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What happens when the buzz goes away?

Posted on 18 March 2014 by Peter Boyer

Will Hodgman has achieved his life’s ambition, but we know little about what he has in store for us. [18 March 2014 | Peter Boyer] At last, Australia’s most experienced opposition leader has won the prize for which he’s been … Continue reading →

Posted in agriculture and farming, biofuels, biomass energy, business, investment, employment, carbon emissions and targets, carbon pricing scheme, carbon tax, climate politics, electricity networks, forests and forestry, hydro, leadership, planning, Tasmanian politics, wind, wood | Tagged agriculture and farming, Angus Bethune, Basslink, Bill Hodgman, biofuels, biomass energy, business, carbon emissions and targets, carbon pricing scheme, carbon tax, climate politics, electricity networks, employment, forests and forestry, hydro, investment, Jeremy Rockliff, Kim Booth, Lara Giddings, leadership, Matthew Groom, Nick McKim, Peter Gutwein, Phil Foulston, planning, Rhys Edwards, Tasmanian politics, Tony Ferrall, Will Hodgman, wind, wood | 1 Comment

Fire management: too important for party politics

Posted on 7 January 2014 by Peter Boyer

Bushfire mitigation strategies need broad community support, not political posturing. [7 January 2014 | Peter Boyer] With a coolish, dampish December in Tasmania and a forecast wetter-than-average summer in the south, it doesn’t seem the time to think about bushfire. … Continue reading →

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The hard slog of changing entrenched attitudes

Posted on 7 May 2013 by Peter Boyer

We need to acknowledge the effort and skill that went into achieving the “manifestly imperfect” forestry agreement. [7 May 2013 | Peter Boyer] What was that all about? Did last week’s passage of the Tasmanian Forests Agreement Bill signify the … Continue reading →

Posted in biological resources, carbon, carbon emissions and targets, climate politics, economic activity, forests and forestry, growth, human behaviour, land use, social and personal issues, social mindsets, Tasmanian politics, trees | Tagged Australian Greens, biological resources, carbon, carbon emissions and targets, Cassy O'Connor, Christine Milne, climate politics, economic activity, Forest Industries Association of Tasmania, Forestry Tasmania, forests and forestry, growth, human behaviour, land use, Lara Giddings, Low Carbon Tasmania, Nick McKim, Peg Putt, Peter Gutwein, Phil Pullinger, social and personal issues, social mindsets, Tasmanian Forests Agreement Bill, Tasmanian politics, Terry Edwards, The Wilderness Society, Tony Abbott, Tony Burke, trees, Vica Bayley, Will Hodgman | Comments Off

Tag Archives: Peter Gutwein

What happens when the buzz goes away?

Fire management: too important for party politics

The hard slog of changing entrenched attitudes

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