01 Oct 05 | More than 30,000 Tasmanian adults damage their health by binge drinking and 150 die each year from alcohol consumption, experts say.
01 Oct 05 | George Town police are investigating a burglary and stealing from a building at Bell Bay between 10.30pm on Thursday and 11am yesterday.
01 Oct 05 | Deal on services to homeless; Success on housing: Costello.
01 Oct 05 | Dole level 'about right'; Road toll 'is a terror too'; Gays claim payment bias.
01 Oct 05 | Oldies force up health spending; Penguins put up for adoption; Australia, US 'close' on security.
01 Oct 05 | NAB traders to face losses trial; Coopers lifts its beer profits; Bass Strait oil well on track; St George aims at more growth.
01 Oct 05 | SYDNEY - Supermarket chain Coles has announced a national recall of tropical muesli packets because of concerns that they may contain nuts.
01 Oct 05 | A house was destroyed by fire about 10.30pm on Thursday at Franklin, in the State's South.
Firefighters said the fire in the rural area could have been deliberately lit.
01 Oct 05 | Governor-General Michael Jeffery will unveil a statue of Australia's and the British Commonwealth's most highly decorated soldier at Evandale next February.
01 Oct 05 | Aurora Energy installed mobile generators yesterday morning to provide emergency power to two Launceston tourist establishments following a power failure on Thursday night.
01 Oct 05 | Several buildings in Launceston have been identified for use in containing possible outbreaks of bird flu.
Commenting on warnings that a flu outbreak was possible, a Launceston City Council spokesman said the city had a wide-ranging emergency management plan.
01 Oct 05 | Cash rates
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01 Oct 05 | Hydro Tasmania has appointed a development executive, Pat Lennon, to identify new business opportunities.
Mr Lennon, the brother of State Premier Paul Lennon, has more than 20 years' experience in the energy sector.
01 Oct 05 | The Federal Government has sternly told the joint owners of Tasmania's rail system not to expect taxpayers to subsidise profitable companies.
01 Oct 05 | AN 11-year-old British boy caught by police driving a BMW was given four months supervision this week - and disqualified from driving for a year.
01 Oct 05 | Tasmanian Water Solutions does not yet know how many farmers are going to invest in the Meander Dam - just a few weeks before the proposed construction start date.
01 Oct 05 | The price of a carton of milk is set to go up in Tasmania as dairy companies pass on higher transport costs to retailers.
01 Oct 05 | PERTH - Australians should not panic about increases in the cost of food prompted by rising petrol prices, Prime Minister John Howard says.
01 Oct 05 | The Launceston City Council has been given an ultimatum - sign up to take over the Silverdome on Monday or give back $8 million in State Government sports grants, plus interest.
01 Oct 05 | Health union leaders appear to have won their fight with the State Government over better wages and conditions for Tasmania's 1100 allied health workers.
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