Wild bush parties crackdown
WILD, all-night parties in secluded pine forests near one of Hobart's outer suburbs have sparked a police crackdown.
Snake shock in city centre
A COPPERHEAD snake gave Glenorchy pensioner Patricia Williams the fright of her life yesterday.
Hi-tech war on whalers
THE anti-whaling campaigners' latest weapon in the war against the Japanese fleet is Gojira, a $1.2 million stealth trimaran.
Schoolboys' boozy bus ride
HOBART Catholic schoolboys have been cautioned by police for drinking alcohol on a Metro bus.
Tigers claw at opening options
THE Tigers may sit equal top of the Sheffield Shield table but they are fully aware a stable opening pair remains the missing key ingredient.
Ford 'out of it' on TV
HARRISON Ford's appearance on a US talk show has sent Twitter into a spin with claims he was drunk and out of it.
Editorial: Ashes rise again
WHEN the first ball is bowled in a new Ashes series today, it continues a tradition that goes back 133 years.
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