Tasmanian Times
Coroner & Legal
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745Independents welcome investigation into broadcast breach
INDEPENDENT MP Andrew Wilkie and independent senator Nick Xenophon have welcomed the media regulator’s investigation into whether the Nine Network breached its...
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Explosive letter confirms Gunns voluntarily gave up contracts, rights
Previously secret communications between Gunns and Forestry Tasmania, obtained by the Liberals under Right to Information laws, blows a massive hole in...
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Council kickbacks ‘tip of the iceberg’
WHISKEY, coats, camcorders, holidays and iPods were just the tip of the iceberg when it came the slew of freebies on offer...
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Wilkie to complain over Ch 9 pokie comments
Independent MP Andrew Wilkie says he and Senator Nick Xenophon will lodge a formal complaint over Channel Nine’s airing of comments on...
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Brown condemns Japan’s blood money
The reported decision of Japan to spend $27 million of public money on killing whales in Antarctica this summer must rate as...
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Call for Moratorium on New Mines in Tasmania. ‘Shree’s deception makes them unfit’
TPEHN has today (Thurs) called on the Tasmanian Government to implement a Moratorium on all new mine exploration licences and new mine...
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Standoff as MLCs demand Gunns $34m compo advice
The Tasmanian Government is on a collision course with the Legislative Council after snubbing its ruling to release legal advice about a...
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Bolt decision: ‘Irresponsible journalism illegal’? Think again
In paragraph 388 of his judgment in the Bolt matter yesterday, Justice Bromberg quotes a phrase from a Privy Council case. It...
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Pulp mill permit non-action equates to interference by default
The Tasmanian Greens today said that the statement by the Director of the EPA that his pulp mill project determination has “no...
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Schaap gives the nod. Booth: Courts should clarify pulp mill permit. Alex Schaap: My reasons
ABC Radio reports Environmental Protection Authority Director Alex Schaap has ruled Gunns Ltd has substantially commenced construction of its pulp mill. His...
