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Waste National 11/01/ 08 Uranium One gets SA approval for project  AAP South Australia; New South Wales;

Climate National 11/12/07 Backing for Adelaide hot rock power plan AAP; South Australia; Dec 07

03/12/07 Big emission cuts are affordable, study finds The Age South Australia; Dec 07

 Sharp spike in cryptosporidiosis cases AAP; New South Wales, Dec 07

 Desal plant costings misleading: Greens AAP; New South Wales, Dec 07

NSW flags $70m climate change projects AAP New South Wales, Dec 07

Native title agreement made in Daintree The Age Queensland;

Island on the brink of catastrophe John Elder The Sunday AGE Tasmania; Dec 07

20/11/07 Uniting against the mill Richard Flanagan, The Age our highlighting Tasmania; Nov 07

Producers may not get coal to port Jamie Freed, Sydney, The Age New South Wales Nov 07

Forests National 18/11/07 Gunns might yet find the miller's tale has an unhappy ending James Kirby, The Sunday Age Business Tasmania;

State Waste 11/10/07 Food giant enters fight to keep GM bans Jason Dowling, The Age our highlighting Western Australia

Study highlights huge economic value of wetlands, By Nance Haxton ABC News Murray Basin Nov 07; South Australia;

Water Theft Whitewash Meeting in N.P Today watersanity.com; New South Wales Nov 07

Protestors block coal ships in Newcastle AAP New South Wales Nov 07

Water National  01/11/07 Rain drain - secret Snowy water grab Carmel Egan and Jason Dowling The Age New South Wales; Victoria;

Tas pulp mill advertises for engineers AAP Tasmania; Nov 07

Ex premier Bob Carr's push to protect his bush Saffron Howden, Daily Telegraph New South Wales, Oct 07

22/10/07 Firebreaks pretty useless: green groups, AAP Victoria;

Traveston a greenhouse nightmare Tony Moore -Brisbane Times Queensland; Oct 07 our highlighting

Gunns and Forestry Tasmania agree on logging Andrew Darby, Hobart, The Age Tasmania; Oct 07 related our highlighting

Turnbull in trouble on mill pledge Andrew Darby, Hobart, The Age Tasmania; Oct 07

First ruinous fires of the season deliberately lit Jacqui Jones, The Age New South Wales, Oct 07

Cheap timber costs taxpayers $3.5m a year Wendy Frew Environment Reporter, The SMH; New South Wales, Oct 07

Businesses must be water smart: Bligh AAP Queensland; Sept 07

Protest pressure leads to forest protection ABC News On-line New South Wales, Sept 07

Logging activists keen for resolution ABC News On-line New South Wales, Sept 07

Rudd may help pay for SA desal plant  AAP South Australia; Sept 06

Algae covering most of Warragamba Dam AAP New South Wales, Sept 07

Murray Valley has six weeks' water: govt AAP New South Wales, Sept 07

Privatisation: Water Business By: Alex Mitchell, New Matilda New South Wales, Sept 07

The oxymoron has landed - Media Release - John Kaye MP; New South Wales, Sept 07

NSW to build carbon-capture plant AAP New South Wales, Sept 07

20/09/07 Ask new ANZ CEO not to support Gunn's pulp mill ; Letter From :- Luke Chamberlain, TWS; Tasmania; Sept 07

National News 18/09/07 128 scientists voice mill fears; Andrew Darby, The Age Tasmania; Sept 07

Water National 18/09/07 SA irrigators ponder action over cuts , AAP South Australia; Sept 07

Mill deal struck ABC On-line New South Wales, Sept 07 ; Australian Capital Territory;

Use our forests well The Age Opinion Tasmania; August 07

A project that will pulp a state Warwick McFadyen, The Age Opinion Tasmania; August 07

Pulp friction over Gunns' $1.5bn mill proposal; Philip Hopkins, The Age, Business Tasmania; August 07

Forestry blockade in Weld Valley ABC On-Line Tasmania; August 07

Police investigation into protestors claims of brutality ABC On-Line Tasmania; August 07

 Hume mill rescued by negotiations ABC Online New South Wales Aug 07

Logging activisits want extension to Hartz National Park ABC On-line Tasmania; July 07

Police investigation into protestors claims of brutality ABC On-Line Tasmania; July 07

Anti-logging protesters arrested in Styx Valley ABC On-line Tasmania; July 07

Cable logging halted ABC On Line Tasmania; June 07

More anti-logging protests ABC On-LIne Tasmania; June 07

MEDIA RELEASE - COMMUNITY "COUGH-IN" WITH PULP MILL BACKER - MICHAEL FERGUSON TWS Tasmania ; Tasmania; June 07

Cable logging halted ABC On Line Tasmania; June 07

Forest reserve accidentally logged ABC On-Line Tasmania; June 07

Qld outlines climate change strategy, The Age; Queensland; June 07

Climate National 31/05/07 $80m for Central Coast dam pipeline, AAP Interstate ; New South Wales

LEAKED DOCCUMENT TORPEDOES JOB CLAIMS IN UPPER FLORENTINE. MEDIA RELEASE Tasmania; May 07

Truce between Forestry Tasmania and environmental activists ABC On-Line Tasmania; May 07

Climate National 29/05/07 Ocean temp changes linked to humans, AAP; Tasmania; Indonesia; Australia

GUNNS’ PULP MILL THIRST UP FROM 26 BILLION TO 40 BILLION LITRES MEDIA RELEASE Tasmania; May 07

Don't use super to fund water: Seeney, AAP; Queensland; May 07 our highlighting

Waste National 25/05/07 Aboriginal site nominated for nuke waste, The Age; Northern Territory;

Labor MP on illegal abalone charge; Western Australia 25/05/07

Bodalla anti-logging protest surprises Forests NSW ABC ON-line New South Wales, May 07

Council stays on sidelines of forest dispute ABC On-line New South Wales, May 07

Clashes continue over Bodalla forest logging ABC News Online New South Wales, May 07

Conservationists bark up wrong tree: claim ABC News Online New South Wales, May 07

Protesters march over Bodalla logging ABC News On-line New South Wales, May 07

Tasmania is the key to Labor making up lost ground on forests, The Age, Opinion Tasmania; May 07

Forest closed as logging protest continues ABC News On-line New South Wales, May 07

Water State 15/05/07 Interstate Big dry forces review of strategy; Victoria; New South Wales - Our highlighting

Lake Eucumbene is down, but the fish are still jumping New South Wales, May 07

March

National News 29/03/07 Howard ignores own backyard in global forests plan; Media release Tasmanian Wilderness Society Tasmania; March 07

MEDIA RELEAS - Tuesday, 27 March 2007; Forest defenders maintain their stand as machinery moves back into the Upper Florentine valley. Tasmania; March 07

MEDIA RELEASE – 22^nd March 2007 - RALLY CALLS ON LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLORS TO REJECT FAST-TRACK PULP MILL APPROVAL Tasmania; March 07

MEDIA ALERT 20 March 2007 - LENNON’S PULPMILL-APPROVAL PROCESS IS A SHEMOZZLE; No independence, and public locked out of sham assessment Tasmania; March 07

MEDIA ALERT – 15^th March 2007 PUBLIC PROTEST TODAY – PARLIAMENT HOUSE LAWNS Tasmania; March 07

National News 15/03/07 MEDIA RELEASE 15 March 2007- GUNNS PULP MILL FIASCO- Wilderness Society calls on Federal Environment Minister Malcolm Turnbull to honour his predecessors’ commitment to the pulp mill assessment process Tasmania; March 07

Despite this, police move in to break up forest defence camp Tasmania; Feb 07

UPPER FLORENTINE EXCLUSION ZONE EXPANDS PUBLIC LOCK OUT OF PUBLIC FORESTS MEDIA RELEASE Tasmania; Feb 07

Federal Government fund climate changing landclearing MEDIA RELEASE Tasmania; Feb 07

AUSPINE:GOVERNMENT HYPOCRISY ON SOFTWOOD SUPPLY HIGHLIGHTS DOUBLE STANDARDS ON JOBS ; MEDIA RELEASE Tasmania; Jan 07

Climate National 25/01/07 Climate change must be put on the front burner, Stephen McGrail, Reuters; South Australia;

National; 02/01/07 Green kayaker attempts Sydney to Hobart, The Age; New South Wales, Tasmania;

NSW govt pushes for waterless urinals, AAP New South Wales,

09/10/06 Perth dreaming, Kenneth Nguyen, The Age Western Australia ; Victoria;

River Murray dredging gets more funds ; AAP South Australia; Sept 06

19/09/06 Farmer planning diesel tree biofuel, AAP Queensland; 19/09/06

Alcoa's Wagerup expansion gets go-ahead , AAP Western Australia 14/09/06

Environmental campaigner found dead, AAP  New South Wales September 06

Minor parties hail poll results, AAP, Queensland; 10/09/06

30/08/06  Minister lines the nests of orange-bellied parrots with $3m - Ben Doherty, The Age Port Phillip; South West; Gippsland; Victoria; South Australia; Tasmania;

29/08/06  $3.2m to save orange-bellied parrot The Age , AAP Port Phillip; South West; Gippsland; Victoria; South Australia; Tasmania;

22/08/06 Australia PaperlinX says global outlook improving , The Age , Business, Strezlecki's Central Highlands August 06

14/08/06 Solar power comes down to earth - The Age Business Northern Territory; New South Wales

09/08/06 Tarkine: Senate move for World Heritage study - Greens Media Tasmania;

Leighton wins $130m pipeline contract New South Wales - July 06

Forests NSW cover-up on $6 million profit to Japanese woodchip company,- MEDIA RELEASE : NSW Greens MLC Lee Rhiannon. East Gippsland and Goolengook July 06 ; New South Wales - July 06

 MASS RALLY AT EDEN WOODCHIP MILL A "HUGE SUCCESS". - Harriett Swift Chipstop, Eden - media release East Gippsland and Goolengook July 06 ; New South Wales - July 06

 01/07/06 How many people does it take to change a bulb and save the globe?, - Liz Minchin, The Age - United Nations' International Energy Agency - New South Wales July 06 ……Our highlighting

22/06/06 NSW and Victorian Timber Industry `rail-roaded' by sleeper decision; - National Association of Forest Industries, - Media Release

21/06/06 Cockatoo threat to pulp mill, - Liz Minchin, The Age; South West - June 06 ; South Australia; June 06

 FORESTRY TASMANIA’S FINANCIAL WOES ADD INSULT TO INJURY, Tasmania loses millions of dollars AND the forests

The Wilderness Society, MEDIA RELEASE ; Tasmania; June 06

15/06/06 Trees deal faces axing, -SUE NEALES , Chief Reporter, The Mercury, Tasmania; June 06

Forestry Draining Aquifer, - Sandra Morello , The Border Watch South Australia; June 06

Water level drops, - The Border Watch p1 South Australia; June 06

05/06/06 Cabinet to order nuclear inquiry, -Katharine Murphy, The Age; Australian Capital Territory;

New South Wales; Northern Territory; Queensland; South Australia; Tasmania; Victoria; Western Australia   June 06

02/06/06 PM pulling out of Snowy sale,- The Herald Sun - Breaking News ; New South Wales June 06

Bandicoot count on remote island, Herald Sun Northern Territory;

02/06/06 ALP chief breaks ranks on energy - Michelle Grattan and Katharine Murphy Northern Territory;

1/06/2006  Snowy sale opponents, - Collegiate letter of objection to the Snowy Hydro sale by 56 distinguished Australians, - The Age; Mallee; Murray Basin June 06 ; New South Wales June 06

1/06/2006 Don't play follow-the-leader on Snowy, Kenneth Davidson, The Age Mallee; Murray Basin June 06 ; New South Wales June 06

 Links - Background - more news on Snowy in National News; New South Wales

 May

28/05/06 Community concerns flare over Snowy sale, The Age Mallee; Murray Basin May 06; New South Wales May 06

Iemma spends his way out of trouble, -Russell Skelton, Sydney, The Age New South Wales

28/05/06 Community concerns flare over Snowy sale, The Age Mallee; Murray Basin May 06; New South Wales

26/05/06 Howard intends to sell Snowy Hydro, Annabel Stafford, Canberra, The Age Mallee; Murray Basin May 06 ; New South Wales

24/05/06 Costello declares Snowy Hydro sale legal, The Age Mallee; Murray Basin May 06; New South Wales

24/05/06 Govts push ahead with Snowy sale, The Age Mallee; Murray Basin May 06; New South Wales

Links - Background - more news on Snowy in National News; New South Wales

15/05/06 Tassie pays price for its old growth, SUE NEALES, mercurynews.com Tasmania;

15/05/06 Chipman rejects claims of long-term industry crisis - By SUE NEALES themercury.news.com.au Tasmania; May 15, 2006

15/05/06 Workers' champion quits in disgust - By SUE NEALES themercury.news.com.au Tasmania; May 15, 2006

15/05/06 Taxpayer funds used to build new road into Upper Florentine old growth - TWS Tasmania - MEDIA RELEASE Tasmania; - May 15, 2006

11/05/06 Forest hero’s arrest highlights Lennon-Howard failure- Tasmania; May 11, 2006

Red gum wetland forests clearfelled, -EV Media Release May 11, 2006 ; New South Wales

10/05/06 FEDERAL BUDGET BOOSTS PUBLIC SUBSIDY OF PULP MILL - TWS Tasmania - MEDIA RELEASE Tasmania; May 10, 2006

 More plants and animals join 'red list' of endangered species, By Stephen Cauchi, The Age May 6, 2006

 24/04/2006 Basin at boiling point, Ask an expert - Liz Minchin, The Age; Mallee; Murray Basin April 06

Campbell rejects wind farm plan, calls for code, The Sydney Morning Herald; Western Australia 15/04/06

 Farmers resist revised Permanent Forest Estate Policy Environment Business Tasmania; November 05

Pulp friction Claire Miller, - The Age, Business Tasmania; November 05

1/11/04 -- Tasmania Set For Pulp Mill Joy - From the Premiers Desk - Episode 285 Tasmania;

05/09/97 EL NINO THREAT OF TOXIC ALGAL BLOOMS CSIRO MEDIA RELEASE 97/177 Queensland; South Australia; Victoria; New South Wales; Climate - Murray Basin Sept 97 Related

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