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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
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Rain continues to fall across much of Tasmania
Topics: rainfall, launceston-7250
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| UpdatedTasmania's census director confirms people are being incorrectly contacted about not submitting their census, but has played down the instances as being "isolated".
Topics: government-and-politics, information-and-communication, hobart-7000, launceston-7250, tas
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Wild weather delayed the start of this year's scallop season, but the shellfish are now being harvested in waters off King Island in Bass Strait. Read more
Topics: fishing-aquaculture, food-processing, food-and-cooking, launceston-7250
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| UpdatedA Launceston General Hospital unit should have fed a man with mental illness soft food after he choked on his breakfast, a coroner finds.
Topics: death, community-and-society, mental-health, health, launceston-7250
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| UpdatedPlaying with matches and experimenting with fire are all part of a day of environmental education for a group of year nine students.
Topics: agribusiness, agricultural-prices, bushfire, land-management, sheep-production, launceston-7250, campbell-town-7210
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The Federal Assistant Cities Minister travels to Tasmania telling the community it will not be disadvantaged by July's election result, and confirming he is keen to see money start flowing on a $300-million plan to relocate two UTAS campuses.
Topics: federal---state-issues, university-and-further-education, regional, launceston-7250, burnie-7320
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The Queen Victoria Museum in Launceston acquires a book that is more than 500 years old.
Topics: library-museum-and-gallery, arts-and-entertainment, launceston-7250
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Costa, Australia's leading producer of citrus, mushrooms, tomatoes and bananas announces a $25 million profit after tax, up by 485 per cent.
Topics: agricultural-prices, fruits, vegetables, sydney-2000, renmark-5341, cairns-4870, st-george-4487, lismore-2480, tumbarumba-2653, launceston-7250
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Tasmanian boxer Daniel Geale returns to his hometown of Launceston to promote his upcoming world super middleweight title fight.
Topics: boxing, sport, launceston-7250, tas
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| UpdatedLaunceston's flood levees are hailed as a game-changer in minimising the impact of the June flood emergency.
Topics: floods, disasters-and-accidents, launceston-7250
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A Christian street preacher who created controversy in Adelaide moves his fight to Tasmania and claims to have achieved some success in the Federal Court on his right to preach in malls.
Topics: religion-and-beliefs, local-government, community-and-society, launceston-7250, tas, adelaide-5000, sa
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Topics: grain, rice, wheat, genetics, rainfall, agribusiness, prospect-7250, launceston-7250
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Topics: grain, rice, wheat, genetics, rainfall, agribusiness, prospect-7250, launceston-7250
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Topics: grain, rice, wheat, genetics, rainfall, agribusiness, prospect-7250, launceston-7250
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| UpdatedThe solution to water-logging losses in cereal crops could lie in a single gene.
Topics: grain, rice, wheat, genetics, rainfall, agribusiness, prospect-7250, launceston-7250
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| UpdatedTasmanian food manufacturer Bellamy's says it will begin to source milk for its baby formula within the state if local dairy farms convert to certified organic.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, environmentally-sustainable-business, dairy-production, agricultural-crops, tas, launceston-7250
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Hydro Tasmania is designing and installing renewable hybrid energy systems to reduce small island communities' reliance on diesel.
Topics: community-development, alternative-energy, solar-energy, wind-energy, energy, electricity-energy-and-utilities, agribusiness, king-island-7256, flinders-island-7255, rottnest-island-6161, coober-pedy-5723, launceston-7250
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Hydro Tasmania's manager for small renewable asset development, Simon Gamble is designing and managing renewable hybrid energy projects to reduce small island communities reliance on diesel.
Topics: community-development, electricity-energy-and-utilities, alternative-energy, solar-energy, wind-energy, energy, agribusiness, king-island-7256, flinders-island-7255, rottnest-island-6161, coober-pedy-5723, launceston-7250
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| UpdatedOrganic baby food and infant formula manufacturer Bellamy's has watched its sales take off since listing in 2014.
Topics: dairy-production, food-processing, food-safety, food-and-beverage, trade, launceston-7250, melbourne-3000, hobart-7000
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On the eve of COAG's emergency energy meeting, the head of the International Renewable Energy Alliance urges a national regulatory framework for the renewable sector.
Topics: agribusiness, wind-energy, solar-energy, hydro-energy, alternative-energy, electricity-energy-and-utilities, launceston-7250
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Peter Rae is a long-standing renewable energy proponent, and is chairman of the International Renewable Energy Alliance. He is urging a new approach to Australia's renewable electricity rules, operations and marketing.
Topics: agribusiness, wind-energy, solar-energy, hydro-energy, alternative-energy, electricity-energy-and-utilities, launceston-7250
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Greenhouse technologies prove a hit with growers trying to escape the elements.
Topics: fruits, flowers, agribusiness, wesley-vale-7307, devonport-7310, launceston-7250
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| UpdatedThe Tasmanian Government confirms that one worker at the Ashley Youth Detention Centre has been temporarily stood down after clashing with inmates last month.
Topics: state-parliament, law-crime-and-justice, youth, deloraine-7304, hobart-7000, launceston-7250