Tasmanian Times
National
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983Health: My Cry from the Heart
I recently met the Health Minister Michele O’Byrne whilst she was shopping at our local supermarket. I related to the minister how...
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HCC must knock this obscene plan on the head
Will Tasmanians ever wake up from their collective Rip Van Winkle sleep and realise what a treasure they have in their old...
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Labor vote up edges up after weekend of leaks
Prime Minister Julia Gillard is preparing for what is expected to be a fiery cabinet meeting later today, after damaging leaks to...
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Shut the detention centres down
The most important document ever reduced to writing, whether on paper, papyrus, velum or tablets of stone” – Mary Gaudron. I am...
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Digesting grass or burning forests is not the answer
Paul Spackman (who writes for Farmers Weekly) writing in his business blog on October 10, 2011 says that the UK could be...
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Forests agreement opportunities detailed at Our Common Ground event
For the first time since the signing of the Tasmanian Forests Intergovernmental Agreement, 120 guests at a dinner in Hobart on Sunday...
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Is the pulp mill an issue in council elections?
In the coming local government elections, there are 421 candidates seeking election as Councillors, Deputy Mayors and Mayors to the Councils of...
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Tasmania’s forest campaign goes global
Tasmania’s forest campaigners Jenny Weber and Peg Putt have exposed Ta Ann Tasmania’s timber source to some of their customers in Japan,...
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Ali released on bail. The action against Gunns. Logs off to China
Peaceful forest defender Ali Alishah released on bail. Non violent forest activist Ali Alishah was released on bail this afternoon after spending...
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Rising inequality strengthens case for stronger mining tax: Brown
New figures released today show an alarming trend of rising wealth inequality as the benefits of the mining boom become increasingly concentrated...
