Tasmanian Times
Environment
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1.4KKeep Our Rail lines Tasmania (KORT): The North-East multi-use trail
Keep Our Rail lines Tasmania (KORT) is a group dedicated to keeping existing unused railway lines for tourism, preservation and potential future...
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There was so much smoke it was hard to pinpoint where the burns were …
Near Grindelwald, Tamar Valley, 2009 … and the smoke blankets all … Back in 2008/09 Tasmania was blanketed with shocking planned burn...
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Australian Possums in Kiwi Blunderland
Predators like the he native falcon are very vulnerable to 1080 poison Tourists are greeted by the “skull and crossbones” signs everywhere...
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EU dropped pesticide laws due to US pressure over TTIP, documents reveal
As negotiations for Australia to conclude the TPP (Trans Pacific Partnership) enthusiastically pushed by Trade Minister Andrew Robb it is revealed …...
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The world is waking up to the $5.3 trillion cost of fossil fuels
Prospects for global energy markets have been reshaped by two recent pieces of news, one of which helps to explain the other....
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Kim Booth to Step Down from Parliament
Greens Leader Kim Booth MP has today announced he is resigning from the State Parliament, and as leader of the Tasmanian Greens...
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Greens say Australia should take Rohingyan refugees
Greens Leader Richard Di Natale says it’s time for Australia to step up and help huge numbers of people fleeing persecution in...
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STATE: UTAS students risk arrest for fossil free divestment
As many as ten students from the University of Tasmania have occupied the office of the Vice Chancellor, refusing to leave until...
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Tasmania’s environmental laws leave plenty of room for improvement
A new EDO Tasmania report, Lifting the Standards: Opportunities to Improve Tasmania’s Environmental Laws, finds that Tasmania’s laws do not meet national...
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Off-road motorists’ continued use of Tarkine tracks makes farce of ban
*Pic: Ted Mead’s picture of Ordinance Point’s grand Aboriginal midden … Despite Parks and Wildlife installation of coastal fencing, many vehicles pushed...
