Tasmanian Times
Environment
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1.8KAnti-Protest Laws to be Challenged in High Court
*Pic: The moment Bob Brown was arrested … MONDAY March 14 … • Stewart Hoyt, convenor for Forests of Lapoinya Action Group...
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The great big crash in tobacco consumption
Tobacco consumption in Australia has fallen by 48 per cent in the past decade, a new analysis of official statistics shows. This...
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Forestry Managed Investment Schemes: $4 billion more reasons for a Royal Commission
The Senate Economics Committee has today released its report into the collapse of forestry MIS in Australia, detailing the rise and fall...
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UTAS Inveresk campus plans unveiled
*Pic: Artist’s impression of the proposed UTAS campus at Inveresk, viewed from Aurora Stadium. The University of Tasmania says relocating its Launceston...
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The Saturday Paper’s Exclusives …
• What’s next for Marriage Equality • The rich people who pay no tax • Bushfire prevention strategy questioned • Paul Bonjiorno:...
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STATE: Basslink under water?
*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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Seafish Tasmania fined $40,000. EPA investigation cost $100,000
Seafood processing company Seafish Tasmania has been fined $40,000 for breaching the state’s environmental laws. The company pleaded guilty to dumping more...
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An outsider’s look at the contentious practice of clearfell logging ..
*Pic: Logging Lapoinya … industrial-scale clearfelling in a much-loved local forest … and the future veneer trundles off to Ta Ann (over...
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NATION: Abbott’s kamikaze attack on Turnbull threatens to destroy both
*Pic: Tony Abbott … the world is his onion … The week starts badly for an evidence-based, people-respecting Turnbull government. Essential publishes...
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Basslink update 5/3/2016
Map data ©Google imagery 2016 ©2016 TerraMetrics. https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/shipid:171704/zoom:10 The good news is:- We found the fault! (Square symbol in the middle of...
