Tasmanian Times
Forestry
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871Christine Milne: Government’s World Heritage lies exposed in Senate hearing
*Pic Number 37 from Richard Colbeck’s World Heritage Mockery series, here The Abbott government’s argument that large areas of Tasmania’s World Heritage...
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My Twitter dialogue with Sam McQuestin. Robocalls … and Will
Sam McQuestin with Premier Will Hodgman in MP-aspirant days I had a Twitter engagement with Sam McQuestin last night. A rare event...
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Last Rites for MIS
News reports have reported the sale of Gunns’ assets to New Forests for $330 million. The sale involves only the freehold assets...
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The Gunns have fallen silent. Anchorage Capital profits at Tasmanians’ expense
The Gunns have finally fallen silent on Anzac Day in a dramatic conclusion to this long running saga. Friday’s Australian notes that...
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Chicanery and political deception of the highest order
The Hollow Men, by T.S. Eliot We are the hollow men We are the stuffed men Leaning together Headpiece filled with straw....
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Historic rally in Tasmania’s Upper Florentine Valley
World Heritage Forests In Danger Almost 2000 people have rallied today in the Upper Florentine Valley to defend World Heritage listed forests....
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FT submission: It is not acceptable …
‘It is not acceptable for Forestry Tasmania to continue to use (aerially apply) alpha-cypermethrin to plantations in water catchments and also seek...
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In Tasmania, even crooks like Gay can run a business
What the hell do the judges smoke down in the Apple Isle? First there was the insider trading case against John Gay,...
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Premier misrepresents the consequences of his own TFA actions
The Wilderness Society today corrected the Premier’s assertions about the ‘non-contentious’ nature of Tasmanian timber produced from areas established under the terms...
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Apartheid-style boycott to save the planet, says Tutu as Bolivia enshrines natural world rights
• We need an apartheid-style boycott to save the planet We must stop climate change. And we can, if we use the...
