Tasmanian Times
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886TNC seeks to allay worker concerns
The Tarkine National Coalition has placed full page advertisements in The Advocate and The Mercury in an attempt to address the misconception...
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O’BYRNE IGNORES PARLIAMENT VOTE FOR FREIGHT INVESTIGATION
The Tasmanian Greens said that the Infrastructure Minister David O’Byrne appeared to be ignoring a tripartisan vote of Parliament calling for a...
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Parliament Square enabling legislation not supported
The Tasmanian Greens today confirmed that they would not be voting in support of the Parliament Square Planning Permit Bill 2012, which...
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Groundswell shuts down Ta Ann veneer mill. More on the Sarawak connections …
Grassroots environmental group Groundswell have today shut down operations at Ta Ann’s veneer mill in Smithton, with a peaceful protest. The group...
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The suppression of our animality … and its terrible consequences. The Royal Commission
A senior serving police officer, Detective Chief Inspector Peter Fox, claims the Catholic church covered up crimes of paedophile priests, silenced investigations...
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Riding roughshod over a local community … ?
The Independent Member for Denison, Andrew Wilkie (above), has called on the Prime Minister to rule out federal funding for a proposed...
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Cash for Containers: A Solution to Pollution Choking Tasmania’s Clean Image
“The atrocious amount of rubbish found around this state is an ugly problem Tasmanians ignore too often,” Australian Greens Senator Peter Whish-Wilson...
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Investors beware: Van Diemens Land dairy expansion would destroy endangered devils and quolls
The Tasmanian Conservation Trust has today issued a warning to potential investors in the Van Diemen’s Land company dairy expansion that they...
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To the children and families …
To the children and families and friends and loved ones of the still addicted people on poker machines, I am sorry that...
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Minister backflips on sow stall ban
In a devastating blow to the welfare of pregnant pigs, Tasmania’s Minister for Primary Industries, Bryan Green, will renege on the government’s...
