Tasmanian Times
Health
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846Health: Pioneer kept in the dark over lead in water supply. Smoking rates shame
The Tasmanian Greens today called on the Health Minister Michelle O’Byrne to investigate concerns that residents around Pioneer in northern Tasmania were...
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To the children and families …
To the children and families and friends and loved ones of the still addicted people on poker machines, I am sorry that...
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Forestry Tasmania: Wilful deception and crass incompetence
The Bosses: Forestry Minister Bryan Green, right, was not told Forestry Chief Bob Gordon, left, had been re-appointed … It’s rare to...
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Taxpayers’ money shouldn’t be invested in cigarette companies
Dear friend, Smoking kills 15,000 Australians every year. So why does Australia have $250 million of taxpayer funds invested in cigarette companies?...
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Pokies: A letter to the Federal Government
Pic: of Steve To the Federal Government, I am advocating on behalf of many, many people when I ask you to begin...
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Life ban for Lance … Read for yourself.
USADA have published their report on the decision to impose a lifetime ban on Lance Armstrong for doping and drug trafficking. The...
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Mild vitamin D deficiency endemic in Tasmania
Mild vitamin D deficiency is endemic in Tasmania, with only young children having adequate levels, research suggests. Using five cross-sectional studies of...
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Rueful confessions of an outed plagiarist
The reality is dawning upon me that I’ve been a plagiarist for the past couple of years. I didn’t know the extent...
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Tasmanians should be ashamed of their political representatives
Image, here Carlton River Catchment & Southern Beaches Conservation Society Dump the Toxic Dump TASMANIANS SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF THEIR POLITICAL REPRESENTATIVES...
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1080 baiters move into Tranmere
Transcript by David Obendorf Residents of Hobart’s Eastern Shore are angry at a fox baiting program aimed at a highly populated suburb....
