Tasmania extends anti-GM ban
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- Tasmania extends anti-GM ban
- Tasmanian devils listed as endangered in Australia
- Tasmanian devil now endangered species
- Tasmania’s Future Health’ Diagnosis Looks Much Brighter
- Tasmania secures funding for e-learning projects
Tasmania extends anti-GM ban
ABC nline
The ban includes a zero-tolerance standard for non-GM seed coming into the state. But Tasmanian canola growers say they’re now unable to find seed suppliers that guarantee their non-GM seed meets Tasmania’s strict zero tolerance standard on genetically modified material. Roberts Ltd agronomist Terry Horan says all states except Tasmania have a 0. 1 per cent allowance for GM material in planting seed and his company is urging the Tasmanian Government to fall in line.
Tasmanian devils listed as endangered in Australia
guardian.co.uk
The upgrade from “vulnerable” under Australian environmental law entitles the world’s largest marsupial carnivore to greater protection in the island state of Tasmania Environment Minister Peter Garrett said in a statement. Devils do not exist in the wild outside Tasmania although mainland zoos are breeding captive populations as a strategy against total extinction. Their numbers have declined by 70 percent since the facial cancer was first reported in 1996. The disease is caused by bites inflicted on each other’s faces as part of a bizarre mating ritual or while squabbling over food.
Tasmanian devil now endangered species
United Press International
The Tasmanian devil the largest surviving marsupial carnivore became extinct in mainland Australia several hundred years before European settlement. In Tasmania farmers considered them a threat to livestock and they were hunted until 1941. Tasmania upgraded the devil from threatened to endangered last year.
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Tasmania’s Future Health’ Diagnosis Looks Much Brighter
Tasmanian Government Media Releases (press release)
Ms Giddings said the two year milestone gave cause to reflect on the progress and impact of Tasmania’s Health Plan. “When we launched Tasmania’s Health Plan in May 2007 we had one clear objective: to deliver a high quality sustainable responsive and integrated health system to meet the future needs of the Tasmanian community” Ms Giddings said. Ms Giddings said it was clear from the outset that confronting difficult decisions would pose a necessary but challenging task. She said despite these challenges she and her department had fronted up to the community on every occasion.
Tasmania secures funding for e-learning projects
Tasmanian Government Media Releases (press release)
Ms Butler said that e-learning was an integral part of the national training system. “It promotes the use of information and communication technology (ICT) in the flexible delivery of education and training to respond to the training needs of Tasmanian businesses and learners” she said. Ms Butler said that a total of $288800 has been awarded to develop and manage 13 e-learning innovation programs specifically tailored to Tasmania’s vocational education and training (VET) priorities outlined in the Tasmanian Skills Strategy. “Six of these successful projects are from the Tasmanian Polytechnic three from the Tasmanian Skills Institute and four are from private registered training organisations” Ms Butler said.
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