Tasmanian Times
Forestry
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1.0K‘Loggers ask Federal Government for more millions – Conservationists outraged’
*Pic: a clearfell by Matt Newton, http://www.matthewnewton.com.au/ Save the Tarkine and Bob Brown Foundation are outraged that Australia’s Forest Products Association (AFPA)...
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Environmental damage at Chauncy Vale
*Pic: The destructive creek reroute looking west NEW STORY … First published July 10 Some Background Chauncy Vale Wildlife Sanctuary, established in...
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‘Patients spent up to six days waiting in Royal Hobart Hospital ED for psych bed, stats show’
*Pic: Anonymous’ pic of the Royal Derwent Hospital. RDH was the first job Anon had since school. First published July 10 He...
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At What Date Do You Wish to See A Dystopian World, Or Your Children or Grandchildren Dead?
*Pic: Flickr, David Blackwell: ‘Walking home one evening in 2074 Paul wondered about the scientific breakthrough reversing the effects of climate change...
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‘Woodchip proposal in southern Tasmanian raises questions over truck routes, forestry deals …’
*Pic: The chipmill site … Aerial view of the site A view from the water of the site The future … ?...
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Forestry deals, trucks every 5 minutes … the questions keep coming …
*Pic: The chipmill site … This week, Right to Information (RTI) documents obtained by the Tasmanian Greens show a series of emails...
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The short-term thinking …
*Pic: Image from here: Tigercat tracked harvester delimbing and topping a felled E. nitens stem during the SMZ harvesting study. Note the...
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A letter to the Attorney-General, Elise Archer
Dear Ms Archer, I’m gobsmacked that a state Attorney-General is so inept, it took nearly three months to answer a very simple...
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‘Iconic brand moves to protect iconic mountain … Brown’
*Pic: ROB WALLS. Richard Flanagan’s memorable speech to an anti-cable car rally in Cascade Park a month ago. The speech was before...
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All about Tassie’s endemic birds
• *Pic: BBC: Cockatoo identified in 13th Century European book Line drawing of yellow wattlebirds: John Gould The documentary David Attenborough’s Tasmania...
