Tasmanian Times
National
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709Labor still wants mining profits to trump people and nature
Martin Ferguson and David Bradbury’s Productivity Commission inquiry into non-financial barriers to mining announced today is yet another effort by the Labor...
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Unsupportable Fox Baiting has no ‘Social Licence’
Community response to 1080 baiting on South Arm peninsula Despite the strong opposition from the South Arm community to the laying of...
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A Problem of Cunning Tasmanian Foxes or Much Less Cunning Innovation?
Foxes would bring disastrous ecological consequences for the island state of Tasmania. That’s been stated so often that it is deserving of...
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Green split. Treachery, say Putt, Webber. SWST vow. TCA takes bat and ball
A split has emerged in environment groups over a letter supporting timber company Ta Ann. The Huon Valley Environment Centre says it...
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SSM: ‘The Bill is doomed’. Crikey runs the numbers. Croome: We back the backers
There is at present a bill before the Tasmanian Parliament, the “The Same-Sex Marriage Bill 2012”. (the Bill) It is due to...
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Campaign ups the ante on threats to World Heritage. Shoved aside
Pic: Nicole Anderson The Wilderness Society, Tarkine National Coalition and GetUp! joined forces today (Sat) in the campaign to protect the Tarkine...
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Liberals to thank for failed forestry schemes in wake of Gunns’ collapse
The Tasmanian rural landscape is now littered with hundreds of thousands of hectares of seemingly un-wanted Eucalyptus nitens thanks to the now...
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GUNNS: APPOINTMENT OF VOLUNTARY ADMINISTRATOR
A Matt Newton Picture Tribute … Gunns Ltd Company Announcement: http://www.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20120925/pdf/428xy86t14lvj0.pdf • Matthew Denholm, The Australian: Gunns enters voluntary administration after $900m...
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An economy that serves people and nature, not the other way around
Speech to the National Press Club by Australian Greens Leader, Senator Christine Milne Thank you, Lyndal, distinguished guests, friends. I begin by...
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New Chairman of Forestry Tasmania
The Deputy Premier, Bryan Green, today announced the appointment of highly regarded corporate leader Bob Annells as the new chairman of Forestry...
