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Rescue plan for technical colleges
The Tasmanian Government appears likely to come to the rescue of two Australian Technical Colleges.
ABC - November 17, 2009, 5:06 pm -
School slow to find drowned boy: police
A Tasmanian teenager who drowned during a school excursion was only noticed missing from his group when the students arrived back at school, police say.
November 17, 2009, 6:53 pm -
Environment report lacking detail
Tasmanian's latest State of the Environment report has identified the need for better information and analysis.
ABC - November 17, 2009, 5:00 pm -
Paper mill turns the page
A newsprint mill in Tasmania's Derwent Valley says its upgraded plant is more environmentally friendly.
ABC - November 17, 2009, 3:49 pm -
Dog attack boy home
A three-year-old Tasmanian boy seriously injured in a dog attack two months ago has been discharged from the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne.
ABC - November 17, 2009, 2:06 pm -
Premier under fire over McCreadie job
Tasmania's Premier has failed to directly answer questions in Parliament during a sustained attack on his aborted re-appointment of Richard McCreadie.
ABC - November 17, 2009, 12:24 pm -
Disability report highlights 'hands on' need
A new report has revealed more Tasmanians with a disability need help with day-to-day activities than elsewhere in Australia.
ABC - November 17, 2009, 12:16 pm -
Samoan aid hold up
Tasmania's Samoan community wants local politicians to help send a shipping container of goods to their tsunami-affected homeland.
ABC - November 17, 2009, 11:44 am -
Water fight escalates
A simmering row between the Hobart City Council and the Tasmanian Government over sewerage infrastructure has escalated.
ABC - November 17, 2009, 9:45 am -
Poor child health report prompts Govt pledge
The Tasmanian Government has pledged to act on a new report showing links between poor health in children with where they live.
ABC - November 17, 2009, 8:19 am -
Elderly man's skull fractured in ferry fight
An 80-year-old man is in hospital with a fractured skull and another man has been charged after a fight broke out between two passengers on a Sydney ferry last night.
ABC - November 17, 2009, 7:59 am -
Student drowns at school excursion
A high school student has drowned at Latrobe in north-west Tasmania.
ABC - November 17, 2009, 7:31 am -
Tech teachers take fight to Canberra
Staff from two northern Tasmanian technical campuses are in Canberra today to fight for the schools' futures.
ABC - November 17, 2009, 6:37 am -
Teachers support campaign against govt
The Education Union says Tasmanian teachers have voted to pursue the State Government till the March state election on its changes to post year ten education.
ABC - November 16, 2009, 8:29 pm -
Teenager drowns on Tas school excursion
A teenage boy has drowned in northern Tasmania while on a school excursion.
November 16, 2009, 7:01 pm -
Affordable housing grows
Some of the 3 000 Tasmanians on the public housing waiting list could soon be in new homes, with dozens more houses to be completed this year.
ABC - November 16, 2009, 4:19 pm -
Forgotten Tasmanians welcome PM's apology
Emotional Tasmanians welcomed the Prime Minister's apology to forgotten Australians and child migrants with mixed feelings.
ABC - November 16, 2009, 3:22 pm -
Murderer 'threatened in jail'
A Hobart court has heard a 22-year-old man who murdered another man in a city department store has received death threats in prison and been physically attacked.
ABC - November 16, 2009, 2:11 pm -
Tsunami alert workshops
Tasmania's tsunami response plans are going up a gear this week.
ABC - November 16, 2009, 2:05 pm -
Tasmania pays $37m to state care abused
Tasmania is urging other states and territories to follow its lead in addressing issues related to the abuse of people in state care.
November 16, 2009, 12:55 pm
