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Environment
Alliance forms to save Tasmania from Gunns Pulp Mill
Rick Pilkington, Ed Coper The two day strategy meeting involved representatives from Tasmanians Against the Pulp Mill, The Wilderness Society, GetUp, The...
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Politics
Inquiry into public sector appointments
Paul Harris MR The Committee could also be charged with investigating the debacle concerning the appointment of a Magistrate last year and...
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Environment
The chainsaws are running …
Geraldine deBurgh-Day Tuesday mofning, the chainsaws are running, and the cleared area grows. This is the scene from my paddock. The Forth...
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Environment
The Clearances Repeated in Tasmania
John Hawkins Of all the misfortunes to befall the Scots the “Clearances” were probably the worst. They engendered great bitterness throughout Scotland,...
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Environment
Howard’s legacy … Rudd’s problem
Mike Bolan This expanding group of people is being driven into debt and poverty as a direct result of federal government wealth...
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Politics
How homophobic are we?
Rodney Croome In social terms, Tasmania’s embrace of her sons and daughters is as fierce as her rejection. Both are quite unpredictable,...
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Politics
Settle, people, settle
Peter Tucker Labor could have done without the Kons affair but it should be a plus to have the much more urbane...
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Environment
What do the latest DNA-positive fox scats tell us?
David Obendorf Since 2001 there has been no success in producing any images of foxes taken in Tasmania (even from the sensational...
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Environment
The fox farce
Ian Rist Another Tasmanian deer season has come and gone, all the thousands of deer hunters out in the bush in prime...
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Economy
Reserve Bank of Australia – Greenhouse Skeptics?
Alex Wadsley The biggest impact of a carbon tax will be on how we generate electricity. A carbon cost of $15 to...
