Tasmanian Times
Society
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940Pesticide regulations failing to protect river biodiversity
ELEANOR HALL: Australian scientists are calling for tighter regulation of pesticides, citing a study showing the current regime is failing to prevent...
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The Joy of Six: Ricky Ponting
From his youthful fighting spirit, to his omnipotence with the bat, via phenomenal pull-shots, catches and displays of humility … 1) The...
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Sea Shepherd backs World Court action to protect whales
Legal proceedings will begin at the International Court of Justice in The Hague next Wednesday 26th June, as the Australian Government presents...
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Salmon farming taking toll on marine wildlife
The Tasmanian Greens today expressed concern over a media report ( Matthew Denholm, The Australian: Tasmania’s salmon trade casts deadly net )...
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Just breathtaking incompetence …
• Kim Booth, Greens Forestry Spokesperson, Thursday, June 20: GROUNDHOG DAY FOR BUNGLED FOREST EXIT PAYMENTS State Inquiry to Pursue More Answers...
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Bringing back the supertrawler … ?
Voting for a Coalition Government risks bringing back the Supertrawler and ending new funding for independent science in the Small Pelagic Fishery....
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Hobart and Douglas Mawson: A Love Story
Hobart’s waterfront is increasingly becoming a puzzling site, filled with ice-skating rinks, plastic penguins, swarms of car-parking spaces and soon, a replica...
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Greenberry inquiry must be transparent and protect witnesses
This week’s inquiry by the Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts into the resignation of Tasmania’s former prison boss Barry Greenberry must...
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The Most Trustworthy …
Each year, Readers Digest ( http://www.readersdigest.com.au/most-trusted-professions-2013 Ed: politicians are second last, below sex workers; journos just above ) reviews Australia’s most trusted...
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Beaming …
From Jon Sumby … I have been to the top of the great beam of light … Now I appear to be...
