Tasmanian Times
Environment
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1.3KTarkine Embellished in Winter’s Charm …
After a brutal year of fire and flood, the tide has gracefully turned for the Tarkine as this noble land becomes cloaked...
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How technology disrupted the truth …
*Pic: myrealnameispete, Flickr … ‘For 500 years after Gutenberg, the dominant form of information was the printed page: knowledge was primarily delivered...
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Global map reveals ‘unsafe levels’ of biodiversity across 58pc of Earth’s surface
… Professor David Bowman of the University of Tasmania said the research is significant because it provided a global estimate and it...
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Why does our outrage just fade away … ?
• First published July 13 … *Pic: Liz West, Flickr ( HERE ) The Premier of NSW, Mike Baird, has made the...
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CHILCOT REPORT: Crushing Iraq War verdict …
This time it didn’t work, despite millions worldwide marching in protest … Forty five (or was it six) years ago I reported...
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Huon Valley Guessing Games: A council with no shame
ON a field of battle, and with all’s-fair-in-war the rules, such a struggle would go down in the annals as a memorable...
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NZ: The horror of wild animal poisoning
NZ shares with Tasmania so much … including Gondwana and the use of the poison 1080 … In New Zealand, where the...
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Tasmania Police to look further into Fox Taskforce allegations
TASMANIA Police will conduct “further inquiries” into allegations of corruption in the former state government’s Fox Taskforce. The force announced on Thursday...
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MEDIA: Perfect storm facing digital news. Latest circn figs? Guardian’s great article …
From ad blockers, to Facebook and consumers who refuse to pay. It’s the challenge facing digital news and no one’s sure what...
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Tobacco industry duplicity, legal arguments, the Legislative Council …
*Pic: Sony200boy, Tobacco Road, Flickr … and the tobacco free generation The Legislative Council Sessional Committee Government Administration A, has brought down...
