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Antiques Not guilty plea over jewellery theft
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Rockliff in firing line Greens cast no-confidence net
ANOTHER day, another no-confidence motion — this time over Primary Industries Minister Jeremy Rockliff’s handling of fish farming.
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Airport debate Abetz against AFP return to Hobart
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Dark Mofo Sea sirens sound as ship given berth
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Talking Point Everyone should be safe at home
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Talking Point Bay critics need to know the facts
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Courtsiders Concern at basketball betting market
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Business as usual, says WIN Tasmania
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Councillor vows to keep fighting
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Vic timber mill to move to Tasmania
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New Monopoly board contains traces of Nut
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Pursuit of Petrusma ‘pathetic’, says Premier
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Ruling looms on bid to reverse guilty pleas
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Crows Crows must flick switch, says Lynch
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AFLW expansion AFL clubs fight for women’s teams
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Shut out We let JJ down, says Hunter
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Unemployment Tassie jobless rate falls to 6.1 per cent
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Wood source New timber mill would run on plantations
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Triabunna questions Query over jumbo Tassal wharf
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Administration Business as usual, says WIN Tasmania
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Cost cutting Local jobs set to go in Telstra purge
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Gepp Parade Marina Boat thefts fed $100 a day morphine habit
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Antiques Not guilty plea over jewellery theft
A NORTHERN Tasmanian man who is accused of stealing $200,000 worth of jewellery from the Tasmanian Antiques Fair in Launceston has pleaded not guilty.
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Wood source New timber mill would run on plantations
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Rockliff in firing line Greens cast no-confidence net
ANOTHER day, another no-confidence motion — this time over Primary Industries Minister Jeremy Rockliff’s handling of fish farming.
Opinion
Talking Point Everyone should be safe at home
MARGARET CHANDLER: Legal help is close at hand for Tasmanian victims of domestic violence.
Talking Point Bay critics need to know the facts
DOUG CHIPMAN says the debate has been hijacked for political ends.
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Gepp Parade Marina Boat thefts fed $100 a day morphine habit
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Unemployment Tassie jobless rate falls to 6.1 per cent
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