Tasmanian Times
Environment
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1.0KTaxing our carbon waste dump
One of the key items on Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s agenda is pricing carbon and her new multi-party committee aims to spearhead...
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Tas Uni should phase out sale of bottled water
University of Tasmania should take the lead from the University of Canberra and phase out bottled water on campuses. Greens Alderman Bill...
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Tell Japan to stop wasting police time: Brown
An official complaint should be sent to Japan over its misuse of Australian police resources following another raid on the Sea Shepherd...
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Rail should have infrastructure priority
Community-based public and transport advocacy group, Future Transport Tasmania (FTT), today acknowledged the new chair of the Tasmanian Infrastructure Advisory Council (TIAC),...
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Cygnet … and mining exploration?
In today’s Mercury (Sat. the 5th), there is a public notice for a mining exploration lease application. The lease area is around,...
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Renewed calls for duck-shooting ban marks season opening
The Tasmanian Greens today renewed their calls for a ban on the annual recreational duck shooting season which opens this weekend, saying...
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Gunns and Government must regain community trust to justify a new pulp mill
The Wilderness Society today reiterated its opposition to the Tamar Valley pulp mill proposal. Wilderness Society spokesman Vica Bayley said Gunns proposed...
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Mill Statement
Environment groups and the community have been opposed to the proposed mill due to a range of environmental and social impacts and...
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Greens v Greens on Gunns pulp mill. Milne’s question …
A GROWING split has emerged between conservationists and the Greens over the planned Gunns pulp mill in Tasmania, after the timber company...
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The Precautionary Principle – does it operate in Tasmania?
The Tasmanian community was looking for reassurance from the Tasmanian River Catchment Water Quality Initiative1(TRCWQI) that the way pesticides are being used...
