Tasmanian Times
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955‘The fact is the war in Afghanistan was lost long ago …’
Australia had 270 soldiers in Afghanistan and now we have increased our commitment to 300. The Americans are apparently not that impressed....
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NZ to Top ‘Maniacal 1080’ With ‘Wacko Science’ … ?
*Pic: South Island bush robin – gone following 1080 aerial drops – photo by Tony Orman First published June 12 The New...
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Naked in the Derwent …
Pic: Rosie Gude Sun peaked through the eastern horizon and we were offffffffffffffff … Plunging into the icy cold Derwent … with...
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NATION: Turnbull government in crisis as ministers face contempt charges
*Pic: Image from HERE A life-threatening political and constitutional crisis is brewing for the Turnbull government this week as three Ministers of...
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Just Incredible … the $70 million payout …
*Pic: Flickr, global panorama … Incredibly, it has cost the Federal Liberal Government $70 million in compensation to more than 1900 asylum...
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Lilydale Water Supply: correcting a $7m error …
*Pic: Map from Forest Practices Plan MJF0189. Rocky Creek water intake red star left. First published June 12 In 2009 the well-known...
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‘BirdLife Australia calls for immediate end to the Tasmanian RFA and logging on Bruny Island’
Swift Parrot. ©Eric Woehler Swift Parrot. ©Eric Woehler Wedge-tailed Eagle. ©Eric Woehler First published June 9 BirdLife Australia, Australia’s oldest conservation organisation,...
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Fake hate speech on agenda in Tasmania
*Pic: Simone Watson and Sarah Bolt … Simone Watson, Prostitution Survivor – head to head with Vikki Reynolds at Amnesty International workshop...
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‘Premier bans Tassal from east coast – without banning their east coast salmon farm’
*Pic: Fish farms in Macquarie Harbour. Pic: Flickr, Rodtuk Tasmania’s peak environment group has questioned the usefulness of Premier Hodgman’s east coast...
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Strategies, strategies everywhere …
First published June 2 At long last, the Tasmanian government is finally releasing its long awaited climate change strategy, the fifth such...
