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Cottage appeal is past and present
4:00 AM | It's the details that grab you. Not that this 1840s Georgian cottage in its entirety isn't something special. Certainly it was special enough to take out one of the Launceston City Council's residential heritage awards yesterday.
Woman killed pet bird in drunken rage
4:00 AM | A George Town woman who killed her pet bird by slamming it into the ground has been convicted of animal cruelty.
25 jobs to be axed from police force
4:00 AM | TWENTY-FIVE jobs will be given the chop this financial year as Tasmania Police grapples with a $4 million budget reduction on top of the $8 million cut last year.
Gutwein ejected for suicide remark
4:00 AM | BASS Liberal MHA Peter Gutwein has refused to apologise after he accused the Deputy Premier of driving forest workers to suicide with poor policy.
Awareness of animals' plight key aim of visit
4:00 AM | ZIGGY is one lucky pig. The durock cross large white pig is one of 250 animals who now live a life of peace at Brightside Farm Sanctuary at Cygnet.
Cholesterol drug hope for depression
4:00 AM | DRUGS used to reduce cholesterol and inflammation could also be used to treat depression, an eminent psychiatrist says.
Plibersek back soon for talks on health
4:00 AM | FEDERAL Health Minister Tanya Plibersek says that she will be back in Tasmania ``shortly'' to continue talks on how to reverse the state's health cuts.
Splintered views in peace push
4:00 AM | Groups involved in the forestry peace negotiations will continue to base their discussions on information Forestry Tasmania has slammed as biased and flawed.
Colonial treasures to be auctioned tomorrow
4:00 AM |  A RARE musk chest of drawers from the early 1800s is expected to sell for up to $50,000 when it is auctioned in Launceston tomorrow.
Budget blues: unions warn of more job cuts
4:00 AM | State Government departments hit with the worst of the extra budget cuts are yet to figure out how they will cope with the shortfall.
MAST has power: police
4:00 AM | TASMANIA Police advised the state's marine safety authority late yesterday that it had the authority to order the owner of a derelict boat at George Town to remove it, especially since it had sunk.
4:00 AM | NEW research has shown the 200-year-old siltation problem in Tasmania's Tamar River can't be solved by dredging alone, according to Professor Jenny Davis.
4:00 AM | THERE has been just one prosecution for truancy in the past year and a total of four over the previous five years according to the Education Department.
Mokbel a reformed character, court told
4:00 AM | MELBOURNE - Tony Mokbel, the one-time controller of one of Australia's largest illicit drug empires and a man described by a judge as ``absolutely incorrigible'', has recognised the error of his ways and wants to turn his life around, a court has heard.
Abbott calls for Thomson's resignation
4:00 AM | CANBERRA - Federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has taken his attack on Craig Thomson to a new level, using Parliament to call for the MP's resignation just hours after the former union leader appealed to be left alone.
Trucks targeted in blitz
4:00 AM | TRANSPORT inspectors peered at truck brakes and checked driver log-books at Campbell Town yesterday as part of a month-long trucking safety blitz.
Red Cross flags shift over gay blood ban
4:00 AM | More homosexual men may be able to donate blood under a proposal being considered by the Australian Red Cross Blood Service.
Corby to be told of release date
4:00 AM | KEROBOKAN - Schapelle Corby will be given an official release date when the head of Bali's Kerobokan jail meets the convicted drug smuggler today.
Morning tea pancakes raise money for cancer
4:00 AM | THE batter was churned, the gas was firing and the maple syrup flowed outside Launceston Officeworks for Australia's Biggest Morning Tea.
University jobs threatened
4:00 AM | THE shake-up of the University of Tasmania faculty of arts could result in the loss of three heads of schools from Launceston or their positions being moved to Hobart, according to the Northern Tertiary Education Union.
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