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In a dramatic intervention, a "pro-salmon" Tasmanian senator is urging fish farms to exit Macquarie Harbour & the #salmon industry to clean up the "mess" without federal funding. @jacquilambie.bsky.social talks to @paddymanning.bsky.social #politas #auspol tasmanianinquirer.com.au/news/jacqui-...

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New Tasmanian Liquor & Gaming Commission data on #pokies $16.1 million lost in January – just over $7m in Federal Group’s 2 casinos $190.9m lost in last year $1.19 billion lost since the 2018 ‘pokies’ state election #politas #Tasmania #gambling Data here www.treasury.tas.gov.au/liquor-and-g...

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At 5.20pm the Tasmanian Environment Protection Authority issued a media release about the ongoing #salmon deaths at leases in #Tasmania #politas

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🤫 When it comes to informing the community about #antibiotic use on #salmon farms, the Tasmanian EPA backs the industry's 'commercial-in-confidence' position ahead of our 'right-to-know'. @bobburtonoz.bsky.social reports on the latest release. #politas ▶️ tasmanianinquirer.com.au/news/tasmani...

submitted 15 days ago • 1 comment

Today the Australian Electoral Commission released the latest batch of political party donations data for 2023-24 The disclosure threshold was $16,300 #politas #Tasmania

submitted 29 days ago • 2 comments

What happened when environmentalists were accused of sabotage - without evidence? Violent threats against Bob Brown and others remained on Eric Abetz's Facebook page for up to a week until we made inquiries. @bobburtonoz.bsky.social explains, #politas. tasmanianinquirer.com.au/news/explain...

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

Morning everyone, I took a couple of months off over Christmas as I have not been particularly well and have been waiting on seeing the results of my next scan, which if not good would be not good at all. Having given it a lot of thought, I’ve decided that even if the result is good, eventually, one

submitted 37 days ago • 253 comments

New Tasmanian Liquor and Gaming Commission data reveals that $190.3 million was lost on #pokies in Tasmania in 2024, up 2.8% on 2023 #politas #Tasmania #gambling Of that, the two Federal Group casinos accounted for $79.5 million of the 2024 losses Data here www.treasury.tas.gov.au/liquor-and-g...

submitted 38 days ago • 1 comment

New Nov pokies losses data out today Nov 2024 $16m Losses in Federal Group casinos $6.8m Av loss per day $516,174 In the last year $189.89m Lost since 2018 ‘pokies’ election $1.18 billion No of pokies operating in Sept = 3282 #politas #gambling Data www.treasury.tas.gov.au/liquor-and-g...

submitted 70 days ago • 3 comments

🙈 Tasmania's Legislative Council called for a public consultation process on ways to improve the disclosure scheme for ministerial appointment diaries. The Rockliff government shunned their call. @bobburtonoz.bsky.social investigates. tasmanianinquirer.com.au/news/no-peek...

submitted 78 days ago • 1 comment

On December 14 1982, three Tasmanian National Parks (Franklin- Lower Gordon, Southwest & Cradle Mtn-Lake St Clair) were added to the World Heritage List #politas #auspol

submitted 80 days ago • 1 comment

Tasmanian Inquirer's Starter Pack of Tasmanian state & federal MPs has been updated to add Tas House of Assembly MPs Kristie Johnston (Ind, Clark) & Tabatha Badger (Green, Lyons) go.bsky.app/ukAwrx

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