Tasmanian Times
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729Hobart Airport hikes fees. Parking woe
There were bitter words last year between Hobart Airport and the airlines over proposed fee increases. It’s been done. HAC has hiked...
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Reflections of an unemployed ‘new’ Tasmanian
Since settling in the glorious island state of Tassie, some three years ago, I have languished, restlessly, among the ranks of the...
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Real Native Forest Blackwood
The article A missed opportunity for the Forestry Peace Agreement by Dr. Gordon Bradbury (18/05/2011) is sadly misguided nonsense, in my opinion....
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How to push poll?
A friend sent me this leaflet. I reckon it’s blatant push-polling. Download: Matthew_Groom_Leaflet.pdf So I decided i had to rejig it a...
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LABOR & LIBERAL PARTIES MUST SUPPORT FLOOR PRICES FOR CIGARETTES
Public Health Needs to be Prioritised Over Big Tobacco Profits The Tasmanian Greens today have called for both State Labor and Liberal...
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SMOKE POLLUTION COMPLAINTS GET HAND-BALLED AGAIN
Forest Principles Authority Hand-Balls Smoke Complaints to Environment Protection Authority The Tasmanian Greens today called on the Environment Minister, Brian Wightman, to...
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A missed opportunity for the Forestry Peace Agreement
It was only later that afternoon that it struck me what a terrible missed opportunity I had just witnessed. Tasmania this week...
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LABOR PRIORITISES GAMING INDUSTRY OVER WELFARE GROUPS
The Tasmanian Greens today called on the Premier and Treasurer, Lara Giddings, to revisit the Federal Government’s offer to trial pre-commitment gambling...
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CONCERNS OVER INTERIM PLANNING SCHEME LEFT UNANSWERED
Known Errors Could Exist for Many Months The Tasmanian Greens today called for urgent clarification by the Minister for Planning, Bryan Green,...
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Splinter group puts Tasmanian forest deal in doubt
AFTER a year of talks and despite significant progress, historic negotiations to end decades of conflict over Tasmania’s forests face collapse, with...
