Tasmanian Times
National
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1.0KAs Forestry stains the Autumn skies with smoke, as Parliament resumes, so does the resistance …
Conservationists have today hung a 15 meter banner from the roof of Hobart’s Parliament House, calling for a forests moratorium and urgent...
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The Chief Scientist and the Gunns Pulp Mill. Gunns woos Tamar Valley.
With the resignation of Professor Penny Sackett the Chief Scientist with effect Friday 4th March 2011 my attention was drawn to the...
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Gillard slumps … on International Women’s Day
Voter support for the Federal Government has plummeted in the first opinion poll taken since Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced her carbon...
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Zombie Firms
Zombie. Origin Voodoo culture, West Indies, Noun: the body of a dead person given the semblance of life, but mute and will-less,...
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Greens push for PMAA repeal. SEARCH ponders direct action. Giant banner unfurled.
The Tasmanian Greens today confirmed that they will be moving to repeal the controversial Pulp Mill Assessment Act 2007 (PMAA) in this...
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Human Health First – No Pulp Mill
The Tasmanian Public and Environmental Health Network (TPEHN) will not support a pulp mill in Tasmania, Spokesperson for TPEHN, Dr Alison Bleaney...
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Not the cake, Lara, the Bread …
Gunns, once the billion dollar super company of Tasmania, is today on its knees and needing its pulp mill to simply stay...
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Marriage act validity
Advice re the Validity of the proposed Tasmanian Same-Sex Marriage Act and Same-Sex Marriage (Dissolution and Annulment) Act. In my opinion, the...
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Tasmanian Heritage Icon Gets Poked in the Eye
I am writing to express the Lighthouses of Australia Inc disapproval at the recent downgrading of the light at Eddystone Point by...
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Taxing our carbon waste dump
One of the key items on Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s agenda is pricing carbon and her new multi-party committee aims to spearhead...
