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Environment
Pesticides: disturbing findings
Dr Alison Bleaney One of the disturbing findings of the Tasmanian River Catchment Water Quality Monitoring Initiative (just about to finish after...
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Health
ER needed on railyards bid
Sue Neales Mercury … what exactly is the solid rationale for locating the new hospital on such a prime piece of waterfront...
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Environment
Congestion tax
Marrette Corby The advantages of a congestion tax are great: reduction of pollution, reduction of road rage, lower Greenhouse gas emissions, improvements...
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Politics
The Bartlett vision
Malcolm He has also point blankly refused to reconsider the railyards site for the new Royal Hobart Hospital in spite of widespread...
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Environment
Other rivers are in an even worse state
Dr Alison Bleaney And mixtures of toxic chemicals, especially water soluble and water non-soluble, have unpredictable and unknown effects. Ask CSIRO, they...
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Politics
Life on Mars
Hag THIS is getting positively bizarre: Mars sweetens AFL bid Yet another splendid example of Tasmanian gullibility. Almost on a par with...
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Environment
Native forest furnace push
Simon Branigan Environment Tasmania MR The Federal Government is currently reviewing the expansion of the MRET, and is under heavy pressure from...
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Environment
People power blocks Gunns
Nick Clark Mercury TIMBER giant Gunns Limited has bowed to strong opposition from a new community group and withdrawn plans for a...
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Article
Ethics and Tasmanian politics: the real challenge
Peter Henning THE Tasmanian Parliamentary Joint Select Committee on Ethical Conduct has invited public submissions. Unfortunately, the Select Committee has decided that...
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Politics
Sea Star thanks the HCC
Margot Giblin Ruzicka’s prediction a fortnight ago was right. Councilors’ ‘to-ing and fro-ing’ continues leaving only seven attending this meeting. One councilor...
