Tasmanian Times
National
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1.4KForestry burn-offs set to threaten health and well-being
Pic: John Hawkins Pic: Bob Hawkins The Tasmanian Greens today condemned the start of the annual forestry industry high intensity burn-off regime,...
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Big questions over status of plantation estate
The Tasmanian Greens today raised concerns over the status of thousands of hectares of Crown land currently under forestry plantations, which have...
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Greens: End $13 billion fossil fuel subsidies for big mining companies
The Australian Greens have released new costings by the Parliamentary Budget Office that show that Labor’s spending on fossil fuel subsidies for...
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Gunmen Shoot at Passing Military Convoy in Papua …
1) Gunmen Shoot at Passing Military Convoy in Papua 2) In Timika, Car Shot OPM officials ————————————————————- http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/gunmen-shoot-at-passing-military-convoy-in-papua/584604 1) Gunmen Shoot at...
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John Howard still misleading over Iraq fiasco
The Independent Member for Denison, Andrew Wilkie, has responded to former Prime Minister John Howard’s address to the Lowy Institute last night...
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Clean, green Tassie … sewage and oysters. Brand ‘in peril’
Sewage spills have forced the closure of two oyster farms at St Helens on Tasmania’s east coast, the third oyster-growing area to...
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It’s time to kick the can …
It is no secret that corporations and business decisions are responsible for most environmental problems we face today. From climate change pollution...
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Labor blind to Tarkine goldmine
Pic: Nicole Anderson The Tasmanian Greens today (Tues) described as ridiculous the decision by State and Federal Labor to spend $100,000 to...
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Coalition NBN farce
Coalition NBN farce – another reason to keep Greens in Senate The Coalition’s alternative broadband policy is ‘planned obsolescence’ on a vast...
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Gunns liquidator to sell timber plantations
More than 200,000 hectares of timber plantations established by the collapsed Tasmanian company Gunns are being put on the market. Liquidator PPB...
