Tasmanian Times
Environment
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947TasNetworks $1.65 billion debt Shock
The Treasurer must detail exactly how Tas Networks will pay off their $1.65 billion debt if his assertion that Tasmanian power consumers...
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Something in the Water … An urgent need to re-evaluate
*Pic: ABC of Dr Alison Bleaney and Dr Marcus Scammell at the George River … In Feb 2010 Bleaney and Scammell released...
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More pie-in-the-sky in The Huon?
Huon Valley Guessing Games Cargo-cultism — from time immemorial a chronic tribal condition found mostly in what are termed undeveloped or developing...
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Sea Shepherd to spend $12m award on ‘dream ship’ to patrol Southern Ocean
Money presented at Amsterdam gala is the largest donation the conservation group has received to date The ocean conservation group Sea Shepherd...
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Climate warning: PM Abbott leads Australia down a withering garden path
Greens leader Christine Milne says dire projections for Australia in the new CSIRO climate change report* must be a wake-up call for...
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The revealing facts on bikie laws and crime in Queensland
Queensland’s Liberal National government has made law and order – particularly its anti-bikie laws – a key part of its re-election pitch....
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NATION: Manus; We must act …
*Image from here No words could ever describe life in Manus Island Detention Centre, but imagine you are trapped in a makeshift,...
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Building resilience in an era of limits to growth. Greece …
We are approaching many limits to growth over the next decades: Economic contraction, peak energy and geopolitical stress. Nicole Foss – Canadian...
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Mother Mountain: The Symphony of Birdsong (47)
*Pic: A black-headed honeyeater The “Respect the Mountain” forum ( here, here, and here ) at the Hobart Town Hall earlier this...
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Saturday Soapbox: Council must ensure Huon plan meets its Waterloo
*Pic: Bob Hawkins’ pic of the Huon River at Waterloo Bay DENNIS Bewsher’s plan to change Waterloo Bay from public open space...
