Tasmanian Times
Health
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957Abbott fiddles as the nation burns
When the News Corp National Economics Editor Jessica Irvine writes that “Australia is sleep walking its way toward economic demise”, readers should...
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Ripping off hospitals
Tasmania’s hospitals are among the most costly in Australia. That means fewer patients can be treated for the same amount of money....
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Logging can ‘greatly increase’ fire severity for 50 years, researchers say
Logging practices can “greatly increase the severity of fires” in extreme weather conditions such as Black Saturday, Australian researchers have said. Researchers...
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Reducing Youth Homelessness
Advice from young people on how to reduce homelessness in Tasmania Even though you’re in a shelter, it’s still classed as being...
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Michael Ferguson: Rebuilding Tasmania’s Health System
Speech to Tasmanian Health Conference 2014 at the UTAS Medical Science Precinct today It is my privilege to be here to speak...
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2012-13 Child Protection Australia Report Highlights Need for Change
The Liberal Government took to the election a commitment to, and acknowledgment of, the need for a major cultural shift in child...
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Shake-Up on Opium Island (Tasmania)
Tasmania, Big Supplier to Drug Companies, Faces Changes Now is the sowing season for opium poppies in the Australian state of Tasmania....
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Charlie’s cows: To whom it may concern …
• To whom it may concern, On the 6/6/2014, I attended the McIntyre Sale Yards sale where 205 head of Charlie’s cattle...
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How cannabis compound could slow tumor growth
Scientists at the University of East Anglia have shown how the main psychoactive ingredient in cannabis could reduce tumor growth in cancer...
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TAP derides proposed anti-protest laws
*Pic: Members of CODE Green and the Wilderness Society (plus a few Friends of the Tamar Valley/Pulp the Mill) gathering on site,...
