Tasmanian Times
Forestry
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772Stop the Charade
•Image … THE indecent haste to log what’s available of old-growth forest and renew the Regional Forest Agreement before due date are...
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Eucalyptus Strikes Back – Chemical Defence
Eucalyptus trees contain a host of biologically active chemicals. Many of these chemicals are toxic, designed as natural mechanisms against insect and...
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The Smoking Gun: Who gave the orders?
My mole within the Tasmanian Fire Service sent me this information: “On the afternoon of Tuesday 16th March when all the smoke...
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Choking Baikal With Poison and a Foul Stench
At a pompous meeting of the board of regents of the Russian Geographic Society held on March 15, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin...
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URUGUAY: Agro-Export Boom May Have Lethal Consequences
MELO, Uruguay, Mar 25, 2010 (IPS) – Behind the explosive growth of the agriculture and plantation forestry industries in Uruguay lies clear...
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A letter to Tasmanian Country
In response to Greg Hall MLC’s “Your Say” letter in the Tasmanian Country 26.3.2010, it should be noted that while he states...
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Water toxicity inquiry appointment questioned
Statement from Slater & Gordon regarding St Helens scientific reports National law firm Slater & Gordon said today the scientific reports it...
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Tasmania’s lesson: when Labor attacks the Greens, it threatens itself
For the best part of the past 12 years the ALP ran Tasmania as if it were a sub-branch of Norm Gallagher’s...
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The Smoking Gun
In the image accompanying this text, it’s Tuesday afternoon and smoke from fires east of Waratah and from west of Chudleigh is...
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Gunns: Gay under the cosh. Japanese get tough. Class Action mooted. Mitre 10s, Tamar Ridge to go
The chairman of Gunns, John Gay, is facing fire on several fronts. His position and that of a couple of his fellow...
