Tasmanian Times
Environment
-
881Sea level rising faster in past 20 years than in entire 20th century. Here comes El Nino …
*Pic: Howrah Beach, Hobart … where high tides are beginning to encroach … A new study has found sea level rise accelerated...
-
1.5K
The Tarkine Coast – A Wildlife Refuge
*Pic: A lizard’s eye … Stretching for around 100 kilometres between West Point and Ahrberg Bay, the windswept coastline of the Tarkine...
-
943
Little tiny smudge of fur, How I wonder what you were … ?
A poetic tribute to Don Knowler’s Riding the Devil’s Highway, here Little tiny smudge of fur How I wonder what you were...
-
1.2K
NZ: A programme to poison a nation
Since the mid 1950’s, when New Zealand started aerial poisoning to rid the land of invasive mammals, there has been a steady...
-
1.0K
NATION: Where there’s smoke there’s Joe (and Tony)
*Pic: Where there’s smoke there’s Joe … Treasurer Joe Hockey and Finance Minister Mathias Cormann share a convivial cigar before B1 …...
-
1.1K
Knowledge is power …
• Knowledge is power Once the motto of one of my old State schools, and it shows the level of schooling at...
-
757
After Shorten’s shabby Milne send-off, can Labor’s Greens resentment end?
Bill Shorten’s response to Christine Milne’s resignation was pretty shabby, but it was also revelatory. After all this time, the ALP –...
-
1.3K
STATE: Milne got results from minority pacts with both sides of politics
*Pic: Matthew Newton captures the real Christine Milne … Matthew Newton, http://matthewnewton.com.au/Commercial/People/1/ … compared to Mercury pic here … Christine Milne, who...
-
1.6K
Culling pest animals can do more harm than good
Australia has suffered more than most countries from invasive species. Predators such as the red fox and feral cat have been especially...
-
890
Geelong Star: Where are the Tasmanian Liberals? $320,00 gift to Libs
Mainland Federal Liberal MP calls for Geelong Star to be banned – Where are the Tasmanian Liberals? It has been reported today...
