Tasmanian Times
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861The philistines … Arbor amour: a kiss of death
Savagely wounded, perhaps dying, a mature black peppermint eucalypt in Cygnet in its way symbolises a puzzling, seemingly intractable, community gulf in...
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Andrew Wilkie’s maiden address to Parliament
Maiden Speech 30 Sep 10 Thank you Mr Speaker. May I start by saying I’m intensely proud to stand here as the...
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I’ve had enough of the secrecy: A response
A mixed silviculture strategy has been recommended for oldgrowth in Tasmania’s State forests, that includes variable retention in most tall oldgrowth wet...
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Meander Valley Council joins the philistines
The destruction of Australia’s oldest and most significant orchard has seen an important piece of Tasmania’s living history vanish forever. As the...
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A Cry from the Heart: The home in the Valley
At the end of the first decade of the new millennium a revolution is happening. Don’t look for the instigators, there are...
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A Cry from the Heart: Why?
Surely it is the extremity of arrogance to dictate that a forest which has been cycling naturally for millions of years (and...
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The Chronicle 51: Le Coq d’Or
A story of journalism, once! Number 49 in a series of short stories by Don Knowler on his journalistic life and observations...
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South Pole Centenary
Media Release South Pole Centenary Deputy Lord Mayor Helen Burnet wants Hobart to celebrate one of the world’s most significant achievements in...
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Gunns ‘bullied’. NGOs. FT’s ‘new loser’. Bartlett: Wrap it, and, Yes, FT still converts
In the keynote address to the Forestworks industry conference in Melbourne in early September, the new CEO of Gunns Ltd, Greg L’Estrange,...
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Woody biomass prices in the US increased in the 3Q/10
Woody biomass prices in the US increased in the 3Q/10 after having trended downward since early 2009, reports the North American Wood...
