Tasmanian Times
Wellbeing & Lifestyle
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732Fixed costs won’t lower water use. Hundreds of Health jobs to go, say Unions
WATER meters will do almost nothing to curb usage because a fixed fee will make up about 60 per cent of all...
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Gunns dam permit application is premature
The Tasmanian Greens today called for the Attorney General to seek legal advice regarding the status of Gunns Ltd’s dam permits in...
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Resurrection of the Ruddbot. No to offshore processing
REPLACING Julia Gillard with Kevin Rudd would take Labor from confronting a landslide defeat to a potentially election-winning position, according to an...
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Sudden Impact – When Will Gunns Finally Hit the Wall?
Dirty Harry once said, ‘Opinions are like assholes. Everybody has one.’ So, this is my opinion, for your consideration. The Pulp Mill...
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Decline of Tasmanian Devils opens the way for introduced predators
Devils have declined by 90% on the Freycinet Peninsula in Tasmania. The Devil facial tumour disease is a contagious cancer. This is...
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The Media and 9/11: How We Did
On the tenth anniversary of 9/11, journalists are spewing forth endless retrospectives — asking people to recall “where were you when,” interviewing...
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Pesticides increase diabetes risk
New science confirms that exposure to pesticides — especially those classified as persistent organic pollutants (POPs) — can impair the body’s ability...
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Air pollution and woodsmoke
Air pollution and woodsmoke are controversial subjects. A CSIRO study, partly funded by Forestry Tasmania, found that in Geeveston, a Huon Valley...
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Mine gets priority over Tarkine
THE State Government will back mining ahead of the environment in a submission to the Federal Government on whether the Tarkine Wilderness...
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Once in a lifetime opportunity lost
Ironic that a Tasmanian Greens Alderman (On TT: Anti-development whingeing, HERE) would come out so strongly defending a development that is the...
