Tasmanian Times
Sciences
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918Pilot Program Expands Pharmacy Role In Wider Healthcare
The Tasmanian Government’s recent announcement of a $5 million pilot program to expand the scope of pharmacy practice has sparked strong debate...
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1.6KHobart Launches Soft Plastics Recycling
The Hobart Council will trial a new soft plastics collection point at the McRobies Gully Waste Management Centre. This initiative is part...
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4.9KProtect North-West Forests Sounds Alarm on Leven Canyon Logging
Media release – Protect Our North West Forests, 7 May 2025 Leven Canyon: planned reserve extension set to be logged See this?...
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4.0K‘Saving the Last Giants’ Documentary (English)
In 2013, with support from the Australian government, the major forestry companies in Tasmania submitted an unusual request to UNESCO: to declassify...
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1.0KSouthern Right Whale Population Recovery has Stalled
Australia’s population of southern right whales has experienced substantial growth since the late 1970s when they began to recover from whaling, but...
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840Review: Vaccine Nation by Raina McIntyre
Epidemiologist and biosecurity expert, Professor Raina McIntyre, has written a terrific new book, Vaccine Nation, which celebrates medical science, then highlights the...
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1.1KFire Season Overlap Threatens Firefighting Efforts
Climate change is increasing the risk of wildfires in many regions of the world. This is due partly to specific weather conditions...
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3.1KEast and West Tasmania Were Once Separate – Here’s How They Collided
Tasmania’s geological history is far more dramatic than most people realise. Over 400 million years ago, this island was not a single...
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7462025 Rural Health Issues Survey Report
Overworked rural doctors are demanding greater funding and resources to improve staffing levels and hospital facilities in some of the country’s most...
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5.7KSick & Deformed Salmon Filmed in Macquarie Harbour
The Green Britain Foundation (GBF) has released the first video footage documenting sick and diseased factory farmed salmon in Tasmania’s Macquarie Harbour. The...
