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917ArtsReviewed! Crimson Peak
Usually I glare contemptuously at anyone who says to me: “Oh I like to watch movies so I can relax and zone...
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1.1KEconomy
I am dumbstruck …
I am dumbstruck, a bit like this pterodactyl. Driving down my only access road to my home this afternoon I am confronted...
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920Environment
TLC’s Jane Hutchinson shortlisted for the Tasmanian Australian of the Year Award
*Pic: Jane Hutchinson at the The Big Punchbowl Reserve. Pic Matt Newton: http://www.matthewnewton.com.au/ Jane Hutchinson, Chief Executive Officer of the Tasmanian Land...
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898Coroner & Legal
Closing down FOI: a case study in sneaky government
*Graphic: From here In a year and a half the Abbott government managed, in practice, to undo the painstaking reforms of the...
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934Economy
Is the Fox guarding the Forestry ‘Chook House’?
When the appointed auditor of compliance for FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) certification is paid by the timber management company (Forico) and Forico...
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951Economy
STATE: Greens Move to Defer Planning Bill … Defeated. The Groom entitlement? Backroom deals?
*Graphic: Aberdeen City Council here The Greens will move to defer the bill that enables a statewide planning scheme until the government...
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935Economy
TPP and Tasmania’s GMO moratorium. Corporates can sue. What we don’t know. Positive to Libs
As mentioned on Monday Oct. 5 on the ABC’s morning program, the Federal Government is in the final rounds of approving Australia’s...
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927Economy
TODAY, Parliament Lawns, Hobart: National Ban Live Export Rally
On Saturday October 17, Hobart will join with every capital city in the country to demand a ban on the live animal...
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800Economy
NATION: Stop the boasts …
‘Focusing only on border control and deterrence will not solve the problem. It is the duty of any government to ensure security...
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1.0KCoroner & Legal
Arrest in Kiwi 1080 Baby Food Scare Clears Public
The New Zealand government aerially drops 1080 poison each year over large areas of public lands and farmland either to kill possums...
