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776Tarkine voices heard by shareholders at Venture Minerals AGM
Picture: Nicole Anderson Representatives from The Wilderness Society, GetUp! and Tarkine National Coalition are today attending the Annual General Meeting of Venture...
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Health: Pioneer kept in the dark over lead in water supply. Smoking rates shame
The Tasmanian Greens today called on the Health Minister Michelle O’Byrne to investigate concerns that residents around Pioneer in northern Tasmania were...
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Open letter to the Premier
Premier, On 17 July, via Tasmanian Times HERE:, and in some case directly by email, I alerted Forestry Tasmania, and others, of...
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TNC seeks to allay worker concerns
The Tarkine National Coalition has placed full page advertisements in The Advocate and The Mercury in an attempt to address the misconception...
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Parliament Square enabling legislation not supported
The Tasmanian Greens today confirmed that they would not be voting in support of the Parliament Square Planning Permit Bill 2012, which...
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Groundswell shuts down Ta Ann veneer mill. More on the Sarawak connections …
Grassroots environmental group Groundswell have today shut down operations at Ta Ann’s veneer mill in Smithton, with a peaceful protest. The group...
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Riding roughshod over a local community … ?
The Independent Member for Denison, Andrew Wilkie (above), has called on the Prime Minister to rule out federal funding for a proposed...
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Cash for Containers: A Solution to Pollution Choking Tasmania’s Clean Image
“The atrocious amount of rubbish found around this state is an ugly problem Tasmanians ignore too often,” Australian Greens Senator Peter Whish-Wilson...
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Investors beware: Van Diemens Land dairy expansion would destroy endangered devils and quolls
The Tasmanian Conservation Trust has today issued a warning to potential investors in the Van Diemen’s Land company dairy expansion that they...
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Minister backflips on sow stall ban
In a devastating blow to the welfare of pregnant pigs, Tasmania’s Minister for Primary Industries, Bryan Green, will renege on the government’s...
