Tasmanian Times
Forestry
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Al Jazeera on the Tasmanian forests
Severe deforestation is taking place in Australia, as well as countries like Brazil and Indonesia. In Tasmania, forests have been shrinking steadily...
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Department admits “error” in plagiarising Gunns
An official from the Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry admitted in Estimates hearings today that the Department made an “error” in...
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New website: It’s not TAP Into A Better Tasmania and the Voters Block …
TAP members are very concerned that someone has produced a new website, ‘tapvotersblock.com’*, which pretends to be associated with TAP Into A...
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760Beauty masks the ugly truth
VISITORS to Tasmania often look at its forests, spectacular mountains, pristine coast and gentle farmlands, and conclude the island is a tranquil...
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High moral ground indeed
The only reason that I make this suggestion is that the piece ( Here ) is so illuminating about the nature and...
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Why the newspaper is copping so much flak
Let’s take one example. Last Sunday. The first story the Examiner ran on this issue.Nothing less than a front page story on...
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Jobs jobs jobs! How many new pulp mill jobs?
There are several competing stories around the pulp mill proposal that we are asked to believe. We can choose to believe Gunns’...
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Totally Against Plantations: Who’s misleading who?
he fantasy that our rampant forestry industries will be happy to convert to plantations was promoted by academic Judith Ajani in her...
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Peaceful Community Protest – Taking the Step
THE Suffragettes and The Salvation Army both employed peaceful protest in their determination to challenge the Establishment. Both were ultimately successful. More...
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Argentina appeal to UN over pulp mill
Argentina accused neighbouring Uruguay in the UN’s highest court Monday of reneging on a bilateral treaty when it authorised a paper mill...
