Northern Tasmania: Tuesday June 26 2007
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- Northern Tasmania: Tuesday June 26 2007
- Tasmania’s Bass Metals in for long haul with Zinifex process deal
- Govt accused of trying to take back land
- Alinta’s Tas power station in jeopardy
- Coonan returns fire on Basslink
- Tassie to give bracelet to Mary’s girl
- The Breeding Grounds of AFL Footballers
Northern Tasmania: Tuesday June 26 2007
ABC Regional nline – ABC Regional nline – Jun 26, 2007
ver the past few years growers have absorbed the increasing costs of inputs like fertiliser and fuel but are now saying enough is enough. ver the past month growers have been negotiating prices with coastal onion packing companies but Cuprona farmer Scott Munday says they’re still a long way off target. “We haven’t got very far at this stage” he said. “We’ve got a few small increases but they’re only going to cover the increase in production costs.
Tasmania’s Bass Metals in for long haul with Zinifex process deal
Mineweb – Jun 26, 2007
However a minor bombshell was dropped as Bass opted for a deal with the Rosebery plant on Tasmania?s West Coast. Author: Ross Louthean Posted: Tuesday26 Jun 2007PERTH – Bass Metals has moved away from its anticipated offtake agreement with Intec Ltd and PolyMetals Group to treat its Que River ore through the Hellyer concentrator. The company Tuesday announced striking an offtake agreement with Zinifex Ltd (ASX: ZFX) which owns the Rosebery mining and processing facilities. The new deal was not widely anticipated by the market as there appeared to have been a rapport between Bass Metals and Intec-PolyMetals with its Hellyer plant being only 4 kilometres from Bass Metals’ first mining targets in re-opening Que River.
Govt accused of trying to take back land
West Australian – The West Australian – Jun 26, 2007
“There is no need to tie sexual abuse interventions with land tenure it’s too much of a stretch for this nation to take and the government is lying through its teeth to do so. “You do not have to take children away and you do not have to take communal rights to land away to deal effectively with sexual abuse and violence. “Meanwhile Tasmania has agreed to send police to help enforce the federal government’s indigenous child abuse plan but will provide only two instead of the 10 requested. Labor Premier Paul Lennon told state parliament that Tasmania had rejected Mr Brough’s request for 10 officers but would provide two instead. “The Tasmanian government will be responding positively to the federal government’s request on a pro-rata basis and our Police Minister David Llewellyn will be speaking with Minister Brough today to further the necessary arrangements” Mr Lennon told parliament. “We have got a problem here that needs to be addressed where children are at risk and governments have a responsibility to act. “But Mr Lennon said it was unreasonable for the federal government to expect Tasmania to make the same commitment as NSW and Victoria… “You do not have to take children away and you do not have to take communal rights to land away to deal effectively with sexual abuse and violence. “Meanwhile Tasmania has agreed to send police to help enforce the federal government’s indigenous child abuse plan but will provide only two instead of the 10 requested. Labor Premier Paul Lennon told state parliament that Tasmania had rejected Mr Brough’s request for 10 officers but would provide two instead. “The Tasmanian government will be responding positively to the federal government’s request on a pro-rata basis and our Police Minister David Llewellyn will be speaking with Minister Brough today to further the necessary arrangements” Mr Lennon told parliament. “We have got a problem here that needs to be addressed where children are at risk and governments have a responsibility to act. “But Mr Lennon said it was unreasonable for the federal government to expect Tasmania to make the same commitment as NSW and Victoria. “New South Wales has a police service of over 15000 in strength compared to Tasmania’s police service strength of 1200″ he said.
Alinta’s Tas power station in jeopardy
The Age – Jun 26, 2007
“There are a number of options available to progress the prospective development” he said. “The government will need some time to assess all the options and until that occurs I don’t intend to canvass hypotheticals. “I remain confident that one way or another Tasmania will see competitive gas-fired generation in the near future. “The 15-year gas supply deal was originally agreed in March this year. Later that month Alinta announced plans to buy the Bell Bay power station just north of Launceston from state-owned Hydro Tasmania. Alinta planned to build at Bell Bay a 210-megawatt combined-cycle gas turbine power plant and additional peaking capacity of about 180 megawatts of open-cycle gas turbines.
Coonan returns fire on Basslink
Australian IT – Jun 26, 2007
"It would be unfortunate and very surprising if this Commonwealth-funded fibre broadband backhaul investment for Tasmania was held back by the State Government" she said. "PEL is a wholesale-only company that will provide access to wholesale broadband services and other wholesale services such as backhaul on a commercial basis to Tasmania. Its proposed network in Tasmania will provide coverage for metropolitan areas and rural areas. " Senator Coonan’s office also confirmed that Tasmania had been included in the federal Government’s FTTN proposal after Mr Aird raised concerns that the state appeared to have originally been excluded from the plans. module-content –>… "PEL is a wholesale-only company that will provide access to wholesale broadband services and other wholesale services such as backhaul on a commercial basis to Tasmania. Its proposed network in Tasmania will provide coverage for metropolitan areas and rural areas. " Senator Coonan’s office also confirmed that Tasmania had been included in the federal Government’s FTTN proposal after Mr Aird raised concerns that the state appeared to have originally been excluded from the plans. module-content –>. article –> Story Tools.
Tassie to give bracelet to Mary’s girl
Sydney Morning Herald – Jun 26, 2007
Premier Paul Lennon said the designer bracelet would beexhibited at Parliament House for 24 hours before being carefullypacked and sent to Denmark in time for the girl’s christening onSunday when she is due to be named. The Tasmanian-born Princess Mary gave birth to her second childon April 21 – the first girl born into Denmark’s royal family since1946. The bracelet officially handed to Mr Lennon by Hobart designerjeweller Diane Allison draws on the strong links establishedbetween Tasmania and Denmark since Princess Mary’s wedding toFrederik. The design features Tasmanian apple seeds which are paired toform the shape of Tasmania. “This is a beautiful piece of jewellery that will always remindthe Princess of her strong Tasmanian heritage” Mr Lennon said. “Diane Allison has done an exceptional job of designing andcreating this delicate piece which will be sent to Denmark withthe best wishes of all Tasmanians. Mr Lennon said the paired apple seed symbol not only echoed theunique physical shape of Tasmania but also made reference to thenine red hearts that feature on Denmark’s National Coat of Armsthe Crown Prince’s standard (personal flag) and other emblems usedby the royal family.
The Breeding Grounds of AFL Footballers
World Footy News – Jun 26, 2007
Ireland is an exception with Gaelic Football skills transferring across to Australian Rules. Even still there are some exceptions for example Setanta Ó hAilpn was a hurling player. With this in mind some overseas players try their luck in Australia first just like many players from places like the Northern Territory and Tasmania move to other states and leagues to get drafted. Information like this map can help players to make the right decisions about which clubs to choose in order to get noticed. These clubs and leagues tend to have scouts in place who look there first. The same goes for international players trying their luck in Australia. At the moment there are a few international players in Australia playing at some of these clubs doing exactly that.
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