Tasmanian Times
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1.2KOnly governments can stem the tide of tourism sweeping the globe
The State Government is hot-to-trot encouraging a mass influx of cruise ships and tourists, but, as The Guardian says … Tourism, like...
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‘Gutwein wants TasWater as a cash-cow, says ex-Huon mayor’
Ratepayers should be told how much Planning Minister Peter Gutwein’s Government Business Enterprise (GBE) would cost them, said Peter Coad, former mayor...
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‘Manus Island death at Dutton’s feet’
The death of a man on Manus Island represents an abhorrent failure by Peter Dutton and Malcolm Turnbull, Greens Immigration spokesperson Nick...
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‘Minister Barnett’s assurance contradicted by the EPA on the Shree bond’
*Pic: Acid producing waste rock at abandoned Shree Nelson Bay River. Pic taken Aug 2014 Pic of Guy Barnett from his website...
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South Australia’s GM crop ban under fire: Tasmania’s GM ban will be next …
*Pic: GM food … “The State Government’s role is not to regulate on the safety of GM, it’s to grow the economic...
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The story of whisky in Tasmania …
Beer, they say, is a conversation; wine is a lecture. Well, whisky – I say – is a spell and as a...
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‘Commercial fisherman launches Okehampton Bay occupation’ Federal approval …
*Pic: Fish Farm sign …Pic: Paul Tapp *Pic: Marine Protection Tasmania … Image from here All pictures Paul Tapp Media at the...
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‘Alarming report into sexual assault and harassment at university’
*Pic: Flickr Julie Lindsay Survey finds 54% of UTAS students have experienced sexual harassment, 6.1% sexual assault Resulting are alarming...
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Death by Airbag …
*Pic: Airbag deployed … Paul Frankenstein, Flickr First published July 29 Regrettably it takes a death for action to occur … On...
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The Long Goodbye …
An extract from Anna Krien’s Quarterly Essay on the Great Barrier Reef, HERE … BLUEPRINTS v. SCRAMBLE In 2008 petroleum giant Shell...
