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Dorset Council Deputy Mayor Greg Howard has been chosen to replace the late Barry Jarvis as Mayor of the region in Tasmania's north-east.
Topics: local-government, government-and-politics, scottsdale-7260
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Sick days in Tasmania's public service are costing at least $70 million a year, with the Auditor-General warning there appears to be a growing culture of entitlement.
Topics: public-sector, government-and-politics, tas
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A study finds moving freight from road to rail in Tasmania could save about $160 million in the next four years.
Topics: rail-transport, states-and-territories, tas
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| UpdatedA study of the value of rail freight transport in Tasmania suggests TasRail could deliver almost $160 million in savings to the Tasmanian economy by 2019 if it continues to grow its business.
Topics: rural, agribusiness, rail-transport, hobart-7000
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| UpdatedIndependent MP Andrew Wilkie calls for a review of Federal Hotels' gambling monopoly as the Tasmanian Opposition describes the casino operator as "fantastic".
Topics: gambling, community-and-society, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, hobart-7000
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Juggling a football while performing in theatre is something that Ahilan Ratnamohan never thought he could do.
Topics: community-and-society, performance-art, dance, arts-and-entertainment, soccer, sport, theatre, children, hobart-7000, tas, moonah-7009
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Two entirely new herbicides are in the pipeline for Australian farmers to provide more tools to control weeds.
Topics: agricultural-crops, wheat, weeds, oilseeds, agricultural-chemicals, research, campbell-town-7210
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Inmates at Tasmania's Risdon Prison are trafficking tobacco products in and effort to get around a ban imposed in January, documents reveal.
Topics: prisons-and-punishment, smoking, tas
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Local Government Matters report finds rural and remote Tasmanians fear losing their identity and voice if councils amalgamate.
Topics: agribusiness, agricultural-policy, local-government, launceston-7250, inveresk-7248
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| UpdatedA Launceston man faces a Supreme Court trial after pleading not guilty to armed robbery over allegations he held up a newsagency with a knife.
Topics: armed-robbery, crime, law-crime-and-justice, launceston-7250
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| UpdatedAn inquest into the death of a woman who was killed in a head-on crash with Tasmania's former top prosecutor hears the section of the highway where the crash happened has since been upgraded.
Topics: courts-and-trials, judges-and-legal-profession, tas
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| UpdatedTasmania's commercial abalone divers back calls for a formal statewide shark alert system, in the wake of the weekend's fatal attack by a great white.
Topics: shark, fishing-aquaculture, tas
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| UpdatedTasmania's Energy Minister rejects estimates that power prices will rise by up to $1,000 a year if a discount tariff is scrapped.
Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, alternative-energy, energy, states-and-territories, tas
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A team from the Australian Maritime College in Launceston takes out the prize for best boat design at an international competition in Switzerland.
Topics: science-and-technology, research, human-interest, launceston-7250, switzerland
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A report blames a chain reaction set off by a faulty back-up battery for delays in dispatching ambulances in Tasmania earlier this month.
Topics: emergency-incidents, states-and-territories, tas
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| UpdatedAn explanation for an episode of violent destruction following a smoking ban at Risdon Prison given by the prison's director is called into question by documents obtained under right to information.
Topics: prisons-and-punishment, law-crime-and-justice, smoking, health, tas
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| UpdatedSome household power bills in Tasmania could soar by up to $1,000 a year if a discount tariff rate is scrapped, an energy expert says.
Topics: environment, alternative-energy, electricity-energy-and-utilities, energy, tas
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| UpdatedThe Tasmanian Government is seeking a report about the emergency response to a fatal shark attack at the weekend, which saw a scallop diver killed in the state's south east, after concerns are raised over the lack of alerts issued.
Topics: shark, triabunna-7190
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| UpdatedThe Greens candidate elected to replace Christine Milne will be formally named once MP Nick McKim returns from holidays, the party says.
Topics: greens, political-parties, government-and-politics, hobart-7000, tas
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| UpdatedAustralia's peak suicide prevention body reports an alarming increase in the rate of suicide among women, and says they are increasingly using more violent methods to take their own lives.
Topics: suicide, hobart-7000
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| UpdatedAngry Pizza Hut franchisees launch legal action against the company after a price war with rival Domino's forced them to slash the price of pizzas, sending many out of business.
Topics: small-business, business-economics-and-finance, australia, qld, wa, tas
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| UpdatedHorticulture company Costa has raised $551 million in its listing on the share market.
Topics: vegetables, stockmarket, fruit, agribusiness, company-news, sydney-2000, lismore-2480, cairns-4870, launceston-7250
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| UpdatedAuthorities will investigate claims a Tongan teenager playing football in southern Tasmania was racially abused by the crowd during a match on Saturday.
Topics: race-relations, community-organisations, discrimination, tas
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A program for Tasmanian prisoners to read to their children and families needs more books.
Topics: community-and-society, hearing, speech, education, lifelong-learning, play-and-learning, children, family, family-and-children, arts-and-entertainment, books-literature, law-crime-and-justice, prisons-and-punishment, hobart-7000, risdon-vale-7016, tas
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| UpdatedThe scrapping of a discounted energy rate will not drive up household power costs, the head of TasNetworks says.
Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, tas