Tasmanian Times
Environment
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1.2KOnly governments can stem the tide of tourism sweeping the globe
The State Government is hot-to-trot encouraging a mass influx of cruise ships and tourists, but, as The Guardian says … Tourism, like...
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‘Gutwein wants TasWater as a cash-cow, says ex-Huon mayor’
Ratepayers should be told how much Planning Minister Peter Gutwein’s Government Business Enterprise (GBE) would cost them, said Peter Coad, former mayor...
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‘Minister Barnett’s assurance contradicted by the EPA on the Shree bond’
*Pic: Acid producing waste rock at abandoned Shree Nelson Bay River. Pic taken Aug 2014 Pic of Guy Barnett from his website...
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South Australia’s GM crop ban under fire: Tasmania’s GM ban will be next …
*Pic: GM food … “The State Government’s role is not to regulate on the safety of GM, it’s to grow the economic...
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Mt Wellington and the cable car: The quick and easy road …
*Image: Gwenda Sheridan. © Mount Wellington from the Eastern Shore. First published July 31 The Cable Car (MWCC) proposal has been around...
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Special Timbers Welfare State …
First published August 2 A mere 7 years after the last special species management plan was produced by Forestry Tasmania in 2010...
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Worried about Australia’s Marine Reserves? … You should be!
*Pic: Coral Reef in Queensland – pic Ted Mead. First published August 4 In 2012, after 14 years of extensive planning and...
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‘VDL sale opponents were right’
The revelation today that the sale of the Van Diemen’s Land Company has not resulted in the promised jobs and investment just...
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‘Commercial fisherman launches Okehampton Bay occupation’ Federal approval …
*Pic: Fish Farm sign …Pic: Paul Tapp *Pic: Marine Protection Tasmania … Image from here All pictures Paul Tapp Media at the...
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A soaring city reaps a terrible toll
*Pic: Digital image of Fragrance Group’s proposed hotel at 28-30 Davey St, Hobart: Tall buildings, particularly those which are brightly lit at...
