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New memorial to fallen soldiers
Hundreds of Tasmanian prisoners of war are being commemorated at a new memorial in the state's north.
ABC - November 14, 2009, 3:15 pm -
Bike bells ring in MONA festival
Hobart residents have had a sneak preview of one of summer's alternative arts and music festivals.
ABC - November 14, 2009, 12:41 pm -
Health inquiry into woodchip piles
Tasmania's Health Department is investigating if it is possible for legionella to survive in woodchip piles, such as the one on the Burnie waterfront.
ABC - November 14, 2009, 12:17 pm -
Scientists ponder devil move to fight tumour disease
Tasmanian devil researchers will meet next week to decide whether to move some of Tasmania's healthy devils in a bid to increase resistance to the deadly facial tumour disease.
ABC - November 14, 2009, 11:29 am -
Berriedale houses to be crushed, recycled
A public housing estate north of Hobart is to be recycled, in a bid to reduce landfill.
ABC - November 14, 2009, 10:41 am -
Labor MPs rally behind Bartlett
Tasmanian Government ministers have reaffirmed their support for the Premier in the face of his waning popularity with voters just months out from the state election.
ABC - November 13, 2009, 8:31 pm -
Garrett to assess Tarkine road plan
Assessing Tasmania's plan to build a tourist road through one of Australia's premier wilderness areas is Environment Minister Peter Garrett's next challenge.
November 13, 2009, 4:40 pm -
Students campaign to save colleges
Australian Technical College students have collected petitions with nearly 5,000 signatures to try and save their schools in northern Tasmania.
ABC - November 13, 2009, 4:00 pm -
New RSPCA head
The RSPCA in Tasmania has a new President.
ABC - November 13, 2009, 4:00 pm -
Under age drinking laws in force
The Tasmanian Government is warning that new laws to curb under age parties are now in effect.
ABC - November 13, 2009, 3:06 pm -
Leadership tensions surface in Tasmania
Leadership tensions have surfaced in Tasmania for Premier David Bartlett after another poor poll for Labour.
November 13, 2009, 1:53 pm -
Warnings over broadband uptake
A telecommunications expert predicts the uptake of the National Broadband Network in Tasmania will be slow because of a lack of competition and services.
ABC - November 13, 2009, 12:39 pm -
Public has say on Tarkine road impact
The Federal Government has received 70 public submissions on the controversial Tarkine tourism road in north-west Tasmania.
ABC - November 13, 2009, 12:30 pm -
Proud tree-lover on hunt for tall timber
Australia is known as the land of big things - the Big Banana, the Big Pineapple, the Big Prawn, the Big Merino, even the Big Ned Kelly. But now there is a project underway to identify Australia's biggest trees.
ABC - November 13, 2009, 12:11 pm -
Bartlett admits Govt 'on the nose'
The Tasmanian Premier David Bartlett says he will stay on as leader despite another bad poll for the Government.
ABC - November 13, 2009, 11:23 am -
Three charged over home invasion
Three men allegedly involved in a violent home invasion in Hobart's northern suburbs yesterday have been remanded in custody after a court appearance.
ABC - November 13, 2009, 10:09 am -
Wine industry ducks downturn
Tasmania's wine industry says it is bucking the national industry downward trend.
ABC - November 13, 2009, 9:31 am -
Integrity watchdog months away
Tasmania will have to wait at least eight months for an Integrity Commissioner, despite the passage of legislation through the Upper House last night.
ABC - November 13, 2009, 8:23 am -
Lights back on at old power station
Hydro Tasmania's redeveloped Lake Margaret power scheme is once again supplying electricity to the electricity grid.
ABC - November 13, 2009, 8:21 am -
MLC accuses Govt of whispering campaign
The chairman of an Upper House committee says the Tasmanian Government is running a whispering campaign against him and the committee's work.
ABC - November 13, 2009, 8:12 am
