01 Jan 05 | Premier Paul Lennon said yesterday that he understood the public's urgency to help victims of the tsunami disaster, but a properly coordinated response was needed.
01 Jan 05 | Northern Tasmanians continue to show their support for the various appeals set up to help victims of this week's tsunami disaster.
01 Jan 05 | TROY BROADBRIDGE, 24: The Melbourne AFL player was on his honeymoon in Phuket. Coach Neale Daniher and the team were hoping for Troy's safe return.
01 Jan 05 | Also on the missing list are:
¤AVADYA BERMAN, 31, and NIKOLA LIEBOWITZ, 30:
01 Jan 05 | JANICE MERRETT, 58: Previously from Melbourne, but residing in Singapore for the past two years, she is missing in Phuket.
01 Jan 05 | The building housing the Metro Backpackers Lodge was built in the early 1920s.
It began life as Finney Funeral Parlour - a situation that lasted until 1962.
01 Jan 05 | Lawyers have advised Metro Backpackers Lodge owner John Baily not to comment publicly on the fire that killed one man when it swept through his Brisbane St property early yesterday morning.
01 Jan 05 | A tourist who died in an early-morning fire that destroyed a Launceston backpackers hostel yesterday is understood to be a Scottish lord.
01 Jan 05 | Dangerous levels of e-coli bacteria in the North Esk River have led to the closure of the Corra Linn swimming reserve and the St Leonards Picnic Ground until further notice.
01 Jan 05 | Sudan cease-fire close; Basque challenge.
01 Jan 05 | Religious items stolen; Artie Shaw dies at 94.
01 Jan 05 | Alumina in $51.4m bauxite venture; $1.24bn bail-out for credit card group; JFM buys stake in Travelodge chain.
01 Jan 05 | How would you solve the problem of under-age drinking?
01 Jan 05 | Party-goers on Hobart's waterfront were reasonably well behaved as they welcomed in 2005, according to Acting Insp. David Richardson.
01 Jan 05 | Newly elected Unions Tasmania secretary Simon Cocker said the goal for 2005 was to continue supporting the State's workers.
"We want to achieve things that make working life better and safer," Mr Cocker said.
01 Jan 05 | Two people were trapped in their vehicle when it rolled over at the junction of Westbury Rd and the Meander Valley Highway at Prospect last night.
01 Jan 05 | A member of a rafting expedition on the Franklin River sustained serious head injuries in an accident yesterday afternoon.
01 Jan 05 | TRAGIC END: A man who died in a fire at a Launceston backpackers hostel yesterday morning is understood to be a Scottish lord.
01 Jan 05 | CHICAGO - The common perception that terminally ill people try to hang on until after a major event like their birthday or a big holiday isn't true.
01 Jan 05 | Two men were remanded in custody in the Launceston Court of Petty Sessions yesterday after allegedly bashing a 61-year-old Victorian man at Queenstown on Wednesday.