Tasmanian Times
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829Greens’ bill would give people right of reply on phone towers
Communities need to have a say in where mobile phone towers are located, and not depend on the whim of telecommunications companies,...
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Window to Togatus (7): Go Forth Wharfie, Punch Someone
Fancy an altercation; try a visit to the Hobart Wharf on any given Saturday night. From first settlement in 1804 violence has...
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A new outbreak of protectionism in Tasmania
During the past month a particularly virulent disease has broken out in Tasmania, one which was thought to have been more or...
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Biofuels – the good, the bad and the ugly
Wood fuel The original biofuel, as used in the discovery of fire and a firm favourite for millions of years. Jargon: ‘Biomass’...
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A toothless regulatory regime …
Genetically modified (GM) grass tolerant to the herbicide glyphosate, intended for use in golf courses, parks and athletic fields, has become a...
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Is this the best we can do?
In light of the newly announced ASCHEM pesticide monitoring programme for Tasmania (MR below), we question if DPIPWE are using the appropriate...
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Generation F*cked
The UN’s first ever report on the state of childhood in the industrialized West made unpleasant reading for many of the world’s...
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Africa’s Black Revolution
We recently paid a visit to David Guerena (PhD Candidate in soil science at Cornell University under Prof Johannes Lehmann) at his...
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Smoke from regeneration burns exceeded healthy limits only three times
A study commissioned by Forestry Tasmania shows that 80 per cent of emissions in Tasmania’s Huon Valley is from woodheaters, not regeneration...
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Mobile phone towers under scrutiny
New legislation to give communities a greater say in where mobile phone towers are installed has been given notice of by Greens...
