Tasmanian Times
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730Climate science on chopping block as CSIRO braces for shake-up
THURSDAY February 11 … Senate Estimates. # of Hobart Staff potentially affected by CSIRO cuts: Link here – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5RoCMCH92A&feature=youtu.be The CSIRO’s climate...
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Some suggestions for bushfire control authorities in Tasmania (and elsewhere)
Summary: This article details some criticism of the Tasmanian Fire Services website, explains widespread frustration at the direction and focus of bushfire...
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Basslink: A short summary of risks … UPDATES …
*Pic: Hydro’s Gordon dam … When we had full dams … water pours over the Devil’s Gate dam … Hydro logo …...
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Solar report an epic fail – Minister should tell regulator to start again
The Tasmanian Renewable Energy Alliance today called on the Energy Minister to reject the draft report on the solar feed-in tariff (FiT)...
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Tassie’s devastated World Heritage …
*Pics by Dan Broun. Dan’s Facebook page is: HERE THURSDAY February 11 … • Thom Mitchell, New Matilda: Tasmania’s Burning Peatlands Could...
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Read for yourself: Liberal energy promises … and solar reality …
First published February 9 4/2/2016 Att. Matthew Groom M.P. Energy Minister Chair of the Cabinet Sub Committee on Energy Security Dear Minister....
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NATION, Philip Ruddock: Appointing a cigarette company CEO to champion health …
In appointing the flawed, deeply compromised, former Attorney General, counter-terror warrior, Philip Ruddock as his government’s special envoy for human rights to...
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Five arrests, thousands of dollars in fines and almost 50 notifications to “Move On”
Lapoinya Update Three weeks of peaceful protests on a daily basis has seen five arrests, thousands of dollars in fines and almost...
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Lapoinya: A slow walk …
A slow walk of destruction with three friends in the Lapoinya rainforest was not how my day was planned … but the...
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Flogging off the (dairy) farm to China …
The disappearance of five Hong Kong booksellers should be disturbing news for those who think that flogging off the (dairy) farm to...
