Tasmanian Times
Environment
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1.5KSmoke and mirror madness … Forestry burns legal, yet backyard BBQs could be censured
*Pic: Atomic bomb-style smoke plumes of a typical autumn day in the Southern Forests. – Pic source unknown All BBQ’s produce smoke...
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Reverse Alchemy … STT turns forest gold into more chips and debt
*Pic: Myrtle forest in mist – Tarkine – pic Ted Mead First published August 17 Even after the 2017 fire sale of...
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Reviewed! Eroding the Edges of Nature
First published August 17 Two years ago was the centenary of the founding of Tasmania’s first two national parks, Mt Field and...
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Did you know … ?
How many people know that in mid-summer the very first light of each new day that touches the continental land mass of...
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‘Norfolk Bay Salmon Farm Shock Galvanises Locals’
*Pic: Flickr, Fish farming in Macquarie Harbour. Huon Aquaculture’s installation of salmon pens in Norfolk Bay, without public consultation or independent assessment...
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Government a joke after gag attempt …
*Pic: From Michael Ferguson’s Facebook page … Willy Hodgman’s government in Tasmania is crawling with Christians and now we know that one...
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Pope Francisyphus
*Satire: Martyn Turner, used with permission: https://www.facebook.com/martynturnercartoons/ . http://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/martyn-turner
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Anna Reynolds, Independent for Mayor … not Green … ?
Postcard in letterbox this week. So, why is Anna Reynolds running as Independent for Mayor … rather than a Green? Interesting comments...
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Reflections on a Queensland senator’s recent remarks …
*Pic: Fraser Anning’s Facebook page I find Fraser Anning’s comments re banning Muslims from Australia, and the implied intolerance driving them, most...
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The sounds of the Silent Majority …
First published August 14 The Silent Majority. I have always found these silent sounds quite elusive; from the deafening sounds of foreign...
