Tasmanian Times
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1.0KThe zillion year town
Our cities and suburbs are unsustainable. Their construction, maintenance, and operation consumes: cement, concrete, steel, aluminium, brick, tile, glass, marble, tarmac, coal,...
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Teflon’s toxic legacy
For more than half a century DuPont hid information that a chemical it was using to make Teflon might be making people...
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The lessons for Tassie from New Zealand …
New Zealand wild “Scottish” red deer Revealed! NZ’s Vegetation Browsing Evolution New Zealand’s half a century of anti-wild animal campaigns and associated...
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AFMA Continues to Shield Super Trawler From Community Consultation
Conservation and recreational fishing groups are outraged by the Australian Fisheries Management Authority’s latest ploy to shield the Small Pelagic Fishery, in...
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A Tasmanian Murder Mystery: Who is Killing Ross?
The once palatial Horton College at Ross, is now no more than a crumbling brick entrance: how much of the heritage of...
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Gunns, Solvency and the 30th June 2011
*Pic: John Gay leaves court. Pic: Garry Stannus In an effort to determine the date of Gunns’ insolvency the Gunns’ liquidator PPB...
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Moratorium mocked as exploration expands
Mineral Resources Tasmania (MRT) is offering the Petroleum (Category 4) Exploration Release Area 981 to mining companies between Jan 18 and 22....
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Kathmandu founder Jan Cameron plans rival bid to buy Tasmanian dairy giant VDL
*Pic: H’s painting of Jan Cameron … Businesswoman Jan Cameron plans to underwrite a rival bid for Tasmanian dairy giant Van Diemen’s...
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Three Capes Track – it is free if you camp …
*Pic: By Ted Mead on Pillar Cliffs The Three Capes project impact. Pic: Rob Blakers, http://www.robblakers.com Letter to the Editor, Tasmanian Times,...
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Rob Walls: Sunrise on New Year’s Day …
Selfies … One of my assignments for the book, 1.1.2000 24 Hours in the Life of Australia 16 years ago, was to...
