Tasmanian Times
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878Cribb’s dire warning on global food will be ignored at our peril
Julian Cribb is up there in the running to claim the title of ‘Conscience of the Nation’. For decades, he has been...
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Miami, the great world city, is drowning while the powers that be look away
*Image: Charles N. Abbott: http://99cnaclasses.com/miami/ ; http://99cnaclasses.com/ Low-lying south Florida, at the front line of climate change in the US, will be...
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Triabunna woodchip mill destruction: State Government pushes for inquiry
The Tasmanian Government wants a parliamentary inquiry into the destruction of a woodchip mill on the state’s east coast. Millionaire environmentalists Graeme...
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Just out: Third Audit of Mine Safety Unit, Read for yourself. ABC: A damning report
Download, Read for Yourself, Third Audit of the Mine Safety Unit, and Office of Chief Inspector of Mines, Worksafe Tasmania: http://worksafe.tas.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/288845/Quinlan_Report_2014.pdf •...
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Carbon Tax – all bets are on …
Carbon tax repeal almost certain as PUP seals amendments deal Abbott government on track to be third time lucky, with repeal bills...
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TasWater pays out more than $330,000 for HR Consultants since Oct 2013
TasWater engaged a multinational HR firm at a cost of hundreds of thousands of dollars to do basic functions such as job...
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Mother Mountain: The Symphony of Birdsong (20)
*Pic: The way we were … The Springs … and below the Tawny Frogmouth which sends Donzo aflutter … The “Respect the...
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How to watch the International Space Station fly over Tasmania …
The International Space Station passes Tasmania more times than people realize. It will be visible again on Monday evening from 5.54pm until...
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Solar has won. Even if coal were free to burn, power stations couldn’t compete
*Pic: Lagging … Chart showing comparitive use of solar Behind the times … As Tasmania’s ‘Unfair’ Economic Regulator forces the Feed In...
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Hemp’s hamstrung potential
There has been a great deal of discussion over the past couple of weeks about whether Tasmania should move to trial the...
