Tasmanian Times
Sciences
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Education: Away with the fairies
EVERY FEW MONTHS there’s a blitz of catalogues touting the golden uplands of a life lived through the joys of Adult Education....
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Fraught with danger
“BUILDING A PULP MILL IS NOT A SOLUTION” is a report published by CommSec, the Commonwealth Bank’s online broker. It very clearly...
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Trivialised by Forestry Tasmania
THE LAST TIME I offered a paper to an international conference on Forest matters was in October 2000, when the subject was...
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1.1KWhy I oppose the mill (2)
MY FIRST TRIP to Queenstown last Thursday was an enlightening experience. I had heard about the “moonscape” but driving past the many...
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The other state of the Derwent
THE DERWENT RIVER is not only an iconic symbol of Hobart’s identity, but it also marks the electoral boundary between seats of...
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The saga of Tamar silt
ON MONDAY this week, the aldermen of Launceston City Council voted unanimously against any further pursuit of the ‘Tamar Barrage’ — a...
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Sucked dry
THE EXCELLENT reporting and letters in Tas Country, Bob Loone’s truth, have not been the only coverage in rural newspapers of the...
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You are scared of me
SENATOR Bob Brown is too scared to debate me on the facts of Australia’s sustainable timber industry. Once again, despite having four...
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Bob Loone’s truth
A foreword to Bob Loone’s powerful argument from Paul de Burgh-Day: Arguably the best newspaper in Tasmania these days is the weekly...
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The roosting chickens (2)
THOSE PROPHETIC WORDS … The Sunday Tasmanian, 7th February, 1988 Woodchip industry ‘gone in 20 years’ By Brandt Teale TASMANIA has been...
