Tasmanian Times
Environment
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Where are they from?
Dr David Obendorf As most wild devils are not exposed to plastic products from urbanised living (from household dust, carpets, computers, televisions,...
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Mill: the approval
Paul Oosting MR “A Roy Morgan poll from November last year showed that a majority of Australian electors wanted an inquiry to...
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The real Tasmanian community …
Lester Barker The Tasman Peninsula is an example of another real Tasmanian community. Here you won’t see the hand of large corporations...
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Platypus and the Hydro
Dr David Obendorf Yes, Tony several persistent organic pollutants are present in the fat of Tasmanian platypus; these include the organochlorinne pesticides...
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Vigilantes
Peg Putt MR The Tasmanian Greens today called on forestry industry leaders to publicly condemn any use of violence against forest protesters,...
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Pulp mill will cost Tasmania $300m
Matthew Denholm Imre Sulusinszky The Australian A NEW report concludes the economic benefits of the Gunns Tasmanian pulp mill have been vastly...
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We need to act NOW
Dr Alison Bleaney Another link between persistent organic pollutants (POPs) including some pesticides, and disease – Type 2 diabetes – is detailed...
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Wonderland to Wasteland
David Obendorf Obtaining reliable and incontestable evidence of thyalcine presence & establishment within any Tasmanian habitat (at locations historically known to be...
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All about POPs
Dr David Obendorf The chemists also measured PBDEs in 700 samples of farmed and wild salmon from around the world (all except...
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Privatisation of water
John Biggs So no thank you, Damon Thomas, we do not want our water in Tasmania privatised. IN A RECENT article Damon...
