Tasmanian Times
Environment
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872Tasmania’s water dilemma …
In July 2015, a researcher based in South Australia forwarded information to Friends of the Earth regarding non-microbiological detections in drinking water...
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TPP Trade Pact Would Give Wall Street a Trump Card to Block Regulations
Banks and other financial institutions would be able to use provisions in the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership to block new regulations that cut...
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Saudi Wells Running Dry — of Water — Spell End of Desert Wheat
*Image from here • Riyadh will import all the wheat needed for 2016 consumption. • Aquifers that had irrigated wheat crops depleting...
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‘My body was not mine, but the US Military’s’
Inside the disturbing sex industry thriving around America’s bases. At night in the Songtan camptown outside Osan Air Base in South Korea,...
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First Paleo Toilets To Be Installed In Fitzroy … !
A range of new Paleo public toilets will be installed in Melbourne’s inner north, allowing devotees to relieve themselves just as our...
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State Government considers secret private bid for public ‘medical services’
The State Government is refusing to disclose details of unsolicited bids received by the Office of the Coordinator-General from companies pitching proposals...
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Health underfunded by $1.4 billion over a decade
Tasmania’s state health system has been underfunded, compared with those in other states, by at least $1.4 billion over the past decade....
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STATE: Lonely Planet stands by advice … Tassie’s Australian of the Year …
Travel guide publisher Lonely Planet is standing by its latest advice to travellers to visit Tasmania before its wilderness is “compromised”, rejecting...
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Trust’s ‘disgraceful amendment’. Keep the mountain as is, says Don Knowler …
*Pic: Under threat? The Organ Pipes on Mt Wellington … The Wellington Park Management Trust (WPMT) has approved the amendment to the...
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Unions Question Hydro Sell-Off Plans
Professionals Australia (PA) and the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU) is calling for Hydro Tasmania and the State Government to come clean...
