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Falls Festival gets better exit strategy
The Tasmanian Government is giving the annual summer music event, the Falls Festival, a major funding boost to improve facilities.
ABC - November 24, 2009, 4:11 pm -
Premier not optimistic about McCain jobs
Tasmania's Premier admits there is little hope of McCain reversing its decision to close a processing plant in the far north-west.
ABC - November 24, 2009, 3:15 pm -
Pulp friction: bail reprieve for Cundall
Tasmanian police have lifted strict bail conditions imposed on Peter Cundall and 55 pulp mill protestors arrested outside Parliament House in Hobart.
ABC - November 24, 2009, 1:28 pm -
Peter Cundall's bail conditions eased
Bail conditions on celebrity gardener Peter Cundall and other anti-pulp mill activists have been eased, allowing them to enter Hobart's waterfront area.
November 24, 2009, 11:30 am -
Another delay for Tarkine road
The Federal Government has requested further information on the controversial Tarkine Wilderness Road, effectively holding up its approval process.
ABC - November 24, 2009, 10:41 am -
Pay-slip fraud nets big loans
A Hobart man has pleaded guilty to using false pay-slips to help him obtain loans worth nearly $260,000.
ABC - November 24, 2009, 10:29 am -
Council plea for fire hazard action
The Clarence City Council has accelerated its fire reduction program and wants other government agencies to do the same.
ABC - November 24, 2009, 9:34 am -
Jail term for sexually abusing niece
A Launceston man will spend at least four years in jail for repeatedly sexually-abusing his niece.
ABC - November 24, 2009, 9:34 am -
Man saves woman, child from shop fire
A Tasmanian tow-truck driver is being hailed a hero, after rescuing a woman and her child from a burning take-away shop.
ABC - November 24, 2009, 9:13 am -
State award recognises devil work
A prominent figure in the fight to save the Tasmanian devil has been recognised as the Tasmanian finalist for the Australian of the Year awards.
ABC - November 24, 2009, 8:20 am -
Workers back vegetable factory co-op
Workers at a north-west Tasmanian vegetable plant want a community-owned factory when the McCain Foods operation closes next year.
ABC - November 24, 2009, 7:55 am -
Premier promises to fight for Smithton jobs
The Premier David Bartlett has pledged to fight to save nearly 200 jobs at a north west vegetable factory.
ABC - November 23, 2009, 8:34 pm -
Latest report card for River Derwent
Heavy metal contamination remains one of the biggest environmental concerns for Tasmania's Derwent Estuary.
ABC - November 23, 2009, 7:47 pm -
Obesity capital looks to shed title
A hospital in the obesity capital of Australia has started a lifestyle program aimed at improving the health of people in the region.
ABC - November 23, 2009, 6:21 pm -
200 jobs to go as McCain factory shuts
Vegetables processor McCain's decision to close its Tasmanian factory in favour of expanding its New Zealand base will cost up to 200 jobs.
November 23, 2009, 4:12 pm -
Full log truck rolls, driver injured
Police say speed may have been a factor in a log truck rollover in Tasmania's central highlands this morning.
ABC - November 23, 2009, 4:11 pm -
New warning system 'could have benefited' in Tas fires
Tasmania's chief fire officer says residents of Dolphin Sands on the state's east-coast could have benefited from a new emergency bushfire warning system.
ABC - November 23, 2009, 4:11 pm -
McCain workers meet over uncertain fate
About 100 workers have gathered outside the McCain vegetable processing plant in north-west Tasmania to hear about plans to save their jobs.
ABC - November 23, 2009, 3:35 pm -
Australia 'regressive' on Indigenous education
A national conference has heard how the education system in Australia is failing Indigenous children and forcing many to drop out with little or no skills.
ABC - November 23, 2009, 2:00 pm -
Local election nominations close
Nominations for the Break O'Day and Glamorgan Spring Bay Council elections in Tasmania have closed.
ABC - November 23, 2009, 1:33 pm
