Flying firies saved the day

Flying firefighters saved many Tasmanian communities during recent outbreaks across the state. HELICOPTERS may have saved the day at Molesworth, Franklin and Gretna but the international pilots who man the aircraft say it's all in a day's work....

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Sailors' sights on record run

SEAN Langman's $2.2 million trimaran Team Australia is rocketing towards Tasmania today, hoping to be the fastest boat ever to sail from Sydney to Hobart. With spray stinging their faces as the 60-foot trimaran battled heavy seas, Team Australia was...

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Jobs to go in power jolt

THE State Government is under fire over job losses resulting from a planned merger of electricity companies. Unions Tasmania criticised the job cuts while the Opposition slammed the Government for creating a "bureaucratic tangle" that will see three...

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Sceptic versus Greens

UNFAZED: Climate change sceptic Lord Christopher Monckton. CLIMATE change sceptic Lord Christopher Monckton took on the green movement when he brought his controversial tour to Hobart last night. His appearance at the at the University of Tasmania's...

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Jail term for 'hitman' attempt

A LAUNCESTON man who tried to hire a hitman to kill his estranged wife -- but got an undercover policeman instead -- has been jailed for four years. Darryl Scott Donohue, 41, of Invermay, was the first Tasmanian convicted of incitement to murder. He...

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Merger to save $8 million

THE State Government hopes the merger of Aurora and Transend will stop further electricity price hikes. Deputy Premier Bryan Green today announced that a new board would be appointed to oversee the merger of the two companies, with the new company expected...

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Smelter makes freight deal

A NEW international shipping service will boost the viability of one of Tasmania's largest private employers -- Bell Bay Aluminium. The service, however, offers little relief for other Tasmanian exporters who have been forced to ship goods to market...

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Wage query led to assault

A WOMAN had her nose broken in Salamanca Square after asking a man how much he earned, the Supreme Court has heard. Security camera footage of the attack played to the Hobart court showed 26-year-old Matthew Wayne Tennant running from the scene, leaving...

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BBQ row sparks Molotov attack

AN arsonist who tried but failed to burn down his neighbour's Kingston home with a Molotov cocktail succeeded on his second attempt by setting fire to her curtains, a court has heard. Father-of-two Darrel John Smith, 35, was caught talking about the...

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Angels to visit Dunalley

OZ rock band The Angels will be one of the headline acts at the Dunalley Hotel Phoenix Festival on March 17. Set in the grounds of the Dunalley Hotel, the family festival day will raise money for south-east Tasmanian communities affected by January's...

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Lara calls for level playing field

PREMIER Lara Giddings has lashed out at critics of Tasmania's economic performance and said the campaign by large Liberal states for a greater share of the GST would create an unequal Australia. Speaking at the National Press Club in Canberra today,...

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Activists clash with whalers

Environmentalists have accused Japanese whalers of attempting to crash into their ship as they tried to prevent harpoonists from hauling a slaughtered whale on board. Picture: SEA SHEPHERD, AFP ANTI-WHALING group Sea Shepherd says a Japanese whaling...

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Milne 'clears air' in Canberra

Senator Christine Milne at the National Press Club in Canberra today. Picture: KYM SMITH AUSTRALIAN Greens leader Christine Milne says she's "cleared the air" by attacking the Federal Government for walking away from its agreement with the minor...

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Flinders push takes flight

A NEW $32,000 marketing campaign has been launched to lure visitors from Victoria into Bass Strait for an autumn getaway on Flinders Island. It is the first time Flinders has been the sole focus of a TV ad campaign, which is designed boost visitor numbers...

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Arrests over takeaway robbery

TWO teenagers and a 41-year-old man have been arrested over an alleged armed robbery at Hobart's Foodstop takeaway early this morning. Police allege one of the youths entered the Elizabeth St shop at 1.26am armed with a knife and demanded money from...

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Mum admits to drunken heist

A SINGLE mother drank two dozen beers before robbing her local bottleshop at gunpoint, the Supreme Court in Hobart has been told. Verriece Aileen McLean, 39, of Lutana, has pleaded guilty to armed robbery and a string of firearms offences. Crown Prosecutor...

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Charges over museum thefts

A MAN has been charged with stealing objects from the Markree Collection from the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, police said today. Detectives started an investigation over the theft of objects from the collection in September last year. They confirmed...

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Crews battle Gretna blaze

SEVERAL dozen fire crews are battling a small but intense bushfire north of the Lyell Highway near the Derwent Valley town of Gretna. The Tasmania Fire Service said the blaze broke out shortly before 5pm near Marked Tree Rd. An emergency warning has...

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Aussies feel the squeeze

ONE in three Australian families lives from one pay day to the next and 17 per cent of Tasmanians say they would struggle to scrape up $1000 if needed in an emergency. BT Australian Financial Health Index found almost one in two employees wouldn't have...

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Short 'n' sweet

CAN'T WAIT: Tropfest actor/director/writer Ella Watkins, left, and actor Sara Cooper ready for the Salamanca Square screening. Picture: SAM ROSEWARNE HOBART film-lovers are in for a treat this afternoon and evening with perfect weather and a free,...

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Tassie tradies spend up big

A NATIONAL financial health survey has confirmed some stereotypes in Tasmanian culture but it has shattered others. Among the findings from the BT Financial Health Index is the fact that carpenters, brick-layers and other "tradies" are the biggest spenders...

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