Tasmanian Times
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1.3KAshamed of our animal instincts
Nick Mooney looking at a diseased devil in a pipe trap; trap invented by Nick As Tasmanians, we are increasingly anthropocentric, reluctant...
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Mineral Exploration and Mining in the North-West of Tasmania
Stanley River mine The Tasmanian minerals industry has rejected the latest set of demands from the Tarkine National Coalition (TT here) over...
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At last, how to deal with those pesky varmints
If your farm is over-run with non-native pests, like cats, rabbits, starlings, skylarks or deer and you would like to know what...
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Suffering the karma of killing
“To believe we can live without taking life is delusional.” — Barbara Kingsolver, ‘Animal, Vegetable, Miracle’ What happens here is that people...
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What Peak Oil will mean …
Actually I was thinking of none of those specifically, but I can’t see any real conflict between the vast majority of current...
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Hoodwinked by pulp fiction
In the week beginning on the 19 June the State Government will likely introduce its IGA enabling legislation into the Parliament in...
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The “Peak” in Tourism
Has anyone out there noticed the use of the work “peak” in recent releases as the latest media qualifier? Definition: (adj) approaching...
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Body blows to the credibility of the IGA
Forest Practices awards, November 2011. IFA members present The IFA, or Institute of Foresters of Australia, is a professional body with over...
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Fish before the rocks get slippery
There is a perfect river with perfect falls and perfect trout on which the sun always shines. The river is called “The...
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What exactly don’t we know?
Vandenberg et al. (Is everything we think we know about chemical toxicity wrong?) conclude that there is consistent evidence that dioxin, atrazine,...
