Tasmanian Times
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1.3KTony Abbott criticised for “unsettled” Australia remark
*Pic: Retweeted by Tony Windsor, former independent MP, this map shows the boundaries of Aboriginal nations. Hardly ‘unsettled’ Australia Australia’s Prime Minister...
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Save the Tarkine seeks a Statement of Reasons for decision to approve Mt Lindsay Mine Lease
*Pic: Aerial shot of Venture Minerals early work at Mt Lindsay in the Tarkine Save the Tarkine has today written to Minister...
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Hutchinson questions TFA conflicts of interest. Harriss. Weber: Appalling allegiance of loggers
FEDERAL Lyons MP Eric Hutchinson has sought advice from the federal Auditor General regarding potential conflicts of interest by members of the...
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Organ Pipes ‘under threat’
*Pic: Bob Burton Residents Opposed to the Cable Car are concerned that the threat to the organ pipes has moved closer. The...
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The questions swirling around Mt Lyell … Mt Lindsay …
*Isla MacGregor pic of hazardous mine waste tyres, Mt Lyell Mine Copper Mines of Tasmania in Queenstown has again delayed re-opening its...
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Bryan Green’s Asbestos Mine
Labor and Liberal governments love to trumpet how friendly they are to development. The truth is that the impediments they put in...
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The Broken System
Australia’s political system is broken. The recent review by the ALP on their election result revealed a party in disarray. Policies and...
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More than 25 years after ‘the clever country’ little has changed
In 1964 Australian social commentator Donald Horne published a book, The Lucky Country. At the time, most people were aware that Horne...
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CSIRO cuts will hurt Hobart
Hobart City Council Alderman Helen Burnet has today slammed the Federal Budget’s cuts to science, claiming their effect on Hobart “Cannot be...
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Poverty of the progressives
*Pic: Liberal-minded … Hockey, Abbott, Bishop, Truss The Federal Liberals’ budget rationale is based on the widely held myth that government spending...
