Tasmanian Times
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818Four-term Tassie … as TAFE enrolments tipped to drop
Tasmania’s public school system will switch to a four-term school year from 2013. The Education Minister Nick McKim says he has accepted...
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The Silver Bullet Men
This is a story about men and their dreams – alchemist dreams. Part science, part magic, part religion. Seriously, it’s about our...
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Questions, but no Answers, in Hobart
I wasn’t invited, so I watched online, and I had to wait until it was almost over to see the best bit...
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No common ground on the forests agreement. Whole log exports lashed
• Peter McGlone, Director Tasmanian Conservation Trust CONSERVATION GROUPS MUST REJECT THE FORESTS AGREEMENT ANTI-PROTEST CLAUSE The Tasmanian Conservation Trust today stated...
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Agricultural land: The future hot property
Australia’s sweeping plains are being overrun by rural raiders from overseas. Leonie Lamont and Paddy Manning explain how the humble back block...
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Tasmanian budget cuts – opportunity rather than crisis for our health system?
The recent Tasmanian budget has confirmed the old saying that when the tide goes out you get to see who’s been swimming...
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Big Rod and Julia’s bribe
My magnificent young rooster, Big Rod, was anything but the other morning. The evening before, he had flown up into a tree...
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‘Eco-pirate’ Paul Watson is in danger of losing his boat
Sea Shepherd flagship impounded in Scottish port after Maltese tuna fishery sues for £850,000 in damages “Eco-pirate” Paul Watson is losing a...
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Do foxes exist in Tasmania?
ABC – RN Breakfast – 28 July, 2011 8.23 am Do foxes exist in Tasmania? Professor Chris Johnson from the University of...
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Pulp mill Bass Strait effluent
With regards to Gunns pulp mill effluent being discharged into Bass Strait, Dr. Paul Sandery warns Bass Strait flushes poorly. A Google...
