Tasmanian Times
Environment
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813WORLD: The Nepal Quake. Chan, Sukumaran
*Pic from here • ABC: Nepal earthquake: Hospitals overflowing, rural towns cut off as death toll continues to climb • HOW TO...
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NATION: The failure of The System …
*Pic: ‘Brains Trust: Hockey, Abbott, Bishop, Truss … As an experienced complex systems consultant, I cannot help but notice that our governments...
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Not the corporate miner we want …
The bare hills of Queenstown … caused by mining … From Ta Ann to Vedanta and Copper Mines of Tasmania (or Vedanta)...
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Discovering the Spirit of Tasmania …
Tim Holmes … The Holy Grail has already been claimed by the Welsh … Eager punters line up to get their book...
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Once-proud Rowitta is now an abandoned ship …
In her prime at Flagstaff Hill in 1999 – image “Fred” via Flickr Museums Victoria, Rowitta on the Tamar, circa 1922 See...
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Cherrytopia & Hipsteria …
I am a journalist from Finland, currently travelling in Tasmania. I am deeply impressed by this island and its people. I stayed...
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Australia no longer has a 2-party system …
Before I go on. Whilst I am commenting on all matters relating to psephology, in this case the rise of the Greens,...
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TasWater concedes NE Tas water may have been contaminated for years. A Will … but no way?
*Pic: Professor Mark Taylor with corroding pipes believed to be the source of the contamination. Tasmania’s water authority has conceded that communities...
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Venture Minerals’ 2 cents worth
*ABC Pic: The buck (should) stop here … Minister for Resources Paul Harriss and Premier Will Hodgman … Venture Minerals shares have...
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STATE: Seal and dolphin death toll begins … Pulp Mill … Forestry …
Greens Leader and Primary Industries spokesperson Kim Booth MP has urged tripartite support for the Greens’ call – to be voted on...
