Tasmanian Times
Planning/Heritage
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1.1KEnergy Strategy ignores the big issues
Government reports on energy policy are almost inevitably boring and full of jargon and this is certainly the case with the Tasmanian...
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Salamanca excavation deserves EPA attention
Hobart City Council Alderman Reynolds has raised new questions about whether the excavation required for the building of Montpelier Retreat adjacent to...
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Tasmanian Liberals coffers swell in election year
The latest data on political party donations reveals that the coffers of the Tasmanian branch of the Liberal Party of Australia more...
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Bob Brown: Wilderness degradation should lead to unique label being dropped
*Pic: Wilderness photographer Rob Blakers’ classic shot of the Upper Florentine Forests (?) Jet skis to churn up Bathurst Harbour Elder environmentalist...
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How other nations treat Heritage sites …
Massive ancient underground city discovered in Turkey’s Nevşehir With 2014 soon coming to an end, potentially the year’s biggest archeological discovery of...
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Open Season on the Tarkine Coast
I first visited the southern section of the Tarkine coast, from the mouth of the Pieman River north to the Interview River,...
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Mother Mountain: The Symphony of Birdsong (43)
The “Respect the Mountain” forum ( here, here, and here ) at the Hobart Town Hall earlier this year prompted Don Knowler...
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How to squash an economy
*Pic: The buck stops here … Peter Gutwein, centre, and Premier Will Hodgman, left, in Parliament … The state government is slashing...
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Justice Estcourt rules Nelson Bay River mine permit amendments unlawful
Save the Tarkine has welcomed Justice Estcourt’s ruling in it’s Judicial Review case against the Nelson Bay River mine approval amendments. The...
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The Tragedy of the Commons
Open slather … Reopen track proponents Adam Brooks and Brett Whiteley during the 2013 Federal Election campaign. They are with now Education...
