Tasmanian Times
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1.0KButler approves Tarkine mine …
Federal Environment Minister Mark Butler has approved Shree Minerals’ mine in Tasmania’s Tarkine region. The initial approval for the $20 million project...
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Environmentalists urge Rudd to scrap ‘failed’ forestry deal with states
A coalition of environment groups has urged the federal government to tear up its “failed” forestry deal with states, which they blame...
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It will be the fault of MLCs, not us, say activists. Fear of ‘Terrorism’
Huon Valley Environment Centre and Still Wild Still Threatened respond to the opinion of the Tasmanian Greens Leader that a moratorium on...
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Death sentence for ‘virtually indigenous’ wallabies
Stop Tasmanian Animal Cruelty has received distressing reports of a government plan to slaughter between 200 and 300 Agile Wallabies very soon...
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‘Greens lost in wilderness on toxics’
‘It is not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends that in the end hurts us the most’...
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It’s not too late to hand back the $2.2 million ET
Let’s be clear. The grant of $2.2 million of funds through the Tasmanian Forest Agreement to Environment Tasmania (ET) is ethically bankrupt...
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Humanity is on a crash-course with carbon
Humanity is currently on course to double or even triple the carbon dioxide content of the Earth’s atmosphere by the end of...
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Ta Ann: the supreme beggar
It was refreshing to read Gordon Bradbury comments ( HERE ) pointing out the neglect of financial sustainability in so many of...
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Sarawak multi-million dollar company benefits again from Australian taxpayers
PM Rudd’s announcement is counterproductive to diversifying Tasmania’s economy as it continues to award welfare handouts to the proven unsustainable Tasmanian logging...
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The false illusion of a commercial public native forestry nirvana must be abandoned
The one common interest that many TT readers, including Andreas Rothe and Frank Nicklason, seem to share is the absolute commitment to...
