Tasmanian Times
National
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Line in the sand disappears
Today’s announcement that the taxpayer will foot a $50,000 bill for the Treasurer to, amongst other things, spruik the pulp mill to...
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SO MUCH FOR BARTLETT’S PULP MILL ‘LINE IN THE SAND’
As Treasurer Acts as de Facto Agent for Gunns Ltd www.tas.greens.org.au The Tasmanian Greens today described Treasurer Michael Aird’s overseas trip to...
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Overseas Jobs Mission
The Treasurer and Minister for Economic Development, Michael Aird, has announced he will leave tomorrow on a seven-day European jobs mission aimed...
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Nationals, Liberals and Independents cost rural Australia $20 million and reform
Rural Australia has been ill-served by the decision of the National Party, the Liberal Party and the Independents to block reforms that...
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Milne secures $20m for export farmers:
Senate now needs to pass it Export farmers will continue to receive a rebate on the costs of compliance with quarantine regulations...
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Garrett’s green loan shambles: Not one single loan has been approved
The Rudd Government’s much-touted Green Loans Program is a shambles which must be urgently fixed, the Australian Greens said today. In Senate...
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Liberals to oppose Garrett’s Tasmanian land grab
The Federal Coalition stood up for Tasmanian farmers today by moving to stop Environment Minister Peter Garrett’s misguided attempt to shutdown large...
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Hearing adjourned
The court hearing of logging contractors involved in alleged assaults on forest protesters in the Upper Florentine Valley, has been adjourned this...
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Follow-up questions for these evaders
This is an important contribution. Thanks to Rick for taking the time to wind the long, wriggly rope of this affair onto...
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ASSAULTED CONSERVATIONISTS APPEAR IN COURT
Conservationists who were assaulted by logging contractors in the Upper Florentine valley last October will appear as witnesses today in Hobart Magistrates...
