Tasmanian Times
National
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3.5KWas Tasmania riddled by foxes?
On 20 November 2004, the Secretary of DPIWE (now DPIPWE) wrote a letter to the Mercury newspaper expressing his ‘disappointment’ that ‘there...
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The Tasmanian Fox Farrago*
The most troubling aspect of Tasmania’s war on foxes has been its exposure of how publicly-funded science is done in the island...
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The state of democracy
In a recent article1, Sue Neales weighs the performance of the Tasmanian Government in the balance, using the metric of Abraham Lincoln’s...
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Gunns: The Rainforest Alliance valuations …
Dear Stakeholders, The Rainforest Alliance conducted two separate and distinct evaluations of Gunns Limited in July 2010 using Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)...
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Communities and tree monocultures
These are FSC certified monoculture plantations and the issues, including those of workforce occupational health and safety, are very similar to those...
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The Tasmanian Fox who had no balls
In 2006 Minister for Foxes, David Llewellyn called me into his Ministerial suite in the Franklin Square Buildings. He wanted me to...
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South Esk headwaters clearfalls: The devastating consequences
The photos are from Coupe RS142E, upstream from the Tombstone Creek Forest Reserve in the northeast highlands, headwaters of the water supply...
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Tassie bid to import foxes
TASMANIA’S fox eradication taskforce came up with a bizarre plan to import live foxes into Tasmania last year. Correspondence obtained under right...
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Sea Shepherd Repels Assaults
At 1330 hours (AEST), Sea Shepherd’s vessel the Gojira came up behind the Steve Irwin to receive a transfer of supplies. Seeing...
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Web millionaire bankrolled Greens
A MULTIMILLIONAIRE internet entrepreneur worried about climate change bankrolled the Greens’ federal election surge last year by making the largest single political...
