Northern Tasmania Rural Report
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
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Caring for our Country details still missing
By Eliza WoodThe document that was going to have all the answers about future environmental spending in Australia by the Federal Government is out.
But for those working on projects in Tasmania, there's still a lot that's uncertain.
The Caring for Country business plan has been signed off by federal ministers Peter Garrett and Tony Burke, and it lists the Government's priority areas for spending.
But Richard Ingram from Cradle Coast Natural Resource Management says a lot of Tasmania's environmental problems don't appear to be a priority.
Up to speed with climate change
By Eliza WoodOne of the biggest minds in Australian climate change research has flown into Tasmania to present the latest science on climate change.
Professor Will Steffen is the executive director of the Australian National University's Climate Change Institute.
He spoke in Launceston and Burnie, and will be in Hobart today.
Professor Steffen says it's important for the public to keep up with the science, just as one would keep an eye on the stockmarket.
Tasmanian Features
Shearing history in treasured Christmas pudding recipe
In the case of Roger Swain's Christmas pudding, simple things really are the best. It's a shearer's pudding with a practical and simple recipe handed down from a special source.
A devilish diary! Dispatches from the secret Sitwell saga
What does it take to raise a tiny orphan that's naked and crying through the first weeks of life? Wildlife carer John Hayward knows, and he shares the journey with his latest arrivals, three tiny Tasmanian devils.
Simulating is so stimulating for forest jobs
Tasmania's forest industry is trying to recruit and retain more skilled workers with the aid of a simulator.
It's part of a Forest Contractors Association plan to change perceptions the industry is dull, dirty and dangerous with a new careers program.
Research proves race horses have it easy
You might be surprised to learn most race horses are quite sedentary and don’t move far at all.
Tasmania's biggest chainsaw
New irrigation infrastructure is being layed down in record time in northern Tasmania by a massive machine that works just like a chainsaw.
New blackberry rust spreads south
CSIRO makes a final push with its blackberry biocontrol program
Fifty years of tomatoes - a saucy story
The Brandsema family at Turners Beach in north-west Tasmania is celebrating 50 years of growing tomatoes this month . That's a lot of sauce, some would say.
Potato fest for hall funds
I didn't think running with a sack of potatoes could be so painful. Right there in the chest - a burning feeling.
Octopus industry takes hold
It's 1978 and no one in Australia wants to buy octopus. So it seemed natural to Tasmanian Michael Hardy to start an octopus fishing business.
Mount Roland Rivercare reaps rewards
A group of volunteers from north-west Tasmania has received one of Australia's most prestigious environmental awards.
Mount Roland Rivercare Catchment Inc. has won a National Landcare Award - the Murray Darling Basin Commission Rivercare Award.
