Tasmanian Times
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984The Trouble with Margiris
Pic: Greenpeace The Margiris has had other lives … all of them spell trouble. The American Pelagic Fishing Company commissioned this vessel...
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Gay rights v. Christian lobby. Council backing. ACT follows Tassie. Giddings ‘humbles’ Christians ..
• Christian lobby wrong to link forced adoptions and same-sex marriage Tasmanian gay rights advocates have hit back at the Australian Christian...
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National coalition push to change sex laws
Nordic Model Australia Coalition (NORMAC) has today launched its campaign to overhaul prostitution laws in Australia. NORMAC supports the introduction of more...
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Tasmania considers phasing out cigarette sales
The Tasmanian Government is considering ruling out banning tobacco sales to people born after 2000, in the wake of a vote in...
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Minister Burke protects Tasmanian Kelp Marine Forests, while the PM condemns them to death
The Honourable Tony Burke, Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities yesterday announced that he was giving national protection to the...
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The Gunns Ltd disaster … for Unisuper … and Robert
Dave Groves GUNNS Ltd had been a disaster for shareholders and attracting further investors would be “difficult, if not impossible”, an expert...
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Contested forests and uncontested wood. Forestry akin to ‘work for the dole’
• Contested forests and uncontested wood David Obendorf The Scales are loaded: approximately 570,000 hectares of High Conservation Value Forest for permanent...
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Watch: The Last Frontier
Thousands of people in the wilderness of Malaysian Borneo are set to lose their homes, as a controversial plan to build a...
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More AFMA failures come to light as Ombudsman confirms probe
The Independent Member for Denison, Andrew Wilkie, has referred new failures in the Australian Fisheries Management Authority’s process in deciding the quota...
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Electricity … a perspective
Restructuring electricity companies The discussion about power prices and the restructure of the State’s electricity sector often neglects the crucial role of...
