Tasmanian Times
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818Study links wildfire smoke exposure to reduced immune system function
10-day episode of wildfire smoke in 2008 offers unexpected research opportunity Sacramento — An ARB-funded study at the California National Primate Research...
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Australia reaches nearly two million small scale solar systems
Clean Energy Regulator says Australia now has 2 million small scale renewable energy systems – enough to power Perth, Hobart, Darwin and...
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Integrity comes from within – but it also needs to be seen from outside
I agree that Tasmania needs an independent watchdog. Only with an external independent perspective will it have the ability to challenge the...
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A selective high school in Tasmania would be greeted favourably by Christopher Pyne
A response to Hans Willink: Grammar – A Selective Public High School A late contribution. The creation of a selective high school...
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Nikolic’s meeting. Tony’s grand new plan to turn back the boats
• Friday: Update following this morning’s action, by Anne Layton-Bennett … I was one of a group of Launceston women who visited...
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Tasmania’s ban on genetically modified crops made indefinite in bid to protect clean, green brand
The Tasmanian Government has extended indefinitely the state’s moratorium on genetically modified crops and animals. The blanket ban on genetically modified organisms...
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Missing millions and the law of triviality
ABC pic of Lara Giddings and David Bartlett … building a stronger Tasmania … Parkinson’s law of triviality briefly states that the...
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Harpoon ship stopped. Harpoon ship poised. Fleet disarray. Whales killed inside sanctuary. Brett …
Nisshin Maru leaves the Antarctic Treaty Zone. Pic: Eliza Muirhead / Sea Shepherd Australia • UPDATE, January 9, PM: Harpoon ship stopped!...
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Running Ghost Tours in Tasmania?
Extant, Extinct or Eradicated? Does Tasmania’s economy depend on maintaining the existence of two mythic (cryptic) creatures? Over the past 70 years...
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The Low Down on Falls 2013: From Inside the Tent
Falls Festival ‘13 Arriving at the festival on the 30th of Dec (day 2) my companion and I were pleased to see...
