Tasmanian Times
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792A toothless regulatory regime …
Genetically modified (GM) grass tolerant to the herbicide glyphosate, intended for use in golf courses, parks and athletic fields, has become a...
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Gunns moves the earth …
Gunns this morning took delivery of three large Komatsu earth moving machines. The first two arrived at 9:05, and the third at...
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Investigating stockpiles. Last Stand in Bunbury
Jenny Webber, Huon Valley Environment Centre: Tasmania’s ancient forests still falling, and being stockpiled in paddocks. Conservationists from Huon Valley Environment Centre...
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Timber folk urged to boycott Chickenfeed, Wotif … as Gunns in compo stand-off
WAR is being declared on discount chain Chickenfeed by growing numbers of angry timber workers and their supporters. The brother of North-West...
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Is this the best we can do?
In light of the newly announced ASCHEM pesticide monitoring programme for Tasmania (MR below), we question if DPIPWE are using the appropriate...
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Surely the pulp mill is dead?
The Tasmanian Greens have obtained further new legal advice (attached) which found that Gunns Ltd is now unable to apply for a...
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Gunns updates the market, as the Watchdog … watches, and Code Green protests
GUNNS LIMITED | ABN 29 009 478 148 PO Box 572 Launceston Tasmania Australia 7250 | 78 Lindsay Street Launceston Tasmania Australia...
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Not guilty: Tassie tiger absolved of killing sheep
The Tasmanian thylacine, hunted to extinction last century as a notorious sheep killer, had such weak jaws its prey was probably no...
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Wikileaks, Nick McKim and the pulp mill …
Here’s the text of an interesting wikileak cable…. Reference id aka Wikileaks id #185794 ? … Subject Tasmania: Controversial Pulp Mill Granted...
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Polling shows 85% want immediate protection for Tasmania’s forests: Brown
Australians want national park status for 570,000 hectares of Tasmania’s native forests identified by the intergovernmental agreement as needing immediate protection, polling...
