Kids' advocate hits power limit

TASMANIA'S Commissioner for Children, Aileen Ashford, has left her post, calling for more support for Tasmania's young people. Repeating the concerns of past commissioners, Ms Ashford called for her role to have greater powers. She said yesterday she...

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Ram-raid shatters shop owner

Backflip Clothing owner Britt Hoskinson outside her ransacked store. Picture: SAM ROSEWARNE A HOBART business owner expecting a baby in weeks spent yesterday assessing massive damage caused by ram-raiders to her inner-city store. Backflip Clothing's...

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Hold-up at Sandy Bay servo

TWO people held up a service station in Sandy Bay last night, one of them a male armed with a shotgun. Police said the pair entered the Caltex Service Station on Regent St about 7.30pm. The offenders fled the area with cash and cigarettes. Anyone...

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Make a date with Kate

KATE Ceberano, Christine Anu, Darren Percival and Grammy-winning US vocal group Take 6 are the first batch of headline acts announced for the 2013 Festival of Voices in Hobart. The popular and highly respected Ceberano is sure to be one of the festival's...

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Milne marks milestone

CHRISTINE Milne intends to lead the Greens well beyond the September election after notching up her first year in the job. Tomorrow marks 12 months since the Tasmanian senator took over from party icon Bob Brown amid suggestions she would only be warming...

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Retrial over WA killing

AN 83-year-old man found guilty of manslaughter will face a retrial after winning an appeal against his conviction over the death of a Perth woman more than 20 years ago. Ronald Leslie Pennington was extradited from Tasmania to stand trial for the death...

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Real estate laws anger

THE real estate industry has reacted angrily to State Government legislation it says will hurt the struggling sector. In a letter to all members yesterday, Real Estate Institute of Tasmania president Adrian Kelly blasted the new Bill that introduces...

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Bridge divers' work piles up

Dive crews on the floating platform used as a base for their cleaning operation. Pictures: KIM EISZELE AN underwater project on a scale not seen in Tasmania is under way to protect one of the state's most valuable assets – the 48-year-old Tasman...

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Water forces college closure

ROSNY College will be closed again tomorrow because of a burst water main. The College was also closed today. The Education Department said repair work on the pipe would require excavation and the College will be without water. Rosny College students...

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ATSB to examine chemical spill

THE derailment of a train carrying dangerous goods near Colebrook will be investigated by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau. Tasmania Fire Service crews spent today cleaning up after the chemical spill near the southern Tasmanian town. It happened...

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O'Byrne hit over 'criminal' tag

LIBERAL senator Eric Abetz has slammed Tasmanian Labor minister David O'Byrne for calling former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher a "war criminal" on Twitter. Mr O'Byrne, whose portfolios include police and workplace relations, tweeted on Monday:...

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Star scholar off to Cambridge

TASMANIAN Sarah Lynn Rees is among just four people to win a 2013 Charles Perkins Scholarship for indigenous Australians. Sarah will start post-graduate studies in architecture and urban design at Cambridge University later this year. A descendant...

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Prison exit costs $260,000

THE premature departure of prison boss Barry Greenberry will cost Tasmanian taxpayers about $260,000. Corrections Minister Nick McKim has told State Parliament that Mr Greenberry was paid out 14 months of his salary as part of a workers compensation...

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Podiatrist denies sex assault

A PODIATRIST pulled a patient's underpants down before sexually assaulting her during a consultation for a foot problem in 2011, the Supreme Court in Launceston has heard. Terence Williams has pleaded not guilty to indecently assaulting the woman by...

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Churches blast reform 'tsunami'

TASMANIA'S church leaders have united to try to stop the "tsunami" of social changes being pushed by the State Government. Anglican Bishop John Harrower and Catholic Archbishop Adrian Doyle were among those today calling for the Government not to ignore...

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Tassie lays out welcome mat

A VISIT by Chinese president Xi Jinping would be among the biggest logistical feats in the state's history, says Premier Lara Giddings. Ms Giddings said she wrote to President Xi in December, inviting him to tour the state when he next visited Australia....

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C-cell proponent seeks funds

Southern Waste Solutions chief Christine Bell at the site of the company's proposed C-cell development. SOUTHERN Waste Solutions will lodge its application for federal funds this week to help it build a C-cell dump at Copping. The company is understood...

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Accused killer faces court

A MAN accused of the hammer murders of two academics at Mountain River last December has appeared via video-link in Hobart's Supreme Court. Nicolau Francisco Soares, 27, of Western Australia, is accused of killing his mother Delys Weston, 62, and health...

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Bundle of joy eases the pain

LIZ Sheppard is rejoicing at holding a baby in her arms, six months after losing her son Andreas. Her daughter Adalyn was born at Calvary Hospital in Hobart on Thursday night. "We didn't plan it. She was an absolute shock but a nice one," Mrs Sheppard...

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Tassie shucks oyster slight

TASMANIA'S reputation for seafood has taken a hit after the oyster contamination but can survive an isolated case, say industry leaders. A gastroenteritis outbreak struck more than 200 people in Tasmania and Victoria after a sewerage line leaked near...

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Keeping the V8 roar on track

WINNER: Fabian Coulthard crosses the line first - ahead of Jamie Whincup and Mark Winterbottom. Picture: ROSS MARSDEN V8 SUPERCARS Australia and the State Government are negotiating a new deal to keep the V8s coming to Tasmania until at least 2017....

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