Tasmanian Times
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819Imported food. climate change, cancer
Dear Ministers, Australia’s regulators are failing to protect consumers from exposure to known toxins. The current regulatory standards that apply to produce...
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Pulp Mill Assessment Act, Green economy and democracy shape Greens agenda. Bill tabled.
The Tasmanian Greens today flagged their Green Economy and Democracy package as an important step towards banning political donations from gaming, alcohol...
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Pictures of a Protest
Matthew Newton, Parliament House, Tuesday, March 8
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As Forestry stains the Autumn skies with smoke, as Parliament resumes, so does the resistance …
Conservationists have today hung a 15 meter banner from the roof of Hobart’s Parliament House, calling for a forests moratorium and urgent...
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The Chief Scientist and the Gunns Pulp Mill. Gunns woos Tamar Valley.
With the resignation of Professor Penny Sackett the Chief Scientist with effect Friday 4th March 2011 my attention was drawn to the...
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Zombie Firms
Zombie. Origin Voodoo culture, West Indies, Noun: the body of a dead person given the semblance of life, but mute and will-less,...
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Greens push for PMAA repeal. SEARCH ponders direct action. Giant banner unfurled.
The Tasmanian Greens today confirmed that they will be moving to repeal the controversial Pulp Mill Assessment Act 2007 (PMAA) in this...
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Human Health First – No Pulp Mill
The Tasmanian Public and Environmental Health Network (TPEHN) will not support a pulp mill in Tasmania, Spokesperson for TPEHN, Dr Alison Bleaney...
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Not the cake, Lara, the Bread …
Gunns, once the billion dollar super company of Tasmania, is today on its knees and needing its pulp mill to simply stay...
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Shed a tear for the Blue Tier
When Henry VIII chose to divorce his first wife, Catherine of Aragon and marry Anne Boleyn, it caused a major event in...
