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VEDANTA AGM: ANGRY PROTESTS IN INDIA, AFRICA AND LONDON
• Boxing match between company execs will be staged during major protest at Vedanta’s London AGM. • Parallel protests in Zambia, and...
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771Sun Shines Through
Paula Xiberras Mary Oxley Griffiths says she loves Tasmania, calling it ‘a nice little place’ and specifically singling out cottages. Mary is...
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Tasmanian Government killing off last 2000 Swift Parrots
• Tasmania Government ignores scientific advice on logging impacts, withdraws from recovery efforts • Federal Environment Minister Greg Hunt refuses to act...
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Nick McKim announced as the new Greens Senator for Tasmania
The Australian Greens are pleased to announce that former Tasmanian Greens Leader Nick McKim has been elected by a ballot of members...
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Palmer and Wilkie to move no confidence motion in Speaker
*Image: Bronwyn Bishop Memes, Facebook here Clive Palmer, the federal leader of the Palmer United Party and Member for Fairfax, said he...
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Groom must end uncertainty on Tariff 41. Petition …
One of the Government’s own energy senior energy advisers is warning power bills could go up by as much as a $1000...
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Labor backflip on forestry overdue, but welcome
We welcome Labor’s support for our policy of special species harvesting in the TWWHA. It’s unfortunate that Labor didn’t recognise the need...
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Tasmanian ALP snubs its nose at national party platform to join Liberals on World Heritage logging
Tasmanian Labor leader Bryan Green’s announcement to support World Heritage logging takes him down to the level of discredited Liberal Forests Minister...
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Costa scholarships for North-West students welcomed
Today’s announcement that the Costa berry business at Wesley Vale will provide annual scholarship for North-West students is welcome news on both...
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Protecting rainforests from logging is overdue in Tasmania
“Logging has no place in Tasmania’s Wilderness World Heritage Area and UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee agrees. Despite this, Tasmania’s Labor Party and...
