Tasmanian Times
National
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1.8KVested interests are undermining our democracy
Image: Thomas Cole, Course of Empire I am very privileged to be able to reply to the Governor-General’s speech. I am especially...
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What would be the effect on farmers if there was contamination of the water table … ?
Image from here One of the last projects agreed by the now departed Giddings government was awarding a licence for unconventional oil...
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World’s Number 1 Herbicide Discovered in US Mothers’ Breast Milk
• Pilot study shows build-up of glyphosate herbicide in Mothers’ bodies • Urine testing shows glyphosate levels over 10 times higher than...
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Macquarie Island declared pest free after 7-year eradication program
The World Heritage-listed Macquarie Island has been declared free of pests after a near seven-year campaign to eradicate it of rats, rabbits...
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Forests: Reality bites for Paul and Will …
• Eye of the storm … Resources Minister Paul Harriss with Premier Will Hodgman. Mr Harris is reported as saying the Liberal...
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Andrew Wilkie: The rebuild is a mess and the previous State Government misled the community
I share new Tasmanian Health Minister Michael Ferguson’s assessment that the situation with the rebuild of the Royal Hobart Hospital is “appalling.”...
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ABC: PM Abbott risks being branded a liar
“If Mr Abbott does not promptly deny reports that the Government plans to cut ABC funds he risks being branded a liar,”...
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Japanese whalers plan return to hunt. Abbott turns a blind eye.
Senator Peter Whish-Wilson responds to the news that Japan’s Institute of Cetacean Research has used court proceedings in the United States against...
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Bob Carr diaries: foreign policy was subcontracted to Jewish donors
Ex-foreign minister casts light on support for Israel – and his obsession with diet and the indignities of businesss class travel Former...
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400,000 hectares of Tasmanian forests to be logged, not reserved
Quarantining Forestry Tasmania from managing the logging in the short term is a tricky attempt to secure FSC certification regardless The forest...
