Tasmanian Times
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908Tasmanian Heritage Icon Gets Poked in the Eye
I am writing to express the Lighthouses of Australia Inc disapproval at the recent downgrading of the light at Eddystone Point by...
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Exploiting the possibilities …
Heard this on Radio National’s ‘The National Interest’ yesterday … ‘You know how supermarkets round their prices up, or down, to expunge...
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Taxing our carbon waste dump
One of the key items on Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s agenda is pricing carbon and her new multi-party committee aims to spearhead...
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Blame shift
Blame-shifting water reform failures to Councils is like a thief complaining about the quality of stolen goods! As we no longer control...
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Tell Japan to stop wasting police time: Brown
An official complaint should be sent to Japan over its misuse of Australian police resources following another raid on the Sea Shepherd...
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Rail should have infrastructure priority
Community-based public and transport advocacy group, Future Transport Tasmania (FTT), today acknowledged the new chair of the Tasmanian Infrastructure Advisory Council (TIAC),...
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Renewed calls for duck-shooting ban marks season opening
The Tasmanian Greens today renewed their calls for a ban on the annual recreational duck shooting season which opens this weekend, saying...
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Gunns and Government must regain community trust to justify a new pulp mill
The Wilderness Society today reiterated its opposition to the Tamar Valley pulp mill proposal. Wilderness Society spokesman Vica Bayley said Gunns proposed...
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Mill Statement
Environment groups and the community have been opposed to the proposed mill due to a range of environmental and social impacts and...
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Greens v Greens on Gunns pulp mill. Milne’s question …
A GROWING split has emerged between conservationists and the Greens over the planned Gunns pulp mill in Tasmania, after the timber company...
