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Pell: Abortion is bigger sin than priest abuse
Advice for Cardinal Pell: When you’re talking about coverups of child rape, it’s best to stick with apologizing … George Pell says,...
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Plastic fantastic!
PLASTIC BAG BAN CLEARS LAST HURDLE The Tasmanian Greens today hailed the signing off by the Upper House of the state-wide ban...
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A story founded entirely upon a myth
Kev Rothery claims to be someone who wants the public to be properly informed – with this as his stated aim his...
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Ta Ann v Swift Parrot …?
Tasmania’s outstanding native forests and their threatened species remain at risk of continued industrial scale destruction, despite the passage of new forest...
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Withhold Royal Assent
My campaign to challenge the manner in which the Tasmanian Forests Agreement Bill, 2012, was dealt with by the Parliament of Tasmania...
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Silence on peace deal is telling
Economists aren’t known for their accurate predictions, but my record is not too bad. Not because I have a crystal ball, but...
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Undermining due process
By underming due process in the FSC, the Tasmanian Forestry Agreement (TFA) legislation jeopardises prospects of peace in Tasmania’s forest wars. A...
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The Nick Alternative
Greens Leader Nick McKim MP today said that Tasmania could expect a bright and prosperous future if it continued to embrace the...
