Tasmanian Times
State
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TCCI report shot down
Damien Brown Mercury ANZ chief economist Saul Eslake has supported the TCCI’s desire to debate how to improve Tasmania’s economic performance, but...
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Pokies suck in $213m
Damien Brown Mercury TASMANIANS lost $213 million on pokies last financial year — an increase of $13 million on 2006-07. Gamblers in...
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Pulp mill on the backburner
Nick Clark Mercury GUNNS Limited has placed the $2.2 billion Bell Bay pulp mill on the backburner until the global financial crisis...
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Breaking the poverty cycle
Premier David Bartlett TASCOSS Breakfast Speech. Thursday 30 October 2008 I want to talk today about how we can break the poverty...
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Bid to call Lennon, Gay fails
Michael Stedman Mercury THE Greens have failed in an attempt to call former premier Paul Lennon and Gunns chairman John Gay before...
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Doubts on internet deal
Michael Stedman Mercury Consumer group Digital Tasmania took little comfort from the Treasurer’s words. “Two weeks ago we heard a few rumours...
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Forest industry review
Sue Neales Mercury THE State Government has begun a major review of the forest industry. The review coincides with continuing tensions between...
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Green Politics, the Balance of Power and the Green New Deal
Christine Milne Speech to the Sydney Institute, Mo, Oct 27 Victor Hugo once said “There is nothing so powerful as an idea...
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Florentine’s front line
Sue Neales Mercury Miranda Gibson, a fragile-looking teacher from Brisbane who specialises in caring for special-needs pupils, has been living rough in...
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The committee as ICAC
Mike Adams Bartlett doesn’t want the cleaning lady or the postie giving evidence, and used the idea to mock the Committee. As...
