Tasmanian Times
Forestry
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992How the loggers created the firestorm
“It’s called fuel loading,” said Parker Berrington, a firefighter, clutching an adze hoe amid crackling flames and groaning, collapsing tree branches, one...
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Dudded on Durability: How the Members of the Legislative Council are being misled
Dear Legislative Councillors, Nothing would please me more to be able to say that we support this durability report, the Governments response...
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To allow or to disallow, that is the question, Thursday: Progress ‘insufficient’
Today, in the Legislative Council, I gave notice of a motion to accept the Initial Reserve Order under the Tasmanian Forest Agreement....
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A Tasmanian Houdini …
I made an error in my comments regarding John Gay being the CEO of Gunns at the time of the AGM on...
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Forest and Human Rights campaigners appear in court over Ta Ann protest
Today in Hobart magistrates court, two university students will appear, in charges they received when protesting at the Ta Ann mill in...
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Frank Nicklason on John Gay: I have a bad case of indigestion
Dear Editor, I have a bad case of indigestion. Let me explain. Former Gunns Chairman and CEO, Mr John Gay, has been...
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Former Gunns boss John Gay avoids jail for insider trading
The former chairman of the failed Tasmanian timber company Gunns has avoided jail for insider trading and has instead been fined $50,000....
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Kill it, says Paul Harriss. Federal Labor’s ‘final betrayal’
Upper House MP Paul Harriss has tabled a motion in State Parliament to kill off the historic forest peace deal. Paul Harriss...
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FSC in a Nutshell – FREE Stakeholder Engagement Information Sessions
We know that there is a significant amount of interest by stakeholders in Tasmania on all things FSC. We receive communications and...
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Learning nothing and forgetting everything … the Liberals crash into reality again
Senator Richard Colbeck, in defending Abbott’s radical fringe policies on the environment, made the claim that the Tasmanian economy couldn’t withstand having...
