Hats off to our top attractions

The Port Arthur Historic Site won the Major Tourist Attraction category. EAST Coast and regional tourism stole the spotlight at last night's Tasmanian Tourism Awards at Wrest Point in Hobart. All five accommodation categories were bagged by East...

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Retail reprieve for mussels

THEY say timing is everything, and the timing of Spring Bay Mussels' algal toxin discovery and global product recall could not have been worse. It follows an export ban on diseased Tasmanian abalone earlier in the year, and comes in the same week authorities...

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Twisters, hail, rain hit Hobart

TORNADOES, torrential rain and thick hail rampaged across the state yesterday. The wild weather forced the evacuation of a childcare centre and a call centre but most of the state escaped relatively unscathed. The South and East were hardest hit, with...

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Laptop recovery a snap

Constable Cassandra Lowe, left, and Detective Constable Anna Lang with a laptop that was recovered through hi-tech tracking software. Picture: MATT THOMPSON HI-TECH "Robocop-style" tracking software has helped police track down an alleged computer...

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Drunken dispute led to murder

The Stainforth Court public housing units at Cornelian Bay. THE bashing murder of a man at a public housing estate was not premeditated but appeared to have sprung from a sudden drunken dispute, the Supreme Court in Hobart heard today. Jamie Peter...

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Party passion ends in mayhem

A MAN who filmed his topless girlfriend kissing another woman flew into a drug-fuelled rage when she kissed another man, the Supreme Court in Hobart has heard. Garry James Brody, 28, of Snug, pleaded guilty today to five counts of assault, destroying...

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Flower power for Camilla

IT was hardly the crown jewels, but the Duchess of Cornwall was clearly delighted when presented with a simply daisy chain at Richmond today. Camilla and Charles, the Prince of Wales, wowed the crowds in the historic southern Tasmanian town shortly...

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Woolly times for royal heir

PRINCE Charles threw a fleece today as he got a feel for some of the world's finest wool on a sheep stud near Hobart. With a little help from wool handler Lucy Byers, he gathered the newly shorn fleece off the floor and tossed it on the rack to be classed....

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The fire that never was

THE Tasmania Fire Service has been left red-faced after transmitting an emergency bushfire warning in error to media outlets across the state. According to the "Watch and Act" media alert â€" issued about 2.30pm today in rainy conditions -- the faux...

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State queries Etter's claims

SOME of the claims in a lawsuit brought by former Integrity Commission chief Barbara Etter did not amount to "a hill of beans", the Supreme Court was told today. The former West Australian assistant police commissioner is suing the State Government...

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Gambling help for schoolkids

STUDENTS will be educated on the risks of problem gambling as part of a program targeting schools. The two-pronged attack will support teachers to help students whose families are affected by gambling, whether by poverty or anger and distress at home....

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Four more years, tweets Obama

Supporters of President Barack Obama cheer as they wait for Obama to appear on stage during the Obama election night watch party at McCormick Place in Chicago. Picture: GETTY PRESIDENT Barack Obama has retained the presidency in a resounding and...

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Vincent wins mayoral race

Kerry Vincent, Sorell's new mayor, campaigning for a Bendigo Bank branch in the sprawling south-eastern town in 2010. SORELL has a new mayor, with local businessman Kerry Vincent to head the council until the 2013 poll. The results of the recent...

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Informal forest talks continue

PREMIER Lara Giddings has vowed to stay out of forest peace negotiations as industry leaders and environmentalists continue to hold informal talks. Ms Giddings said she and Deputy Premier Bryan Green had been given briefings on the informal talks between...

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Basher free after time served

A MAN who kicked an elderly stranger in the face has walked free from court after a judge ruled the three months he had already spent in custody was an adequate sentence. Luke Ashley Woods, 26, of Devonport, had earlier pleaded guilty to assaulting...

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Union warns on jobs, service

A FULL retail market for Tasmanian electricity will lead to inferior service and job losses, the union representing call centre workers has warned. The Australian Services Union has warned the State Government's plan to privatise the retail arm of state...

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State cheated of $120m tax

AUSTRALIAN businesses avoided paying so much GST in the past year that Tasmania missed out on $120 million -- equivalent to half the state's Budget deficit. Tasmania's share of the overall GST take was undermined by shonky businesses across the nation...

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Melbourne Cup preview

MERCURY racing writer Damien Seaton takes a look at your best Melbourne Cup options. Melbourne Cup top five tips: (20) LIGHTS OF HEAVEN (Luke Nolen) she looked very dour in Caulfield Cup after settling seventh. She was held-up at a vital stage at the...

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