Tasmanian Times
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1.1KCan a hydro-power industry and a high quality tourist trout fishery ever co-exist?
I have been trout fishing the Tasmanian Central Plateau since I was a kid and for most of that time I have...
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Is this our social contract?
As far as I can see, our supposed ‘social contract’ in Australia, between the citizens and ‘their’ government operates as follows:. The...
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What else the rorting of the public purse via travel expenses has exposed …
… The unrepresentative nature of our party politicians … If our party politicians were truly representing us they would have been very...
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Australia was ready to act on climate 25 years ago, so what happened next?
New book investigates how corporate interests and ideologues worked to make Australia doubt what it knew about climate change and its risks...
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The renaissance of small-scale manufacturing
*Pic: 3D printers like this one offer smaller manufacturers a competitive edge. (Alan Levine/Flickr – CC BY 2.0) Manufacture has long been...
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Call for submissions re the Tasmanian Government’s Review into the Industrial Hemp Industry
Call for public submissions re the Tasmanian Government’s Review into the Industrial Hemp Industry On 19 January 2015, Jeremy Rockliff, Minister for...
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Nine must-ride trips for cyclists
(CNN)The magic of the open road, trail or mountain has long captured the imaginations of cyclists, whether they are professional riders or...
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How to save the Planet … and Humankind
The world’s nations will meet at the UN in Paris on December to continue dialogue on “How to save the Planet and...
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A history of Hydro
Going back to the Seventies and the early 80’s I recall Hydro Tasmania media statements saying water levels in the state’s dams...
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Obama’s flexible fix to climate change as dirty power dominates in Oz
For many years I used to spend part of the summer in the gorgeous Laurentides region of Quebec, an hour west of...
