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Gunns continues push for more assets
The Tasmanian timber company Gunns will continue its push for more timber assets, despite its latest knock back from the corporate regulator.
ABC - November 25, 2009, 8:20 pm -
Drug label error complaint
A Hobart man plans to lodge a complaint after the Royal Hobart Hospital gave his teenage daughter medication with another patient's name on the label.
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Brighton road works defended
Tasmania's Infrastructure Department says it has a permit to start work at the site of today's aboriginal heritage protest near Hobart.
ABC - November 25, 2009, 8:18 pm -
Move to raise driving age
There is a push in Tasmania to raise the age of probationary drivers to 18 and make it compulsory for learner drivers to have professional training.
ABC - November 25, 2009, 8:15 pm -
Aborigines halt Brighton road work
Police have made on arrest during an Aboriginal heritage protest at the site of the Brighton bypass, north of Hobart.
ABC - November 25, 2009, 4:10 pm -
RACT issues petrol price 'please explain'
The RACT wants the petroleum industry to explain why Tasmanians are paying high petrol prices.
ABC - November 25, 2009, 3:24 pm -
Simplot not an option for McCain contracts
The Ulverstone vegetable processor Simplot says it will not take on any more vegetable contracts when Smithton's McCain factory closes next year.
ABC - November 25, 2009, 3:04 pm -
ACCC blocks Gunns' timber deal
Australia's competition watchdog has decided to block Gunns' plans to acquire Elders' timber processing division.
ABC - November 25, 2009, 3:04 pm -
Axe-handle murder trial begins
Three men are on trial in Launceston accused of bashing a Ravenswood man to death with an axe handle.
ABC - November 25, 2009, 1:00 pm -
Man dies in truck crash
A man has died after his milk truck rolled in Tasmania's far north-west.
ABC - November 25, 2009, 11:37 am -
Court date for DPP's Johnston appeal
The High Court has set a date for the next step in legal action against Tasmania's suspended Police Commissioner.
ABC - November 25, 2009, 11:37 am -
Premier see benefits in carbon trading plan
The Tasmanian Premier expects the state to benefit from the proposed carbon trading scheme.
ABC - November 25, 2009, 11:37 am -
Historic Mawson base goes green
Australia's historic Antarctic base will go green when a new wind turbine is installed this summer.
ABC - November 25, 2009, 10:20 am -
Mining royalties plan dismissed
Tasmania's main political parties have dismissed the Greens' promise to redirect more mining royalties back into regional communities.
ABC - November 25, 2009, 10:20 am -
Public has say on Lauderdale quay report
Tasmania's Planning Commission is considering more than 100 public submissions on its interim report into a proposal for Tasmania's first canal housing estate.
ABC - November 25, 2009, 8:28 am -
Tas workers least qualified
Tasmanians are continuing to fall behind every other state and territory in education qualifications.
ABC - November 25, 2009, 8:17 am -
Tarkine road plan under scrutiny
A parliamentary committee investigating the Tasmanian Government's proposed Tarkine tourism road begins public hearings today.
ABC - November 25, 2009, 7:58 am -
Public forum considers minority govt
A forum in Hobart has heard that while minority governments in Tasmania have been short-lived, they were periods of great policy productivity.
ABC - November 25, 2009, 5:40 am -
New tool for testing Tas rivers
A new river health assessment method has been launched for Tasmanian water managers.
ABC - November 24, 2009, 9:00 pm -
Tas workers least qualified
It appears Tasmanians are continuing to fall behind every other state and territory in education qualifications.
ABC - November 24, 2009, 8:43 pm
