Fred Hooper
Fred Hooper is the cross media reporter for ABC Northern Tasmania
Tasmanian Craft Fair: 90-year-old stall holder keen for more
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Taking the skin from an animal, cleaning it up and putting it through the tanning process to its finished state, is what 90-year-old Bryan Pearce has loved doing for the best part of 40 years.
Topics: animals, work, human-interest, community-and-society, deloraine-7304, tas
End of era for Mersey Community Hospital maternity unit
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Midwives are expressing mixed emotions after birthing services end at Mersey Community Hospital.
Topics: pregnancy-and-childbirth, children, community-and-society, health, health-policy, local-government, government-and-politics, latrobe-7307
The gym 'resets' former drug user's mind
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After the best part of ten years addicted to the drug ice, Launceston’s Brian Hunt now helps other young people by running gym sessions in the local PCYC.
Topics: drugs-and-substance-abuse, human-interest, charities-and-community-organisations, community-organisations, launceston-7250, brisbane-4000
Pilates: more than ‘flinging’ arms and legs
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Pilates is helping 90-year-old Launceston woman with balance and strength.
Topics: exercise-and-fitness, older-people, health, lifestyle-and-leisure, human-interest, launceston-7250
Launceston locals living with a disability showcased in exhibition
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Local photographer's portrait Launceston people living with a disability
Topics: disabilities, fine-art-photography, photography, community-organisations, human-interest, launceston-7250
Submarine design could be career option for Tasmanian students
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Launceston engineering students work on designing and manufacturing a model submarine in the hope it will lead to a career.
Topics: industrial-design, engineering, education, launceston-7250
142-year-old wooden cradle offers prison life insight
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Launceston, museum is gifted a handmade wooden cradle crafted by inmates 142 years ago.
Topics: history, art-history, prisons-and-punishment, community-development, library-museum-and-gallery, launceston-7250
Tasmanian migrant community learns about flying medical service
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Migrant students from Launceston's TasTAFE learn about the Royal Flying Doctor Service in one of the most unique classrooms they might have seen.
Topics: immigration, community-organisations, charities-and-community-organisations, launceston-7250
Pregnant women offered shopping vouchers to quit smoking
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A Tasmanian study is using vouchers from a department store as an incentive for women to quit smoking during pregnancy.
Topics: health, smoking, pregnancy-and-childbirth, doctors-and-medical-professionals, community-and-society, human-interest, launceston-7250, tas
June floods impact on Latrobe platypus numbers
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A tour guide is concerned Latrobe in northern Tasmania may not be able to live up to its title as a platypus capital after the June floods.
Topics: animals, environmental-impact, floods, latrobe-7307
Unique greenhouse teaches students on many different levels
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Youngtown Primary School in Launceston has an impressive greenhouse created from about 6,000 plastic bottles and it goes beyond simply changing the growing conditions.
Topics: environment, recycling-and-waste-management, schools, gardening, work, youngtown-7249, launceston-7250
Art classes help people living with a brain injury
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Art classes help people who have a brain injury to relax and focus on one task.
Topics: brain-and-nervous-system, health, visual-art, art-and-design, people, community-and-society, launceston-7250
Joan Webb just turned 90 and is about to graduate with a PhD
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Teaching classes in aged care facilities inspires a woman to undertake a PhD focusing on empowering older people.
Topics: adult-education, people, university-and-further-education, launceston-7250
Thirty-year search for space object in northern Tasmania
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Devonport man Jim Crowden is convinced a mystery object still exists 30 years on.
Topics: astronomy-space, community-and-society, human-interest, people, air-force, devonport-7310
The radio that changed remote Australia
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As a young girl, Anne Smallwood remembers her father tinkering and inventing, and one of his inventions is still used today in rural and remote parts of Australia.
Topics: regional, inventions, launceston-7250
Local migrant communities make the most of community kitchen
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On a Sunday morning the kitchen at the Inveresk Tavern is usually closed and lifeless, but for the past six weeks it has been brought to life by from local migrant groups.
Topics: immigration, people, community-organisations, charities-and-community-organisations, launceston-7250
Searching for answers: paraplegic and pregnant
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Katherine Reed has remained positive and calm throughout some challenging times in her life, and she is about to jump into more unknown territory.
Topics: pregnancy-and-childbirth, disabilities, sports-injuries, womens-health, launceston-7250
Sudanese community has new wheels to explore Tasmania
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The Launceston Sudanese community now has more freedom to explore the state after receiving a grant and purchasing a people mover.
Topics: immigration, community-and-society, people, road-transport, launceston-7250
Weekly gym sessions help special education students
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Once a week Peter Longman from St Michaels Association visits the gym with a few students who are enrolled in special education programs.
Topics: exercise-and-fitness, mental-health, youth, doctors-and-medical-professionals, launceston-7250
Tasmanian sculptor makes the most of every possible material
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Metal and wooden sculptures are dotted across George Dolbey's front lawn near Lilydale in northern Tasmania.
Topics: sculpture, recycling-and-waste-management, steel, human-interest, lilydale-7268
Accommodation owner returns from Airbnb conference in France
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About 5,000 people recently attended an Airbnb conference in France to discuss the new form of travel with interested parties from around the world, including Tasmania.
Topics: travel-and-tourism, people, community-and-society, launceston-7250, bridport-7262
Tasmanian dive community raises money for Leukaemia Foundation
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In late January 2015 Phil Malkin died after living with Leukaemia for three years and one of his final wishes was to raise money for the Leukaemia Foundation of Tasmania.
Topics: leukaemia, charities-and-community-organisations, medical-research, family, people, launceston-7250, bicheno-7215
Devonport woman tells of domestic violence
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A Devonport resident is still learning to trust people after being in a relationship that ended with several incident of domestic violence.
Topics: domestic-violence, family-and-children, women, police, tas
Devonport community supporting Aboriginal centre
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The future of the Tiagarra Aboriginal Culture and Art Centre is under the spotlight after a show of support from the community.
Topics: aboriginal, indigenous-culture, indigenous-protocols, devonport-7310
The story behind the Bibles of war on display
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The stories behind several Bibles taken into conflict zones around the world will be on display in Launceston for the next four weeks.
Topics: world-war-1, world-war-2, religion-and-beliefs, community-and-society, library-museum-and-gallery, history, launceston-7250
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