Tasmanian Times
National
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967Not Gunns again …
There are fears forest contractors in Tasmania and interstate face potential bankruptcy because of new legal action being taken by Gunns Limited...
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Tasmania … explore the delusions …
Trains, lanes and an AFL team are our latest delusional fantasies – they are starting to challenge (a) trees (I’m agnostic –...
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This is our humble abode …
The tiny U-shaped clearing in the centre of this image is where our house is. What was once pasture is now monoculture...
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Another Forestry Tasmania lie …
The intense heat generated from Forestry Tasmania’s ‘regeneration burns’ (also called napalming) is necessary for new growth, says FT. But a recent...
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Pesticides linked to bee decline for first time in a countrywide field study
Landscape-wide research by former UK government agency on oilseed rape fields in England and Wales shows link between neonicotinoids and honeybee colony...
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Making the National Sea Highway more effective …
Since the original National Sea Highway Committee NSHC ended its work some years ago there continue to be a number individuals and...
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How the Murdoch press has waged a relentless campaign against the BBC (and why it’s worked)
The UK government’s recent Green Paper spells out a vision of far-smaller BBC. Coincidentally, this is just what Rupert Murdoch and his...
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Truth Hurts: The Science Behind Why People Don’t Care About The Death Of Our Planet And Democracy
This is a long read … but immensely rewarding. Take the time. You won’t be disappointed … Activists and environmentalists take note....
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STATE: ‘True’ unemployment rate hits 18% – the nation’s worst
Tasmania has the nation’s highest rate of labour force under-utilisation ‒ the number of people either unemployed or underemployed ‒ according to...
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Mantach questions swirl around Premier and Senator Eric Abetz. Police called in …
The Premier continued his empty ‘nothing to see here’ rhetoric in Question Time today when repeatedly asked about the Tasmanian Liberal Party’s...
