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1.0KBill to Protect Workers From Protesters to be Tabled in Parliament This Week
*Pic: Matt Newton, http://matthewnewton.com.au/Commercial/People/1/ The Liberal Government will this week introduce legislation, as promised prior to the election, to protect law-abiding Tasmanians...
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Dear Mark and Eric …
The signs … John Powell details his correspondence with State Liberal MP Mark Shelton, and Federal Liberal MP Eric Hutchinson … From:...
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Rebuked, Rebuffed, Reviled!
*Pic: Florentine by Bob Brown World Heritage Committee rebukes Australia by rejecting request to axe Tasmania’s forests • Abbott Government needs to...
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Greens secure Senate Inquiry into Forestry Managed Investment Schemes
Greens Senator for Small Business, Competition Policy and Consumer Affairs, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson is pleased to provide the following comments following the...
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Tasmania’s World Heritage debate needs to look beyond the trees
*Pic: Rob Blakers’ pic of Florentine Valley World Heritage proposed for delisting by State and Federal Liberal governments … The debate around...
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Country towns: death or deliverance. A visit to Scottsdale …
*Pic: A sandwich board in the main street of Scottsdale surrounded by buildings for sale. (Di Martin/ABC). The ABC’s Background Briefing investigative...
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Thousands protest governments’ efforts to log Tasmania’s World Heritage forests
*Pics: Today’s protest in Hobart … and, below, the Florentine Valley, one of the forests the Federal Government wants to open to...
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Misleading Maps?
In an essay now available on his website, public historian Peter MacFie comments critically on the WHA extension The secretive manner in...
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GetUp: The fake environment group …
Next week the World Heritage Committee meets in Doha, Qatar to decide the future of Tasmania’s World Heritage forests. We have received...
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Abbott Government wastes World Heritage Committee’s time …
Oldgrowth wilderness forest, Peak Rivulet, southern Tasmania. *Pic: Rob Blakers http://www.robblakers.com/ … delist attempt of Tasmania’s forests further discredited • Internal government...
