Tasmanian Times
Wellbeing & Lifestyle
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1.1KGreens v Greens on Gunns pulp mill. Milne’s question …
A GROWING split has emerged between conservationists and the Greens over the planned Gunns pulp mill in Tasmania, after the timber company...
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Rupert gets his way
Jeremy Hunt, the culture secretary, has compared the proposed funding structure for Sky News when it is spun off from BSkyB to...
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The Precautionary Principle – does it operate in Tasmania?
The Tasmanian community was looking for reassurance from the Tasmanian River Catchment Water Quality Initiative1(TRCWQI) that the way pesticides are being used...
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Burke’s mill decision delayed a week. Gunns in another trading halt …
Environment Minister Tony Burke is expected to hand down his decision today on the final marine impact assessment of Gunns’ planned Tamar...
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Chemical cocktail continues to contaminate Carlton, Duck Rivers
The Tasmanian Greens today said that concerns regarding ongoing detection of pesticides, including triazines, in the states’ waterways had escalated due to...
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Australian Forestry Industry: Situation and Outlook
Australia’s native forests and wood based industries are at a crossroad. Which path they travel is entirely dependent on government policy concerning,...
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Where are the other Tasmania Tomorrows?
TASMANIA is at a watershed moment in the recent history of the state, facing as serious a crisis as the one in...
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Carbon offsets: This important AFR article
An Australian Financial Review article (from today’s Fin Review –page 9*) is very significant. Anyone interested in conservation and the future of...
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Mill: Wilkie puts the acid on Gillard
The Independent Member for Denison, Andrew Wilkie, has made a statement to Federal Parliament today urging the Prime Minister to rule out...
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Asia Pulp and Paper Part II
I believe the PR company representing APP rang Mr Tuffin to state that they wished to correct my previous post on Tas...
