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Terror probe Paris terror suspect taken in by police

A SUSPECT wanted over the terror attack on Paris’ famed Champs-Elysees has handed himself into police, French authorities say.

Businesses on board Rail revival ‘no-brainer’ for northern suburbs

THE Moonah and Glenorchy Business Association is the latest group to give support to the proposal for a light rail system in Hobart’s northern suburbs.

No ID on remains Car belonged to missing Tassie man

THE car winched from Queensland’s Borumba Dam on Thursday has been confirmed as that of missing Tasmanian man Stuart Gatehouse.

Tour de Tugga Waugh bringing Captain’s Ride to Tassie

AUSTRALIA’S most successful Test skipper Steve Waugh is bringing his fundraising cycling odyssey, The Captain’s Ride, out of New South Wales for the first time.

Care ‘went awry’ Coroner urges review of RHH emergency team

A REVIEW of the RHH’s medical emergency team has been recommended by a coroner following the “almost certainly preventable” death of a woman at the hospital in 2014.

AFL commissioner Who is Robin Bishop?

THE AFL has unveiled Robin Bishop as the new league commissioner at a press conference in Sydney. Here’s all you need to know about the new boss.

Green acres offer Dark Mofo bull most welcome at Brightside

LOCAL animal rights groups have offered to rehome the bull at the centre of the Dark Mofo controversy.

Home loans CBA hits customers with rate hikes

HOME loan customers have been hit again by interest rates hikes after the nation’s largest lender lifted fixed rate deals by as much as 0.5 per cent.

Diet drinks One Diet Coke, ‘triple the risk’

YOU MIGHT want to put down that can of Diet Coke. A study has revealed just how damaging a single drink can be.

#Bullgate debate Art aims to challenge as much as inspire

TOURISM industry chief Luke Martin has defended Dark Mofo’s controversial exhibition involving a bull’s carcass and oodles of blood.

Opinion

Artist Hermann Nitsch who's performance art will appear at Dark Mofo 2017.

Editorial Simple plan: don’t turn up

EDITORIAL: THE brains behind Dark Mofo may well be relishing the controversy over the performance art piece, Hermann Nitsch’s 150.Action.

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Talking Point Nurses neither seen nor heard

PETER HENNING: WE too rarely hear about the stoic bravery of the Australian nurses who served on the battlefields of the so-called Great War.

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Smartphones Dangerous trojan mimics banking apps

IF you have this seamlessly helpful app on your phone, you need to delete it right now. It’s a malicious trojan that could be stealing your bank details.

New plan Shorten: Aussie dream now a ‘nightmare’

LABOR leader Bill Shorten says the government couldn’t be “fair dinkum” about helping first home buyers unless it was willing to make serious changes.

Sport

News updates Bartel, Jamison added to MRP panel

AFL DAILY: Geelong great Jimmy Bartel and former Carlton defender Michael Jamison added to the MRP panel while Wayne Carey puts the heat on West Coast.

Delayed call AFL delays AFLW expansion call

THE AFL Commission will decide within weeks whether to expand the AFL Women’s competition next season to 10 clubs.

Tour de Tugga Waugh bringing Captain’s Ride to Tassie

AUSTRALIA’S most successful Test skipper Steve Waugh is bringing his fundraising cycling odyssey, The Captain’s Ride, out of New South Wales for the first time.

Subscriber Exclusives

Brothers fighting for their mates

TASMANIAN brothers Norm and Peter Cairn are part of a small but gutsy band of Vietnam Veterans called the Tunnel Rats.

Maddison youngest ... and the best

TASMANIAN tyro Maddison Brooks was the youngest competitor at hockey’s under-15s national championships in Sydney — and its best.

Push for tough new pokies test

ASSESSMENT of new poker machines sites should consider the depression and suicide rates of the proposed areas, the Local Government Association of Tasmania says.

Let us play for Tassie in big league

TASMANIAN AFL Women’s player Emma Humphries would think “long and hard” about playing for a stand-alone state team if one was to eventuate.

Hickey critical of Dark Mofo meat fest

“BLATANTLY offensive” and unworthy of the city’s support — that’s how Hobart Lord Mayor Sue Hickey has described Hermann Nitsch’s performance art piece for Dark Mofo.

We must train our own workers

MORE locals need to be trained in high-priority areas of skills shortages to safeguard Tasmania from constant changes to rules around foreign workers, says the state’s hospitality sector.

Supporters revive Neill-Fraser petition

SUPPORTERS of convicted murderer Sue Neill-Fraser have reactivated an online petition

Salt Creek attacker faces other charges

THE man who attacked two backpackers at South Australia’s Salt Creek tied up and raped a Tasmanian girlfriend he met online only a month before his crimes on the beach, a court has heard.

Superfooty

Crows It’s not all about attack, says Pyke

DON Pyke has built the highest-scoring Crows team in club history. Defence is still a work in progress, with the coach saying what goes on down back can have a big impact up forward.

Delayed call AFL delays AFLW expansion call

THE AFL Commission will decide within weeks whether to expand the AFL Women’s competition next season to 10 clubs.

Adelaide Crows’ attack bristling with weapons

ADELAIDE’S forward line has not had its full line-up available for any game this season — but is still kicking big scores. And that’s just how Don Pyke likes it, says Jesper Fjeldstad.