Tasmanian Times
Politics
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746China’s new forests aren’t as green as they seem
In the United Nations’ 2011 International Year of Forests, China is heralded as a superstar. Almost single-handedly, the country has halted long-term...
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Dear Ms Pickin and Mr Schaap
Dear Ms Pickin and Mr Schaap, I am aware that NEPM standards are applicable to a healthy population in Australia and thank...
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Greens: Where is the mining policy?
Why have the Tasmanian Greens completely failed to develop a rational policy on mining in Tasmania. On looking up the Tasmanian Greens...
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Wilkie stunned by Caucus decision on live exports
The Independent Member for Denison, Andrew Wilkie, has expressed his bitter disappointment at the Labor Party’s unwillingness to mandate the stunning of...
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McKim’s stable government
Nick McKim has now pretty thoroughly demonstrated, as he continually reminds us all ad nauseum, that the Green part, or section or...
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Integrity CEO quits
TASMANIAN Integrity Commission CEO Barbara Etter has quit after just over a year in the job. Ms Etter had elected to terminate...
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Be afraid, very afraid, of Gillard Government’s GST Distribution Review
Sir Humphrey Appleby, the head of the civil service in the Yes, Prime Minister TV series which is returning as a stage...
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Get that vote in!
Council elections begin today. This is a critical election for the Hobart City Council with a new Lord Mayor and key plans...
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Council Throws a Million Dollars in the Drink – GASP
Glenorchy City Council candidate, Kristie Johnston, today expressed disbelief at the Council’s decision last night to approve an additional $400,000 of funding...
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Surely this is Triple-Dipping …
In 1985 Robin Gray’s Liberal Government forced amalgamation upon St.Leonards, Launceston and Lilydale Councils. The age of 12 elected Aldermen were under...
