Tasmanian Times
Forestry
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903Gunns silent on Giddings’ offer
The state government has confirmed that it has made a commercial settlement offer to timber company Gunns. Premier Lara Giddings said the...
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Forestry Tasmania posts $12m loss … as Gunns compo offer hits the table
Forestry Tasmania has reported its second operating loss in as many years. The state-owned company has recorded an operating loss of $12...
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Throw away the dictionary
Throw away the dictionary. A dictionary’s no help at all if you really want to know what words like “substantial” or “commencement”...
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The Permit: Last minute surprise! And much tortuous detail…
Dear Reader, This article is long, some of it is ‘technical’ and deals with The Pulp Mill Permit. It consists actually of...
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Louisiana paper mill spill causes massive fish kill
(Reuters) – A rotten stench hung over a 60-mile stretch of Louisiana’s Pearl River as boats trawled through thick layers of hundreds...
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States get a bigger say on the environment
The Gillard government has rolled out a business-friendly overhaul of national environment laws, boosting the states’ role in approving or rejecting controversial...
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The forest companies of the future
Over the past 150 years, industrialisation has taken its toll. All too often, forests have been sacrificed in the face of expanding...
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A substantial commencement of Rat Cunning
Well, one has to give the politicians and the others involved in this de facto extension of the pulpmill permit credit for...
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Abbott: ‘ … make it happen’. Schaap: Go ahead, Gunns. JP Morgan: Risk too far
TRANSCRIPT OF THE HON. TONY ABBOTT MHR JOINT DOORSTOP INTERVIEW WITH SENATOR RICHARD COLBECK, SHADOW PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY FOR FISHERIES & FORESTRY, AND...
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Draw a line under the pulp mill, says Milne … as Gunns awards earthworks contract …
The announcement by Gunns of a $355.5 million loss, and the Prime Minister’s welcome comment that the pulp mill’s future is now...
