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South Sister: Death of an icon

The South Sister, 831m above sea level is a few km north of St Marys, Tasmania. This mountain is a local icon...

That sinking feeling

We are very close to packing our bags

We all know that this smaller coupe is only the beginning of the future plans to ruin the ambience and beauty that...

The unreasonable man

If I’ve learned anything in my 70 years of living, it’s that progress only comes from continually challenging the status quo. Not...

Council blocks logging … is this a Tasmanian first?

Tonight (Monday, Jan 24) the Kingborough Council deliberated on a Development Application from Gunns Ltd. for another coupe at Middleton. Part of...

The Gunns 20 Litigation

Gunns – the giant Tasmanian logging company – is suing 20 environmental activists and organisations for $6.3 million. The company claims the...

The terminally and habitually incompetent

About 230 years ago, James Boswell recorded Dr Johnson’s “Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel” in his volume 2 of...

Recherche Bay: the watershed clash

While the Gunns 20 lawsuit draws increasing levels of cheese out of the Greens, a watershed clash between tourism and forestry is...

Excusing the commissars’ mates … and all about Leonard!

In May 1977, the Geography Teachers Association of Victoria organised and sponsored a guided group-tour of parts – carefully selected – of...

THE PULP MILL: Read for yourself

All the details of the Gunns’ pulp mill plan … The site is located on the banks of the River Tamar and...