Tasmanian Times
Environment
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935Wilderness and Development … Having your cake and eating it too!
Looks like an early Christmas for Wilderness Exploiters Expressions of Interest Closes November 23rd. PWS & TITC Freebee Tender Box. Entrepreneur Gift...
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Reducing the rights of Tasmanian citizens
The Land Use Planning and Approvals Amendment (Streamlining of Process) Bill 2014 (Bill No 36 of 2014) This week the Tasmanian Legislative...
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The Consequences of fox baits
One in ten fox baits [Compound 1080 poison] disappeared in Tasmania – statewide; one in 5 baits went missing in NW Tasmania....
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Don’t forget your fracking submission
Further to last weekend’s debate on hydraulic fracturing (fracking) – held in Launceston as part of the Breath of Fresh Air Film...
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Mother Mountain: The Symphony of Birdsong (38)
Wikpedia’s picture (by J J Harrison) of a yellow-throated honeyeater. The honeyeater steals hair from animals (in this case a wallaby; and...
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Mayne: Murdoch salaries hit $600 million — but you wouldn’t read about it
The Oz has revealed that the ABC’s Mark Scott got a pay rise — but the paper is strangely silent on the massive pay...
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Can it get more ridiculous?
*Pic: Bob Gordon and then deputy Labor Leader Bryan Green The failed deal by Ron O’Connor and the Aprin Group to borrow...
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China and US strike deal on carbon cuts in push for global climate pact
*Painting: Destruction, The Course of Empire, Thomas Cole Wikipedia HERE Barack Obama aims for reduction of a quarter or more by 2025,...
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Tasmanian Water Monitoring – another casualty of State Budget cuts
*Pic: Fairfax picture of Dr Alison Bleaney in the George River in 2004 With regard to pesticide monitoring in waterways, Tasmania has...
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Philae probe makes historic landing on comet
The Philae lander on its way to the comet, photographed by the Rosetta spacecraft. Rosetta mission’s safe landing gives scientists their first...
