Tasmanian Times
Politics
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Why is Adult Ed treated so differently?
LYNN JARVIS Friends of Adult Education Would we give kindergartens to the Library to run, with no trained kindergarten personnel? I think...
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Gunns: The hidden subsidies
MIKE BOLAN I note that the Evans and Peck people didn’t speak to the community itself. That’s a pity because the community...
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Stop funding: Send a message
PAUL OOSTING Wilderness Society Gunns has taken its search for a joint partner for the native forest-destroying pulp mill international …Australia’s largest...
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Gunns set for pulp mill deal with Swedes. Slumping sawlog prices …
THE AUSTRALIAN TIMBER giant Gunns is on the verge of signing a joint venture deal with Swedish firm Sodra to build its...
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Brown pays debt. Cash pool plan
MERCURY A FLOOD of donations will enable Greens leader Bob Brown to pay off a legal debt that threatened his Senate seat....
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The railway tunnel
Mark MERCURY THE State Government looks certain to acquire Tasmania’s struggling rail system. After confirmation yesterday sole operator Pacific National wants to...
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Solar industry uproar (2)
STEVE Pathetic really, the government introduce an incentive plan to get people to convert to solar. When it works, they scrap it...
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Opposing emmissions trading legislation
ENVIRONMENT GROUPS Environment groups representing 400,000 Australians unite to oppose emissions trading legislation Media Release 11 June, 2009 Environment groups representing 400,000...
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Stop shooting dogs
EXAMINER THE RSPCA has told the West Tamar Council to stop shooting dogs. The direction is one of several recommendations made after...
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The Trial of Michelle O’Byrne
SHIRLEY BRANDIE Ontario Your Honour, I do indeed have evidence to prove that smoke is dangerous to both human health and to...
