Tasmanian Times
Environment
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882Coles urged to extend sow stall ban
The pork industry has accused the Coles Supermarkets chain of a double standard on the battery farming of pigs. Coles has announced...
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Solar advocates slam Labor’s car rebate plan
Green groups have criticised the Federal Government’s decision to pull funding from solar energy schemes in order to pay for its plan...
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Australia has a huge opportunity to reduce carbon emissions through protecting native forests
Media Release: 23/07/2010 Australia has a huge opportunity to reduce carbon emissions through protecting native forests A cheap, practical and community supported...
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Early withdrawal of Macquarie Island Pest Eradication team
David O’Byrne, MP Minister for Environment, Parks and Heritage Thursday, 22 July 2010 Early withdrawal of Macquarie Island Pest Eradication team Minister...
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Straight from the Minister for Foxes’ mouth
The day before the “FOX PLOT” appeared on the front page of the Mercury newspaper on 5 June 2002, the Minister for...
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Fox Plot: Who to Believe?
On 17 June 2002 former Labor Senator Shayne Murphy wrote to the then Tasmania Police Commissioner Richard McCreadie requesting “any reports written...
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Faeroe Islands: Sea Shepherd Undercover Operation Exposes Cetacean Mass Slaughter
On July 19, 2010, a pod of 236 pilot whales was ruthlessly slaughtered in the town of Klaksvik in the Danish Faeroe...
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Tasmanians Exposed to 77 Dangerous Pesticides on New Australian Toxic Hit List
The Tasmanian Public and Environmental Health Network (TPEHN) has today released a list of 77 dangerous pesticides currently used in Tasmania that...
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A list of Australia’s most dangerous pesticides …
Download: FINAL_A_list_of_Australias_most_dangerous_pesticides_v2.pdf Related … Damages awarded for spray drift case By Mitch Grayson Tuesday, 06/07/2010 A southern Queensland cotton farmer has been...
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Florentine Mothers Day protest charges dismissed
Three people arrested in last year’s Florentine Valley Mother’s Day protest have had their charges dismissed in the Hobart Magistrates Court. Ella...
