Tasmanian Times
Environment
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1.3KSTATE Budget: Is it good management or good luck?
*Pic: of Peter Gutwein, from the Libs’ website … THE sudden turnaround in the state’s fiscal fortunes as revealed in Treasurer Peter...
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First Day, June 2015
It’s First Day of June 2015 … and we celebrate the fagus during the Fagus Festival at Mount Field. Isla’s photo was...
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NATION: Hairy-chested, Tough Guy stuff …
The Weekly Roundup… Australia’s unsuspecting body politic was about to be plunged into the chill and murky depths of revoking citizenship last...
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The Super-Ministry of Fish ‘n Chips …
*Pic: The original super trawler Margiris (later Abel Tasman) … banned! Charles Wooley, 60 Minutes mode … It’s my understanding with this...
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UNESCO drafts a damning rejection of World Heritage management
*Satire: Karl Stevens *Pics: Rob Blakers, here Media Release: International mission requested The draft decision of the World Heritage Committee, for consideration...
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Drug Running, Executions and The Whole Damned Thing
*Pic: Istanbul, Hagia Sophia, Allah by Adam Kliczek, http://zatrzymujeczas.pl (CC-BY-SA-3.0) Over the last few months, we have witnessed an almost unprecedented campaign...
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Our Mania for Hope Is a Curse
Image from Deviant Art, here The naive belief that history is linear, that moral progress accompanies technical progress, is a form of...
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Australia must change the way it generates wealth
*Pic: Image from here Australia’s future prosperity is at stake as old ways of generating wealth continue to stall. In a resource-constrained...
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The opportunity for remote Tassie to shine a few productive bright lights
Biochar can be made at every place in the world, use a shovel a make a hole in the ground (120 cm...
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Health threats of Climate Change …
Leading paediatrician and former Australian of the Year, Prof Fiona Stanley, launches new report on the impacts of climate change on children’s...
