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Outside the tent

The Regional Forests Agreement signed in 1997 recognised that there were significant areas with high value conservation forest values on private land....

The federal health package: less than meets the eye

Pic: Rob Walls, http://robertwalls.wordpress.com/ The federal health package, negotiated between the Commonwealth government and the Denison independent, Andrew Wilkie, comes with an...

Australia must act on violence in West Papua: Greens

Assessing Gunns Ltd

Public Briefing Paper for Forest Management Certification Assessment of Gunns Limited in Tasmania, Australia 15th of June, 2012 Introduction – The Rainforest...

Touch too much: pupils protest at school ban on contact

Pupils at a Mornington Peninsula primary school have staged a protest on their school oval after they were banned from hugging or...

Greater support for reform

AUSTRALIAN MARRIAGE EQUALITY Media Release Monday June 18th 2012 PARLIAMENTARY SAME-SEX MARRIAGE REPORT WILL ENCOURAGE GREATER SUPPORT FOR REFORM Marriage equality advocates...

Key forestry negotiations make progress

JOINT MEDIA STATEMENT TASMANIAN FORESTS REFERENCE GROUP OF SIGNATORIES KEY FORESTRY NEGOTIATIONS MAKE PROGRESS The Signatories Reference Group established under the Tasmanian...

$325M rescue package to revive Tasmania’s public health system

$325M RESCUE PACKAGE TO REVIVE TASMANIA’S PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM The Independent Member for Denison, Andrew Wilkie, has welcomed the Federal Government’s $325m...

Court rules Assange cannot reopen appeal

Britain’s Supreme Court has dismissed a bid by Australian WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to reopen his appeal against extradition to Sweden over...

Six month milestone for Tasmanian tree sitter

The visit from mum Today marks six months since conservationist Miranda Gibson climbed to the top of a tree in Tasmania’s threatened...