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1.0KNATION: Paris agreement … A breakthrough and a catastrophe. Macfarlane. MYEFO …
*Pic: Foreign Minister Julie Bishop … ‘Marshall Islands Foreign Minister Tony de Brum is photographed being tightly embraced by a dazzling Julie...
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How to benefit from Tassie’s tourism boom but not bugger up what tourists came for. Pokies blackmail
*Pic: Alexandra suspension bridge in the Cataract Gorge. Pic from Wikipedia. Most afternoons, I walk down the path to my favourite swimming-hole...
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Metro asked to Reverse in Uphill Struggle
The concerned residents of the hilly suburbs of West Hobart and Mt Stuart who rely on the Metro Tasmania bus to service...
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Reforestation of the Earth: Australia’s Inaction …
*Pic: Wondrous mystery … the Tarkine forest … At the United Nations Climate Conference in Paris over the past week more than...
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Federal Government to abandon plans to log World Heritage Area if UNESCO will not ratify it
A special species contingency forestry coupe inside Tasmania’s WHA. Pic: Senator Richard Colbeck Ed: So it’s come to this … after years...
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Launceston City Council: What is the rush?
Looking at the Launceston City Council Agenda for Monday Dec 14 a cynic might be forgiven for thinking quite hard and long...
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An Open Letter to Shane Warne
*Pic: Belinda Kitto and Timothy Gould Belinda Kitton and Matthew Bowen Dear Warnie, I represent a bunch of your biggest fans, so...
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Getting to know the shy albatross …
Matt Newton’s favourite image from the exhibition On Albatross Island. Supplied: Matthew Newton Project head Dr Rachael Alderman (left) with fellow researchers...
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Global Underwater Digital Cable: Why?
*Pic: Underwater Internet cable coming ashore. Image from here ~ http://www.wired.com/2015/10/undersea-cable-maps/#slide-2 Why should the Tasmanian Government fork out $20m to connect to...
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Coming Home: An Interview with Myer
In a life she can barely remember, Myer sold aspirational products to Hobart’s middle class from behind a pretty brick facade on...
