Tasmanian Times
Politics
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936‘How to eradicate foxes’ in 2003
An external wildlife consultant told the Tasmanian Government in early 2003 that based on allegations of fox releases in several locations and...
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A Great Lie: Wilkie slams Government and Opposition over war
Independent Andrew Wilkie today strongly criticised the Government and Opposition for their continuing dishonesty over Australian involvement in the Afghan war. “The...
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China demand pushes log/woodchip imports to records
China’s hunger for wood raw-material pushes timber prices upward, increasing the importation of logs and wood chips to record levels in 2010,...
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Forests: Peace in our time?
Environment Tasmania, the Conservation Council, The Wilderness Society, Australian Conservation Foundation. Forests Breakthrough: Environment Groups and Forestry Sector Sign Agreement A major...
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Will the fox land in Tasmania?
This travelling fox was spotted ‘docked on’ in Denver Colorado International Airport by Karin & Frank Strie, Rosevears Karin & Frank Strie
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Longford: Peace in our time
After an intense 2 week campaign, Longford residents were able to convince Northern Midlands Councillors that the proposed extensions to the new...
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Afghanistan: why are we still there?
In a previous article, I called for a more ethical debate about the way we think through issues involving military intervention and...
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Foxes: Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater
I agree with quite a bit of Dr. Clive Marks’ discussion about the fox issue in Tasmania ( The fox that wasn’t...
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The lonely whistleblowers. Girl’s best interests? Vengeful bureaucracy? Audit ordered
Dr Frank Nicklason Sue Neales in her Mercury Saturday column (16/10, excerpts, link, below) considers the failure of Children’s Commissioner Paul Mason...
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Labor Building a Better Tasmania …
During the State election campaign in Feb/Mar 2010 Labor ran with a number of slogans, eventually settling on the grammatically-challenged “Labor Building...
