Tasmanian Times
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813Riding 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...
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Hemp ruling a potential boost for Tasmanian agriculture
The Tasmanian Greens have welcomed a decision by Food Standards Australia New Zealand to approve the use of hemp products containing low...
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Rwanda Bans Bob Brown
Former Greens Leader and Senator Bob Brown, who retired from the Senate in June, has been banned from entering Rwanda. Dr Brown...
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Premier Giddings’ opening of Brighton bypass insensitive
Premier Lara Giddings has been labelled ‘insensitive’ by Aborigines for officiating at the opening of the Brighton bypass. Spokesperson for the Tasmanian...
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Australian law gives shelter to illegal acts in the name of the environment
SENATOR THE HON RICHARD COLBECK Senator for Tasmania Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Fisheries and Forestry Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Innovation, Industry and...
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The Wacky World of Tasmanian Liberal Forest Policy
Sign of the Times: Picture taken last week at the Gunns ex (fairly recently) sawmill at Austins Ferry (between Granton and Claremont)....
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And we’ve been screwed again
Last Sunday, the Gillard Government decided to sneak an announcement in quietly about a new proposed superhighway throughout Australia. Not the NBN;...
