Upbeat outlook on house prices
RISING Hobart house prices have made industry experts optimistic about the year ahead.
Lots of lotto luck in Tassie
TASMANIAN lotto players scored more than $8 million in division one prizemoney over the past year.
Elena after back-to-back Hobart titles
DEFENDING Hobart International champion Elena Vesnina has nothing but fond memories of Tasmania as she looks to create history this weekend.
Cheers to a cut in power bills
POWER price cuts that started yesterday are not enough, says the state's leading welfare agency.
Smaller Falls Festival a big hit
FALLS Festival revellers have won praise for their good behaviour over the three-day event.
Editorial: All eyes on Myer site
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IT is more than six years since fire destroyed Hobart's biggest department store and the city is still waiting for work to begin on a replacement.
Passengers rescued from trapped ship
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UPDATE: ALL 52 passengers have been airlifted from an icebound vessel in Antarctica and are safe on board an Australian supply ship.
No GP fee for families, pensioners
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THE man who proposed a $5 fee on bulk-billing doctors to the government's razor gang has backed down after four days of criticism.
Massive boost in home prices
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AUSTRALIAN home prices jumped almost 10 per cent in 2013, boosted by a record-low cash rate.
Is the ghost of 1914 rising again?
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A CENTURY ago, the balance between old and new worlds was shattered by a gunshot. The Great War spanned the globe. Is history now on the brink of repeating?
CNN makes epic geography fail
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AMERICAN news channel CNN managed to offend all of New Zealand when it listed Auckland as an Australian city during NYE coverage.
New Year's twins born a year apart
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THEY'RE twins. But thanks to a quirk in their birth times Gabriela and Sophia don't share the same birthday, or even the same birth year.
Wind causes Causeway chaos
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A king tide and strong winds combined to create chaos in South Eastern Tasmania.
1:28Antarctic ship rescue delayed again
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The rescue of passengers from a ship stuck in an ice field off Antarctica has been delayed yet again.
1:41Victoire overall winner
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Darryl Hodgkinsons 50-foot Cookson/Farr design yacht Victoire is the overall winner of the 69th Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. Video: Rolex Sydney Hobart
2:20Darwin
Faulkner favoured to edge out Bailey
THE "romance" of trouncing England 5-0 with an unchanged team is in danger of being mugged by a grassy pitch which has James Faulkner in line to play.
Elena after back-to-back Hobart titles
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DEFENDING Hobart International champion Elena Vesnina has nothing but fond memories of Tasmania as she looks to create history this weekend.
Ice cold Shah faces the axe
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ENGLISH import Owais Shah is fighting for his purple future after a disastrous day for the Hobart Hurricanes yesterday.
Victorians grab Burnie Gifts
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RAIN played havoc with Burnie's annual New Year's Day sports carnival program yesterday.
Council in $2m land compo row
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BURNIE Mayor Steve Kons believes the council's former general manager should take the financial heat for a failed property deal.
Council push on Myer building
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THE Hobart City Council is seeking an assurance from the developer of the new Myer building that it will proceed with the $130 million project.
Smaller Falls Festival a big hit
FALLS Festival revellers have won praise for their good behaviour over the three-day event.
Green win vindication for couple
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BENTWOOD Coffee has been awarded the 2012 Falls Festival Green Trader Award for Caterers.
Arts and culture boost Falls Fest
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FOR many patrons, what makes the Falls Festival a distinctly different event is not the range of music.
Stellar line-up to rock in New Year
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MUSIC revellers will celebrate New Year's Eve with international, Australian and local performers.
Hot food the go for Taste patrons
PATRONS are seeking a warm meal and something to clear their bleary eyes at the Taste of Tasmania today.
No drama in having fill of fun
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FALLS fans will leave Marion Bay today, many with sore heads and sunburn, but happy after one of the most trouble-free Falls festivals in recent history.
Tassie in party mood
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SEVENTEEN people were arrested around the state during New Year's Eve celebrations last night.
Allergy guide for safe eating
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A YOUNG Tasmanian has created a new tool to help others suffering from food allergies.
Editorial: All eyes on Myer site
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IT is more than six years since fire destroyed Hobart's biggest department store and the city is still waiting for work to begin on a replacement.
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Antarctic rescue mission success
UPDATE: ALL 52 passengers from a Russian research vessel icebound in Antarctica have been safely transported to the Aurora Australis.