30 Sep 99 | Lane O'Shannessey had held a trainer's licence for only a couple of weeks when he went within centimetres of winning the 1998 Examiner Debutante Plate.
30 Sep 99 | Racing Tasmania will engage former thoroughbred steward Keith Mulley to investigate the conduct of two employees, chairman Greg Richardson said last night.
30 Sep 99 | Launceston College students want free parking and they want it now. Chanting ``No way, pay and display'', more than 50 angry students marched down Paterson St yesterday, protesting against the introduction of parking fees in Park St.
30 Sep 99 | Tasmania would play a crucial role in determining whether Australia became a republic on November 5, both sides of the Australian republic debate said yesterday.
30 Sep 99 | A Melbourne woman who allegedly targeted exclusive Tasmanian schools to steal credit cards from staff rooms withdrew almost $60,000, the Supreme Court in Hobart was told yesterday.
30 Sep 99 | Launceston P-plater Nicole Kane agrees with the State coroner's call on Tuesday to force provisional drivers to undertake regular defensive driving courses before they are granted their licence.
29 Sep 99 | The Launceston Tornadoes have signed former WNBL coach Peter Robertson for next season.
29 Sep 99 | Leading State pacing trainer Barrie Rattray yesterday received two three- month sentences for acting in a manner detrimental to racing after stewards found him guilty of having two horses that had been treated with an implant.
29 Sep 99 | A Launceston woman pleaded with her boyfriend and his friends to avoid a confrontation with her ex- husband at Perth where one of them was subsequently shot dead, the Supreme Court in Launceston heard yesterday.
29 Sep 99 | Tasmania's unusually high temperatures yesterday forced the Bureau of Meteorology to issue its first September fire danger warning for eight years.
29 Sep 99 | A shock tourism report has blasted State Government agencies for their past incompetence and sometimes deliberate obstruction of wilderness ventures.
29 Sep 99 | The Beaconsfield Gold Mine produced its first gold bar for 85 years this week the culmination of a 15-year development programme worth $95 million.
28 Sep 99 | The media yesterday was barred from hearing evidence in a history-making inquiry into the actions of chief racing steward Wayne Kirby.
28 Sep 99 | A new 2000-seat $2 million grandstand at York Park could be clad largely from corrugated iron to blend in with the Inveresk precinct.
28 Sep 99 | A major Government study into Incat's $200 million dual catamaran plan has sparked tensions between shipping operators Bob Clifford and TT-Line chief Peter Simmons.
28 Sep 99 | Grannies For The Republic are concerned about possible resistance from the ``pearls and twin-set'' members of their generation, Launceston's leading republican granny Betty Grey said yesterday.
28 Sep 99 | The man accused of abducting, raping and murdering Newnham woman Tammie Louise Rickard did not enter a plea when he appeared in the Launceston Magistrates Court yesterday.
28 Sep 99 | A Prospect man received a fatal shotgun wound to his chest after he and two friends went to Perth to confront the man who ended up shooting him, the Supreme Court in Launceston heard yesterday.
27 Sep 99 | Leading jockey Simon Snell dominated the Devonport Racing Club's first meeting of the season at Spreyton yesterday, but only after getting away to a disastrous start.
27 Sep 99 | Hobart club Canterbury yesterday completely overran Northern premiers City Marians to win the State final 8-0 at St Leonards.
Favourites