Tasmanian Times
Environment
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886Gunns posts $355m loss
Tasmanian timber company Gunns has posted a net loss of $355 million for the past financial year, compared with a profit of...
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It was not self-evident to me that the works that Gunns had undertaken …
Letter to Mr Kim Evans, Secretary, Department of Primary Industry, Parks, Water and Environment, from, Warren Jones, Director, environment Protection Authority, 20...
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Better get a lawyer, son. Permits. Code Green strike. Forestry incorrect
Four years ago this Saturday, ABC Learning Centres boasted of a 76% profit jump to a record $143 million. The rest is...
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Still fractured
The argument over hydraulic fracturing — a technique used to extract natural gas from deep shale formations — has become increasingly polarized....
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It’s no wonder there is so much anger. Four arrests. Tarkine fears. Booth fears for forest workers
After a series of emails in June and early July 2011 between myself and the Director of the EPA – who by...
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Is this ‘substantial commencement’? Greens seek legal opinion
Photos taken from the air by Jon Bryan on July 24, 2011, clearly showing the extent of works on the pulp mill...
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FOI request on ‘substantial commencement’ meaning refused. I have more pressing matters: Alex Schaap
A series of letters confirming there are legal documents related to the definition of substantial commencement of the Tamar Valley pulp mill,...
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Burnie: The Denial of Bail. Another protest
The article, Why bail was denied – the inside story, on the granting of bail to Karlien van Rooyen, after two days...
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Eschew the imagination of a Wettex and save the pulp mill
A little of the passion and understanding of the need to preserve the past that is demonstrated in the story above (Leo...
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Abbott’s angry people … and How to create jobs
“Some might call the predicted thousands of trucks descending on Canberra ending up as hundreds (ABC, 21/8/11) a ‘flop’, but these Australians...
