Tasmanian Times
Environment
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929Mother Mountain: The Symphony of Birdsong (30)
*Pic: of a Tasmanian Thornbill by © Annie d. photography The “Respect the Mountain” forum ( here, here, and here ) at...
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A Bitter Pill to swallow …
“I have no problem with the medical use of cannabis, just as I have no problem with the medical use of opiates…...
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Hydro Tasmania’s rivers dry up?
*Pic: What lies beneath … the Basslink cable … After the unprecedented financial success of the past two financial years 2012/13 and...
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Harriss Must Apologise or Resign
*Pic: The Facebook post which provoked the controversy … Resources Minister Paul Harriss and Premier Will Hodgman Mercury Background: Tasmanian Greens Facebook...
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Selective Harvesting or Selective Memory
*Pic: End product of specialty logging … a Huon Pine Denman Marine dinghy THERE has been much comment by the environment movement...
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Over to you Mr Nikolic …
In the small town of Scottsdale the loss of more than 300 jobs in a community of 7000 is virtually the kiss...
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Another climate expert retreats to Tasmania
Some years ago, founder of the Gaia theory, James Lovelock, predicted that Tasmania and south New Zealand will, in time, become overrun...
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Operation Icefish: Sea Shepherd launches new Southern Ocean campaign
Tuesday September 16th, 2014 – Hobart, Australia. Following Sea Shepherd’s victory of saving 784 threatened, endangered and protected whales during the 2013/14...
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Abetz still in the woods, fighting a lost war
As Tasmania lags behind Australia, Eric Abetz is reigniting old battles. It was a strange choice of words. In June last year,...
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Venture Minerals takes aim at Rainforest Wonderland
Conservationists have been contesting the Venture Minerals/Mt Lindsay mine proposal for some time now, but one essential aspect lacking in the campaign...
