The history of Tasmania
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- Tasmania's Anti-Gay Laws: Time for Change
- From Amesty International, 15 April, 1997. Amnesty International is
calling on the Tasmanian Upper House to rid Australia of the draconian
law which allows for imprisonment for up to 25 years for one's sexual
activity in private.
- Logging in Tasmania threatens old-growth
forests
- By Mark Schulman, Earth Times News Service, 26 August 2000.
Australia's giant gum trees are being threatened by unsustainable
logging practices and deforestation. We could lose one of the
last remaining tall, old growth forests in Tasmania. The
Wilderness Society campaign.