Tasmanian Times
Environment
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955‘The fact is the war in Afghanistan was lost long ago …’
Australia had 270 soldiers in Afghanistan and now we have increased our commitment to 300. The Americans are apparently not that impressed....
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‘Tasmanian Brand at Risk if Salmon Farming Continues Unchecked’
*Pic: Fish farming in Macquarie Harbour by Rodtuk, Flickr The Liberals’ refusal to properly regulate the salmon farming industry, and their approval...
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A Crying in the Wind … Tom’s story
*Pic: of Gamareagal warrior, Musquito by Barthelemy Roger (1767–1841). Dr Michael Powell formerly of UTAS has written a brilliant book about Musquito...
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NZ to Top ‘Maniacal 1080’ With ‘Wacko Science’ … ?
*Pic: South Island bush robin – gone following 1080 aerial drops – photo by Tony Orman First published June 12 The New...
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‘Two Year Reprieve for Threatened Forests’
*Pic: Logging in Hidden Valley … 356 000 hectares of the most beautiful, carbon rich forests on the planet have won a...
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One is pissed off with the Lord Mayor …
Chatting to a local dudette who was deeply pissed off I hazily remember (I was taking rather too much absinthe at the...
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Naked in the Derwent …
Pic: Rosie Gude Sun peaked through the eastern horizon and we were offffffffffffffff … Plunging into the icy cold Derwent … with...
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The Tarkine Pebble Route – Myth or Mystery?
*Pic: Looking across the heavily forested and undulating route that Henry Hellyer traversed in 1829 Negotiating a horizontal forest maze en-route …...
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NATION: Turnbull government in crisis as ministers face contempt charges
*Pic: Image from HERE A life-threatening political and constitutional crisis is brewing for the Turnbull government this week as three Ministers of...
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A Crying in the Wind … a Tasmanian story
Setting the scene: Alan, a fifty-something Hobart man has just resigned his public service job for poorly-thought-out reasons, and is visiting his...
