Tasmanian Times
Health
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820Cat-astrophe!
Now it is a well know fact that cats carry a very tiny organism that gets excreted in their faeces and is...
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Democratic hemlock: saving earth from our animal selves
“What a chimera then is man. What a novelty! What a monster, what chaos, what a contradiction, what a prodigy. Judge of...
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Pokies: Let truth prevail
I have a problem with the notion of $1 bet limits (capped at $120 per hour) on poker machines. I’ve put forth...
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Why are our public hospitals so wasteful?
The buck stops here: Health Minister Michelle O’Byrne and Premier Lara Giddings. Picture: Rob Walls, http://robertwalls.wordpress.com/ Every year for the past fifteen,...
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Common pesticides ‘can kill frogs within an hour’
Widely used pesticides can kill frogs within an hour, new research has revealed, suggesting the chemicals are playing a significant and previously...
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A Plantation in downtown Deloraine
The power of Forestry over the Tasmanian community is vividly portrayed by this obvious and serious plantation fire hazard in the centre...
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The desperate need for action
With the international authority on climate change, the IPCC, in town global warming is back on the agenda. But their presence in...
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Coming to Tasmania?
A GM salmon which grows twice as fast as ordinary fish could become the first genetically-modified animal in the world to be...
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Climate Change: It’s time to speak up …
Picture from the Wikipedia 2013 bushfires overview, here IPCC authors, Dr Abha Chhabra from the Indian Space Research Organisation and Dr William...
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Leave Us Alone
The Southern Beaches Conservation Society (SBCS) is concerned that residents affected by the Forcett bushfire will be taken advantage of by a...
