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846Mercury in the Senate
THE Save Our Mercury campaign will be raised in the Senate by Australian Greens leader Bob Brown. Senator Brown has joined an...
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Tasmanian government must protect local honey industry
The Tasmanian government must explain to the local bee and honey industry why it chose to vote against eradication of the Asian...
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TCT dismayed at Norske Skog’s quick and dirty Forest Stewardship Council certificate
The Tasmanian Conservation Trust today expressed dismay at the announcement that Smartwood has issued a Forest Stewardship Council forest management certificate to...
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World’s largest tidal farm highlights green ambition
They will be invisible from the surface, but lying on the seabed between two Scottish islands will produce enough electricity for more...
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Mercury Rising
Tension is rising in the Mercury newspaper’s headquarters in Hobart. An overwhelming majority of reporters, photographers and sub-editors at the Mercury are...
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The Mauritius economic miracle
Suppose someone were to describe a small country that provided free education through university for all of its citizens, transportation for school...
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Hidden Republic
Ten Days on the Island together with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra proudly present Hidden Republic, the collaboration of two of Australia’s most...
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In the new digital world, ‘sunset’ media can’t cling to old ways
When a media proprietor such as Seven Network chairman Kerry Stokes describes newspapers as a “sunset industry”, it goes without saying that...
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The Asturias Pledge, A Shoppers Guide To Pesticides
UN press release EXPERTS AT UN MEETING URGE ACTION TO COMBAT ENVIRONMENTAL CAUSES OF CANCER. (New York; 18 March, 2011) Medical experts...
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Once a jolly clever swagman tried in vain to help homeless
You don’t expect Australian charities to be winning international design awards. Then again, you mightn’t expect the world epicentre of supersize houses...
