Tasmanian Times
Society
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871Dark clouds on the horizon
The State details of the December quarter national accounts released last Wednesday refute suggestions that Tasmania’s economy is in recession. Real ‘State...
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Imported food. climate change, cancer
Dear Ministers, Australia’s regulators are failing to protect consumers from exposure to known toxins. The current regulatory standards that apply to produce...
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Pulp Mill Assessment Act, Green economy and democracy shape Greens agenda. Bill tabled.
The Tasmanian Greens today flagged their Green Economy and Democracy package as an important step towards banning political donations from gaming, alcohol...
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Pictures of a Protest
Matthew Newton, Parliament House, Tuesday, March 8
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As Forestry stains the Autumn skies with smoke, as Parliament resumes, so does the resistance …
Conservationists have today hung a 15 meter banner from the roof of Hobart’s Parliament House, calling for a forests moratorium and urgent...
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Zombie Firms
Zombie. Origin Voodoo culture, West Indies, Noun: the body of a dead person given the semblance of life, but mute and will-less,...
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Greens push for PMAA repeal. SEARCH ponders direct action. Giant banner unfurled.
The Tasmanian Greens today confirmed that they will be moving to repeal the controversial Pulp Mill Assessment Act 2007 (PMAA) in this...
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Not the cake, Lara, the Bread …
Gunns, once the billion dollar super company of Tasmania, is today on its knees and needing its pulp mill to simply stay...
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Marriage act validity
Advice re the Validity of the proposed Tasmanian Same-Sex Marriage Act and Same-Sex Marriage (Dissolution and Annulment) Act. In my opinion, the...
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Tasmanian Heritage Icon Gets Poked in the Eye
I am writing to express the Lighthouses of Australia Inc disapproval at the recent downgrading of the light at Eddystone Point by...
