Tasmanian Times
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719Air Quality Standards discussion paper
The National Environment Protection Council has released a discussion paper on Air Quality Standards for the Ambient Air Quality NEPM. A direct...
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Australia’s most dangerous pesticides found yet again in Tasmania’s water catchments
The Tasmanian Public and Environmental Health Network (TPEHN) has today condemned the Tasmanian Government for failing to protect water catchments in Tasmania....
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Coles urged to extend sow stall ban
The pork industry has accused the Coles Supermarkets chain of a double standard on the battery farming of pigs. Coles has announced...
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Tasmanians Exposed to 77 Dangerous Pesticides on New Australian Toxic Hit List
The Tasmanian Public and Environmental Health Network (TPEHN) has today released a list of 77 dangerous pesticides currently used in Tasmania that...
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A list of Australia’s most dangerous pesticides …
Download: FINAL_A_list_of_Australias_most_dangerous_pesticides_v2.pdf Related … Damages awarded for spray drift case By Mitch Grayson Tuesday, 06/07/2010 A southern Queensland cotton farmer has been...
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Arsenic and Lead Contamination in Tasmanian West Coast Mining Town
“Rosebery is a town on the west coast of Tasmania, Australia. It is situated at the northern end of the West Coast...
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Dear Prime Minister …
Prime Minister Julia Gillard, understandably, has refused to be drawn, at this time, on her strategy to deal with the longstanding forestry...
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Ashes to ashes, dust to dust
Joining the dots in the Forestry industry’s woodchipping, burning, regeneration? program … Between the 15th–19thApril 2010 the forest industry in Tasmania went...
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‘After 13 years State water quality policy is failing to meet objectives, or protect our water’
The Tasmanian Greens today cautiously welcomed Environment Minister David O’Byrne’s decision to convert the State Policy on Water Quality Management (SPWQM) under...
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Doctor’s orders: No Coal
What: Tasmanian DEA members join the campaign against coal for the National Day of Action Why: Calling for an urgent transition from...
