Tasmanian Times
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1.5KGillard paves way to end Tasmania logging conflict
THE Gillard government has offered to finance a potential breakthrough between environmentalists and forestry companies to end the decades-long conflict over native...
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Fox search moves to Bruny
Tasmania’s Department of Primary industries wants Bruny Island residents in the state’s south to help them conduct a fox survey. There have...
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New anti-mill website
Gunns are still trying to dupe investors with this proposal. Imagine the worlds 4th largest pulp mill less than 900 metres from...
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Tasmania fumes over media misconduct
Contrary to extraordinary claims made on ABC television earlier this year, it has now been confirmed that timber plantations are not polluting...
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Public loss, private gain?
THE JOKE that is the Huon Valley Council’s “consultation and communications strategy” got sicker at its June meeting, when management acknowledged that...
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Gerrity’s hypocricy on asylum seekers
West Coast Mayor Darryl Gerrity’s recent remarks in response to Kevin Harkin’s suggestion that asylum seekers could be housed in Tasmania contradicts...
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International spotlight on arsenic and lead poisoning in Australian lead mining town
The Global Lead Advice and Support Service (GLASS), has published, on one of the most popular lead websites in the world, the...
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Paper Mill Upsets Baikalsk’s Hopes for Strawberries and Skis
BAIKALSK, Irkurtsk Region — Baikalsk, a town of 15,000 located on the shore of the famed Lake Baikal, is haunted by two...
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Forestry Smoke … not a good start for David O’Byrne
In Budget Estimates recently David O’Byrne MP, was reported in Hansard as saying the acknowledged dangerous levels of forestry smoke earlier this...
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Big blow delays rooftop turbines
Strong winds have swept aside plans to install four large wind turbines on top of a Hobart office building. This morning, a...
