THE Launceston City Council was unaware its new general manager is working for a Victorian council investigated over poor performance and governance issues last year.

In the end, it was nature that triumphed and astounded. Two days after experts had declared her calf dead in the womb, Taronga Zoo's Asian elephant matriarch, a first-time mother, squatted in a corner and gave birth without any human help.

TASMANIA'S Director of Public Health has admitted private concerns about monoculture tree plantations but says there is still no reliable evidence to link them to health risks.
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