Tasmanian Times
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997Fewer ceiling fans …
The Ceiling: It’s lucky it’s ornate, providing plenty of detail for aldermen to peruse when things are so boring beneath that gazes...
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Keep Solar Hot Water Affordable
The axing of the Renewable Energy Bonus Scheme rebate could make it difficult for many people to afford solar hot water, says...
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Mr Harriss, Independent MLC, and Ta Ann
Independent Huon MLC Paul Harriss has been one of the loudest and most consistent voices in defence of Malaysian forestry company Ta...
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The $50 Million Fox Hunt
So, are there foxes in Tasmania? After a decade, and tens of millions of dollars, spent trying to rid the island of...
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Gunns Ltd: A pig without lipstick …
When Gunns released its first-half numbers last year, the company made an effort to disguise the woeful performance of the underlying businesses...
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To the Meander Valley Council Mayor and All Councillors
Image here Dear Councillors, We note that Meander Valley Council’s 28th February 2012 Special Meeting has been called ostensibly to “Discuss the...
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NZ trumps Australia on keeping Japanese whalers out: Brown
Three days ago the Australian Minister for the Environment, Tony Burke, was “aware” of an incursion by Japanese whalers into the exclusive...
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Native Forest Logging is economic madness
While the arguments about forestry rage again, the central tenet of the argument, while mentioned in passing, fails to grab the political...
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Expansion of bushfire alert SMS system needs priority. Farmers count cost
The Tasmanian Greens today have called for State Labor to prioritise the expansion of the current Emergency Alert fire warning system, to...
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Huon activists anything but anarchic
Peter Pepper “Anarchists” is how Peter Pepper describes members of Huon Valley Environment Centre (HVEC). It’s not surprising that Pepper, as a...
