Tasmanian Times
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1.5KHobart residents tested for lead poisoning
Residents of an inner-city Hobart apartment block have been tested by the health department for lead poisoning. The state manager of environmental...
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Buoyant and optimistic
This week’s annual conference and annual general meeting of the TFGA served to concentrate the mind on the state of the nation...
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Clean water needs revised forestry operations
‘What counts is not the enormity of the task, but the size of the courage.’ – Matthieu Ricard How can any society...
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Two ex-premiers blast minority governments
Jon Kudelka’s famous ‘toon of Paul Lennon in a hot-tub. There’s today’s interpretation on Jon’s website here Former premiers Jeff Kennett and...
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50 years on and still rocking…
Mick Jagger, Hyde Park free concert, July 5, 1969. © Rob Walls 1969 This year is my 50th year as a professional...
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Supertrawling the spirit of Tasmania. Why is she going round in circles?
The Magiris has spent the last 8 hours doing what you see in the picture at sea off the Canary Islands. Are...
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Rivals meet to end war on forests
A report in The Australian newspaper (10/07/2012) tells us that the forestry IGA parties are currently in Melbourne in a four-day lockdown...
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Tassie tree-sitter claims Australian record
The visit from Mum. Environmental activist Miranda Gibson has set an Australian record for a tree-sitting protest in defense of Tasmania’s forests....
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RET: good for global warming, good for jobs … and …
“The latest warning from scientists about the impacts of climate change – this time from the world’s most respected marine biologists, should...
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Flatlining Gunns now faces $64m tax bill
Graphic: Tamar Devil Tasmanian timber company Gunns is facing a multi-million-dollar tax bill. The company has told the Securities Exchange that it...
