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1.1KLife in a ‘degrowth’ economy, and why you might actually enjoy it
What does genuine economic progress look like? The orthodox answer is that a bigger economy is always better, but this idea is...
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The Probe
*Pic: Resources Minister Paul Harriss in Sarawak while an MLC. Image, Sarawak Report, here Background to the Ta Ann Quota buy back....
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Green Shoots In Latin America: An Environmental Vote Of Confidence
She’s out of the final race for the top job, but Marina Silva shook up the status quo with her tilt in...
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Lazlo and the Toxic Dump near Carlton River
Watch on YouTube here: MEANWHILE … • Global Day of Action 2014: Reclaim Community Power for Zero Waste Solutions GAIA would like...
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My Tasmanian political hero: Andrew Inglis Clark
Ask me for a Tasmanian political hero, and I’d say Andrew Inglis Clark (above). Clark may not be a household name. But...
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Mother Mountain: The Symphony of Birdsong (32)
The “Respect the Mountain” forum ( here, here, and here ) at the Hobart Town Hall earlier this year prompted Don Knowler...
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Does Fairness Matter … ?
*Pic: It’s pre-Budget … and Treasurer Joe Hockey and Finance Minister Mathias Cormann enjoy a quiet cigar … Perhaps the most striking...
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Franklin: A right pickle on the Petty Sessions’ foreshore
Just a name, or a claim to ownership? So who cops the insurance risk? The unapproved jetty at Franklin All that the...
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Australia’s Empty Houses …
“The home, built in 1857, had been unoccupied for years”, said the report of a dilapidated Victorian-era mansion in Sydney’s Balmain East....
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The rich list absentee landowners behind Tassie anti-wind farm campaign
Two non-resident multimillionaires are behind a slick ad campaign against a wind farm on King Island, off the coast of Tasmania, Crikey...
