Tasmanian Times
Current Affairs
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Pulp Mill: a timeline of deceit
Henry Melville lays out a “timeline of deceit” for the latest scandal to envelop the state Government over the approval process for...
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Dear Senator Brown
Geoffrey Hills I WAS disappointed to read, in the Australian Financial Review of 22 June 2007, of the conduct of your office...
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The Great Tasmanian Land Robbery
John Hayward This situation, complemented by another lavish perk — FT’s exemption from FOI legislation — could provide FT with a hidden...
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Media bias and double standards
Ben Spinoza has a spray at the media and commentators for not applying equal scrutiny to protest groups and developers, who sit...
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A victory
Sean Cadman Federal Environment Minister agrees to withhold pulp mill decision until after Federal Court outcome In what amounts to a first...
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Legal action against Turnbull, Gunns
Geoff Law The Wilderness Society today launched a legal challenge in the Federal Court against the Federal Government’s assessment of Gunns’ proposed...
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Stopped by Customs
Rachel Edwards They asked if I wanted to have the pat down out in the open or in one of the interview...
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Goodbye Simon Bevilacqua
Hag TASMANIA’S best investigative journalist of the past 20 years will no longer be writing in mainstream media. Today Simon Bevilacqua’s last...
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No, Minister
Alex Wadsley If this is the case, Gunns’ attempt to circumvent the previous assessment process and achieve a short-cut may hit a...
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The Right of a Parliamentary Scrutiny Committee to Seek Independent Legal Advice
Michael Stokes Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law In my opinion, the Attorney-General is wrong and it is appropriate for a parliamentary committee...
