Tasmanian Times
Environment
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1.8KThe Billions lost on MIS …
Senator WHISH-WILSON (Tasmania) (18:57): I instigated this inquiry by the Senate Economics References Committee into forestry managed investment schemes. I cannot think...
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Tourism …
*Pic: Charlie in Tromso … Some people just can’t wait to retire so they can go travelling. Perversely I plan never to...
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‘Urgent Bruny Waste Problem Dismissed By Premier’
Premier Hodgman refused to promise action on the waste problem on Bruny Island before the Easter tourist rush, despite a letter from...
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News with a negative frame: a vaccination case study
On Wednesday 13 January 2016, The Australian newspaper published a news story by journalist Kylar Loussikian titled “Uni accepts thesis on vaccine...
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Senate to Hold Inquiry on Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area Fires
The Senate will hold an inquiry into the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area fires, after today agreeing to a motion moved by...
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Basslink’s website woes
NOW BASSLINK HAS WEBSITE PROBLEMS ‘509 – Bandwidth exceeded’ (see image above) “Not a good look for an infrastructure/telecomms company”, said one...
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Ancient Tassie had nothing to do with ‘The Mainland’ …
*Pic: Fossil Bluff, North-West Tasmania … We always thought Tasmania was different, and now geology can explain why. New discoveries from Tasmania’s...
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Basslink’s wrong cut … ?
Basslink has revealed it cut the fibre-optic and interconnector cable in the wrong place on March 11, and won’t be able to...
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What can you expect from a Hydro Board with five business/finance backgrounds …
*Pic: This incredibly stark photo illustrates Hydro’s problem … Taken March 5 by Isla MacGregor of Lake Burbury. Part of the flooded...
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Nero fiddled. Basslink fried …
*Pic: The Basslink route from the Basslink website, http://www.basslink.com.au/basslink-interconnector/maps/ Nero fiddled while Rome burned. In Tasmania Parliament has fiddled while Basslink has...
