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Population on the rise

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ABC July 29, 2010, 3:31 pm

 

Latest figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows Tasmania's population has grown and men still earn more than women.

In the year to June 2009, the population increased 1.1 per cent to over 503,292 people.

The birth rate was up, at 2.24 births per woman.from 2.2.

Full time workers received a 6 per cent rise in weekly wages but women are still earning about a $100 less each week than men.

Gross state product increased 1.4 per cent to nearly $23 billion with government expenditure accounting for more than 20 per cent.

 



 

Repco Rally    BIT LATE FOR 7.30 report/ but protest as shown below anyway

The anti-Repco Rally protesters of the north coast are looking for your support. This weekend the Repco Car Rally is going to pass through national parks and the internationally recognised biodiversity hotspot of the Green Cauldron in North Eastern NSW.  Noisy, polluting, environmentally damaging cars are going to tear along the roads of some of the most beautiful parts of this state, containing endangered and vulnerable species,  during breeding time for many animals. As well as the cars there will be spectators and their vehicles, helicopters, media and extra police in the area.

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