Tasmanian Times
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828Pokies: We’ve got the ear of the Premier, says AHA
The Australian Hotels Association is confident it can stop Tasmania trialing technology to limit poker machine bets. Premier Lara Giddings says no...
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Aldermen should consider their future on Council
Alderman Philip Cocker today called the Hobart City Council’s decision to give a minority group of businesses veto rights over Council decisions...
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Impropriety by Lennon alleged
TASMANIA’S new anti-corruption watchdog has received allegations of official misconduct relating to the Lennon government’s fast-tracking of the Gunns pulp mill. Lawyers...
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TWS, TAP and The Ides of March
AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS Gunns didn’t take long to transform the round-table talk-fest agreeing to “a” pulpmill as meaning agreeing to “the”...
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Lack of action from Giddings threatens forests agreement
A deadline of 15 March for a moratorium on further logging and road construction in key unprotected native forests is at risk...
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Aerial spraying … just 4 of Tasmania’s 33 catchments are plantation free
Only 4 of the Tasmania’s 33 catchments do not have plantations … and plantation acreages are increasing rapidly. The need to very...
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AG Forestry report: Why the delay, Giddings, Green, Gordon?
The Auditor-General’s report, Profitability, and economic benefits to Tasmania of Forestry Tasmania, evaluating Forestry Tasmania’s long-term financial and economic performance, has been...
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Still Wild Still Threatened opposes Brighton Bypass in support of Tasmanian Aboriginal community
Today, Still Wild Still Threatened is calling on the Tasmanian Government to back down on its controversial Brighton Bypass plan and to...
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Plan for bikes, planners to be told
Australian planning professionals will be told they need to imagine compact cities with pedestrian-and-bicycle-only promenades crisscrossing dense capitals. The message is among...
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Residents refuse Gunns a social licence!
As planned, a public meeting for residents of Rowella, Sidmouth, Kayena and Deviot to present their views and concerns primarily about the...
