Tasmania

Specialist training for children's lawyers (ABC)

It is hoped that specialist training for Tasmanian lawyers representing children will speed up child protection cases. The Legal Aid Commission is running a training session in Launceston for its lawyers who act as independent...

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Minister rejects Newnham public housing criticism

Tasmania's Human Services Minister insists the State Government has listened to concerns about planned public housing in the Launceston suburb of Newnham. The units are exempt from council planning because they have been funded...

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Celeb gardener appeals 'extreme' bail

PAUL CARTER November 20, 2009 - 11:34AM AAP Celebrity gardener Peter Cundall and others charged after being arrested during a Hobart anti-pulp mill protest have been banned from entering the city's waterfront area as a...

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Early Research Into The Role Of Vitamin D Suggests It May Ease Symptoms Of MS

Australian researchers have presented findings at a national scientific conference for medical research in Hobart, Australia that suggests vitamin D may play a role in preventing relapses in people with multiple sclerosis (MS).

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Student jailed for hatchet murder plot

PAUL CARTER November 19, 2009 - The 15-year-old Hobart boy, who excelled in class and on the sporting field, packed two hatchets in a backpack in preparation for the meeting he organised with the 15-year-old girl in March. At...

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Walk The Cataract Gorge Reserve In Launceston

This Unique Natural Wonder is a Tasmanian Icon Ride the world's longest single chairlift. Swim in the naturally formed basin. View magnificent gardens and wildlife. Hike in bushland or enjoy a sumptuous meal. The Cataract Gorge...

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Intent on building Australia

Emeritus Professor Lance Endersbee, a great proponent of Australian engineers and engineering, whose expertise was deployed by the United Nations, has died of complications from cancer at his home in Frankston. He was 83.

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Minister defends cancer machine's location

Tasmania's Health Minister has defended the Government's advice to the Commonwealth to put a cancer machine in Launceston rather than on the north-west coast. Lara Giddings last night tabled a petition signed by more than 600...

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Redbacks to re-focus on Shield, T20

South Australia captain Graham Manou says his side will concentrate more heavily on its Sheffield Shield and Twenty20 commitments after its one-day hopes all but ended on the weekend. The side crashed to its fourth consecutive...

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Disability report highlights 'hands on' need

Tasmanians in the state's west have the highest levels of need. (AFP: Denis Charlet) A new report has revealed more Tasmanians with a disability need help with day-to-day activities than elsewhere in Australia. The Institute of...

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