Tasmanian Times
Sciences
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949Throw away the dictionary
Throw away the dictionary. A dictionary’s no help at all if you really want to know what words like “substantial” or “commencement”...
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The Permit: Last minute surprise! And much tortuous detail…
Dear Reader, This article is long, some of it is ‘technical’ and deals with The Pulp Mill Permit. It consists actually of...
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Be Aware that Housing Density in Hobart is Set to Double
The Details The details of this move are outlined in the Southern Tasmania Regional Land Use Strategy 2010-2035 which has been approved...
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Where has the evidence gone?
No new confirmed evidence of fox activity has been found in Tasmania since 24 March 2010. Does the recent absence of evidence...
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Louisiana paper mill spill causes massive fish kill
(Reuters) – A rotten stench hung over a 60-mile stretch of Louisiana’s Pearl River as boats trawled through thick layers of hundreds...
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Africa’s Black Revolution
We recently paid a visit to David Guerena (PhD Candidate in soil science at Cornell University under Prof Johannes Lehmann) at his...
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States get a bigger say on the environment
The Gillard government has rolled out a business-friendly overhaul of national environment laws, boosting the states’ role in approving or rejecting controversial...
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The forest companies of the future
Over the past 150 years, industrialisation has taken its toll. All too often, forests have been sacrificed in the face of expanding...
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Wealth creation: Surface appearance and reality
“…therefore as labour is a creator of use-value, is useful labour, it is a necessary condition, independent of all forms of society,...
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Live and let die, our animals’ painful plight
LAST Thursday was an extremely sad day for Australian farm animals. Despite repeated pleas by the RSPCA, Animals Australia and thousands of...
