Axe set for councillors

SIX councils across Tasmania are to lose councillors after a review by the Local Government Review Board. The cuts mean 13 elected positions will be phased out over the next three years. Councils to lose councillors are: Central Coast (losing 3), Devonport...

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Karate Kid to Gentleman Dan

MICHELLE Geale could never have known that a trip to the movies to see The Karate Kid with nine-year-old son Daniel would inspire one of the most superb careers in Australian sport. It was Mr Miyagi and another kid called Daniel who inspired Geale to...

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Greinke to face theft charges

FORMER Queensland rugby league player and coach Gary Lionel Greinke, 52, will be extradited to Queensland today to face stealing charges. Police allege Greinke stole $62,000 from a fruit business, Malgary Pty Ltd, which he operated with former Brisbane...

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Last daring devil found safe

THE third Tasmanian devil that had been on the loose in bushland south of Perth, Western Australia, has been found and will soon be reunited with his two fellow escapees. Genghis the devil and two other young males named Itchy and Scratchy went on the...

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Bid to end Antarctic impasse

THE US and New Zealand are holding one-on-one talks in Hobart to try to end an impasse over the creation of an historic marine protection area in Antarctica's Ross Sea. The head of the US delegation at the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic...

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Witness call after arson attack

Police say firebugs caused about $100,000 damage to this privately owned rental property in Clarendon Vale, on Hobart's Eastern Shore. Pictures: MATT THOMPSON POLICE are appealing for witnesses after an arson attack caused about $100,000 damage...

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Wind farm plan for mill site

Work was still underway on the pulp mill site, in northern Tasmania, back in February. Picture: ROSS MARSDEN A PROPOSAL to build a wind farm on Gunns' pulp mill site in northern Tasmania has been floated with the collapsed timber company's receivers....

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Tassie mums a fertile bunch

Tasmania had the highest fertility rate at 2.17 babies per woman in 2011, while Victoria had the lowest at 1.75. TASMANIA's fertility rate is topping the nation, new figures show. The latest Australian Bureau of Statistics report on births shows...

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Robber foiled when victim fled

A YOUNG man's attempt to rob a service station was thwarted with the attendant ran away, the Supreme Court has heard. Father-of-one Bradley William Rootes, 21, tried to hold up a BP Service Station at Devonport because he owed an ex-girlfriend money....

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Hotel robber sent to jail

A YOUNG man involved in the violent armed robbery of a Hobart hotel has been jailed for at least three years. Michael John Gardner, 21, pleaded guilty to aggravated armed robbery and assault and was found guilty by a jury of causing grievous bodily...

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Fraud term appeal dismissed

A FORMER Hobart businessman who was jailed for two frauds which netted him more than $1.3 million has lost an appeal against his jail sentence. Michael John Henderson, 58, pleaded guilty to more than 80 fraud offences committed between 1999 and 2006....

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New push to boost literacy

A BOLD State Government plan to improve Tasmania's 50 per cent literacy rate has been launched in Parliament House in Hobart. The 26TEN network -- set up under the $17 million adult literacy five-year plan -- includes organisations that will work to...

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Second daring devil found

Itchy the Tasmanian devil is back behind bars after being on the run in Western Australia for almost a week. Picture: PEEL ZOO A SECOND Tasmanian devil that escaped from a West Australian zoo has been caught in a midnight ambush. Three young devils...

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Top author's Tassie tour

POPULAR Australian author Peter Watt will give free talks at LINC Tasmania starting today. Dubbed Australia's Wilbur Smith, the novelist will speak at Kingston LINC at 7pm today. Similar events will be held tomorrow at Rosny LINC at 1.30pm and at Sorell...

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Accused man 'shot at' accuser

A MAN rumoured to have stolen diesel and a chainsaw from a logging coupe confronted his accuser with an axe and later fired a shot in his direction from a high-powered rifle, the Supreme Court has heard. Fabian Shane Graham, 29, of Swamp Road, Lachlan,...

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Assault after wedding snub

A MAN sexually assaulted his partner because he was angry she was going to a wedding to which he was not invited, the Supreme Court has heard. The 30-year-old father of three, who cannot be named, pleaded guilty to aggravated sexual assault and assault....

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Art-felt praise for Hobart icon

Bilbao, in Spain, attracted few tourists until architect Frank Gehry's striking Guggenheim museum building opened in 1997. TRAVEL guide company Lonely Planet compares the MONA effect in Hobart to the experience of Bilbao in Spain, where a new Guggenheim...

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New Bond bloody brilliant

B IS for Bond, B is for brilliant. Skyfall, the 23rd instalment in the world's favourite spy movie series, goes back to the franchise's roots and is possibly the best Bond flick ever. Unlike its predecessor, the Quantum of Solace, Skyfall returns to...

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Sex classes stir debate heat

A PROMINENT child psychologist says those who oppose the inclusion of alternative sexuality in school sex education classes are unhelpful, puerile and out of touch. Michael Carr-Gregg's scathing comments come after Liberal education spokesman Michael...

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Mundine's apology 'insincere'

INDIGENOUS Tasmanian music star Dewayne Everettsmith has hit back at Anthony Mundine, saying the controversial boxer isn't welcome in the state after his offensive comments questioning world champion Daniel Geale's heritage. At a press conference on...

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$900m road and rail wishlist

SMALL CHANGE: The Brooker Highway wishlist includes $5m for planning the upgrading of the Domain Highway Interchange. TASMANIA is seeking nearly $900 million from federal coffers for new road and rail projects. The wishlist includes $240 million...

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