Tasmanian Times
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2.7KMt Wellington and the cable car: The quick and easy road …
*Image: Gwenda Sheridan. © Mount Wellington from the Eastern Shore. First published July 31 The Cable Car (MWCC) proposal has been around...
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Special Timbers Welfare State …
First published August 2 A mere 7 years after the last special species management plan was produced by Forestry Tasmania in 2010...
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Worried about Australia’s Marine Reserves? … You should be!
*Pic: Coral Reef in Queensland – pic Ted Mead. First published August 4 In 2012, after 14 years of extensive planning and...
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‘VDL sale opponents were right’
The revelation today that the sale of the Van Diemen’s Land Company has not resulted in the promised jobs and investment just...
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‘Commercial fisherman launches Okehampton Bay occupation’ Federal approval …
*Pic: Fish Farm sign …Pic: Paul Tapp *Pic: Marine Protection Tasmania … Image from here All pictures Paul Tapp Media at the...
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A soaring city reaps a terrible toll
*Pic: Digital image of Fragrance Group’s proposed hotel at 28-30 Davey St, Hobart: Tall buildings, particularly those which are brightly lit at...
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First Day of the Month … August
You are in for a treat this month … Giles Hugo has produced some absolute rippers … enjoy … Photo © Giles...
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Mr Rockliff and education …
First published July 31 I was disappointed to read Education Minister Jeremy Rockliff’s defence of tweaks to the Education Act (Mercury, July...
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NZ’s Conservation Minister Shows ‘Sad’ Wild Animal Hatred?
*Pic: 1080 is killing birds like the South Island bush robin. The death is slow and cruel. The controversy around the New...
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Do the Liberals Really Want to Destroy the Logging Industry … ?
First published July 27 Log, log, log! This is the monotonous mantra of the state’s Liberals at the moment. But deep within...
