Tasmanian Times
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792The tumbrels roll …
Premier Lara Giddings. In the background Deputy Bryan Green Assuming today’s Mercury story (O’Byrne coy on leadership tilt) story is to be...
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Frustration with dishonoured agreement leads to forest action. The Observer Tree
Environmentalists who have today set up a tree sit on the slopes of Mt Mueller, near Maydena, are understandably frustrated by inaction...
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Out with the lot of them
OK folks, let”s get this show on the road with some irrefutable facts. On 15/11/2001, Paul Lennon replied to my letter requesting...
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What is really needed to address climate change?
I’ll start at the beginning. Or about 56 million years ago, when the dinosaurs had only recently been extinguished and mammals were...
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Martine, Ellen, Steve or Mike?
The race is on and the markets are posted. Mercury editor Garry Bailey’s announcement that he is quitting on January 5 and...
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The Protester: Time Person of the Year 2011
Once upon a time, when major news events were chronicled strictly by professionals and printed on paper or transmitted through the air...
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Toxic group’s call for reforms on regulation of contaminated sites
Sludge bubbling to the surface in Rosebery The Tasmanian Public and Environmental Health Network (TPEHN) today released their position paper on reforms...
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Why Tasmania needs an independent inquiry into child sex abuse
July 2003 – Walter Tusyn was the first person to speak out publicly in Tasmania and expose the brutality, sexual and other...
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Long-overdue rail investment will boost productivity
The Tasmanian Greens today welcomed the Tasrail’s investment in 17 new locomotives as a significant step to revitalise rail freight services, long...
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World Heritage Under Threat and No Real Science Available
Fish farms in Macquarie Harbour, Brand Tas pic Environment Tasmania and the Tasmanian Aquaculture Reform Alliance are urging the community to oppose...
