Tasmanian Times
National
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814Three big chiefs to run health. Water bungle
TASMANIA is to have three senior health bureaucrats running the massive Department of Health and Human Services. Under a major reorganisation of...
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$5000 Fox Reward ends … ‘Mystery of the missing fox bait’
After 50 months a genuine Tasmanian fox has not been presented to claim the Tasmanian Times Fox Reward (HERE). The editor’s closure...
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Urgent need to address key shortcomings in the Forests Agreement
On 20 October 2010, the Tasmanian Conservation Trust announced that it had decided not to endorse the Forests Statement of Principles Agreement...
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Brighton: Echoes of the Franklin, says Brown. Independent review? Emergency listing.
The Australian Greens leader is demanding the Commonwealth overrule the Tasmanian Government in approving a controversial bridge in southern Tasmania. Tasmania’s Aboriginal...
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Has Forestry Changed its Spots?
Has Forestry changed its spots? The answer is definitely not. Last weekend I went on a trip up to Dublin Plains, which...
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Wrecking ball fears for old fort
THE Defence Department is expecting an outcry over plans to demolish 42 structures with heritage significance at a Tasmanian military landmark over...
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Trust us. Not yet!
Simon’s plaintive cry suggested, inter alia, environmentalists are operating in “a knowledge vacuum” away from “the harder reality” of a true understanding...
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The Weeping Sore
As the Australian territory closest to Indonesia, Christmas Island has in recent years become a favoured destination for refugee boats. And so...
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Why consult the electorate?
With our parliamentarians voting in support of a motion to consult their electorates on gay marriage, it is worth asking why they...
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Take a stand with the beekeepers
On what scientific grounds does Tasmania continue to use the pesticides neonicotinoids, including imidacloprid? Both agriculture and forestry use these pesticides. Forestry...
