Tasmanian Times
Environment
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1.0KAgricultural land: The future hot property
Australia’s sweeping plains are being overrun by rural raiders from overseas. Leonie Lamont and Paddy Manning explain how the humble back block...
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Tasmanian budget cuts – opportunity rather than crisis for our health system?
The recent Tasmanian budget has confirmed the old saying that when the tide goes out you get to see who’s been swimming...
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Big Rod and Julia’s bribe
My magnificent young rooster, Big Rod, was anything but the other morning. The evening before, he had flown up into a tree...
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‘Eco-pirate’ Paul Watson is in danger of losing his boat
Sea Shepherd flagship impounded in Scottish port after Maltese tuna fishery sues for £850,000 in damages “Eco-pirate” Paul Watson is losing a...
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Do foxes exist in Tasmania?
ABC – RN Breakfast – 28 July, 2011 8.23 am Do foxes exist in Tasmania? Professor Chris Johnson from the University of...
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Pulp mill Bass Strait effluent
With regards to Gunns pulp mill effluent being discharged into Bass Strait, Dr. Paul Sandery warns Bass Strait flushes poorly. A Google...
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1 Million Carbon Tax impacts on running costs of Hobart City Council
Hobart City Council’s bill for the carbon tax could top 1 million dollars said Alderman Jeff Briscoe said today and with no...
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Three quarters of Australians back mandatory limits on poker machines
The Independent Member for Denison, Andrew Wilkie, has welcomed another in a long line of national polls showing overwhelming support for poker...
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The Road to Nowhere
It didn’t take long for interstate friends to offer commiserations following Monday’s Q&A. No wonder you guys are in a mess. Is...
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Back to the Future: Remember Wesley Vale?
With Gunns Pulp Mill still sorta theoretically possible and the farcical result of the ‘peace talks’, I felt the urge to revisit...
