Tasmanian Times
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760Glaciers in Southwest China Feel the Brunt of Climate Change
ScienceDaily (Oct. 25, 2011) — Significant increases in annual temperatures are having a devastating affect on glaciers in the mountainous regions of...
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Another three Diggers die
An attacker wearing an Afghan army uniform has shot dead three Australian soldiers and wounded seven others in Afghanistan. An Afghan interpreter...
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Brown calls on Gillard and Abbott to haul Qantas’ Joyce into line
Australian Greens Leader Bob Brown today called on Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Opposition Leader Tony Abbott to demand Qantas management get...
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Why euphemism is integral to modern warfare
The arms trade, and the UK’s role within it, relies on business-speak and foggy language, writes Will Self. One of my favourite...
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Forestry decline: It’s no-one’s fault, says Giddings. But Libs would forgo $276m
Government Listening to Forestry Concerns The Premier, Lara Giddings, today welcomed the opportunity to talk to businesses affected by the downturn in...
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SIEV X: It’s time for a Royal Commission
It’s time for the truth to allay, or confirm, our fears about SIEV X It’s 10 years since the SIEV X disaster...
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Logging must stop. Nick McKim. Paul O’Halloran’s Notice of Motion. Biomass burning …
The government agreement to stop logging in Tasmania’s wild forests is clear: logging must stop in the 430,000ha that the Prime Minister...
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Forestry didn’t get it all wrong
There is a strong push to stop all logging of native forests, but is this really justified from the point of view...
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What Arab Revolutions?
“Biggest international news story of the moment is the outbreak of rebellions – ‘revolution’ is too presumptuous a word at this stage...
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Rethink on free trade long overdue
The Gillard government’s “rethink” on free trade is long overdue and the focus needs to shift in the short term to the...
