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Politics
Marti in Chicago
Margot Giblin AT a closed meeting on 26 March 2008 Hobart City Council approved funding estimated at $2,000 to pay for Councilor...
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Economy
Timberrrr… share prices plummet, as do jobs
The Big Fall Gunns Great Southern Timbercorp And this is why: Investors wield the axe as Futuris blames forest scheme (MIS) for...
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Health
The tributes for Christopher Newell
Damien Brown Mercury From parishioners who said they would miss his sermons to fellow intellects who said he was one of Tasmania’s...
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Politics
Why one council is in debt …
Brenda Rosser It would be great if the Mercury newspaper did some simple research to find out why Tasmania’s councils are suffering...
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Environment
Environment protectors limited
Mark Worley Mercury THE Environmental Protection Authority has only one permanent staff member and will have limited scope to police the forest...
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Coroner & Legal
Police gear up to cope with pulp mill protest
Mark Worley Mercury TASMANIA Police has crafted a plan to deal with big protests at Gunns’ proposed pulp mill. Commissioner Jack Johnston...
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Environment
Hobart haze blows limits
Michael Stedman Mercury HOBART’S air quality breached national guidelines twice during the autumn burn-off season. Records released yesterday show harmful PM2.5 pollution...
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Politics
Crippling debts spark fears for councils
Mark Worley NEARLY two-thirds of Tasmania’s 29 councils operated in the red last year – and five are in dire financial trouble....
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Politics
Paula and the dead trees
Jon Ayling My brother in law recently went to stay at the Cradle Mountain Chalet. As it was relatively quiet he had...
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Coroner & Legal
The need for a public ethics commission
Henry Melville Tasmanian Times readers……are you going to be a mob of sheep roused together by the sheep dogs, sent through the...
