Tasmanian Times
National
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956Australia is no pissant, says Garnaut
The Government’s key climate change adviser has recommended polluters pay a carbon price of $26 a tonne, raising $11.5 billion in the...
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Like Gunns, Lara’s share price plummets
Tasmanian Premier Lara Giddings has taken a big hit in the latest opinion poll. Last week, EMRS asked 1,000 Tasmanians how they...
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More Diggers die
Two Australian soldiers killed in Afghanistan Two Australian soldiers were killed in Afghanistan on Monday in a “very bad day” for the...
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The truth about Mr Gutwein’s Rauma mill(s)
There are actually two pulp mills on the harbourside in the Finnish city of Rauma. One is a UPM mill that only...
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Wilkie and Xenophon call for immediate ban on live exports to Indonesia
Independent Member for Denison, Andrew Wilkie, and Independent Senator for South Australia, Nick Xenophon, have backed calls by the RSPCA and Animals...
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Forestry Tasmania’s secret
Last week both the Mercury and the Examiner reported Forestry Tasmania’s refusal to supply cash flow information to the Leg Co Committee...
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Medical students “Say Yes” to a price on carbon. Climate Action Hobart’s action
Medical students around Australia this week are saying “Yes” to a price on carbon pollution as part of a national campaign to...
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Proposal for a Tasmanian Blackwood Growers Cooperative
The many positive responses to my previous article (A missed opportunity for the Forestry Peace Agreement: HERE) have encouraged me, and as...
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Faecal DNA detection … the case of feral foxes in Tasmania
Abstract Early detection of biological invasions is critical to reducing their impact, but because invading organisms are initially at low densities, detection...
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Hunt for fox proof ‘ends’
THE head of Tasmania’s multi-million-dollar fox eradication team says searching for evidence of foxes in the state is no longer necessary as...
