Environment

I agree with Erich Abetz

I think for once I agree with that Green and now Gunns hater Erich Abetz, the dear but simple Hodgman and the...

Before … After … Anyone see specialist timber? Trees as jet fuel!

The people tell Gunns Time’s Up!

At mid-day today a determined crowd gathered at Gunns’ Long Reach mill site north of Launceston to peacefully protest the Tasmanian community’s...

Forced to change … FIAT, Libs outrageous, says Booth. Brown lashes Hodgman

There is a massive re-rating of native forest going on, even as world resolve to tackle climate change crumbles. Deforestation accounts for...

All they, like sheep, have gone astray …

A response to comments 43 and 46, on: In the Land of the Blind, the One-Eyed Man is King Yes, Ms Mills...

Southern Water savaged … and no response to Susan of Howrah

The front page of The Mercury today details some of the failings of Southern Water (Article linked Below) … among the trio...

Fight to end animal cruelty not over

The Independent Member for Denison, Andrew Wilkie, has condemned the Labor Government and the Liberal-National Opposition for turning their backs on animal...

Giddings: Gunns eligible for up to $23 million. Brown: Open the books, FT

Lara Giddings: The state goverment will appoint an independent probity auditor to oversee a commercial settlement with Gunns to end its involvment...

Tasmanian Aborigines want a cut of land tax

Tasmanian Aborigines want the State Government to hand over a proportion of land tax revenue. Representatives from the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre met...

Fox scat test accuracy doubt

TWO-YEAR-OLD scats will have to be retested for fox DNA after a false-negative result raised doubts about the accuracy of the original...