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Telstra outage hits customers
4:17 PM | Two simultaneous hardware faults - one in the North-West and one in Launceston - caused a two-hour outage for Telstra's Northern Tasmanian customers today.  | CommentsComments (2)
RBA leaves rates on hold
2:41 PM | Australian borrowers will have to wait for at least another month for more interest rate relief after the Reserve Bank surprised pundits by leaving its key rate unchanged.
Finney's 100-year procession reaches the end
8:17 AM |  A name long associated with funerals will pass into history this year after the company was sold to a Hobart group.  | CommentsComments (1)
Cat owners targeted in bid to stop ferals
8:16 AM | Glamorgan-Spring Bay shorebird project officer Stevie Davenport is encouraging all cat owners in the municipality to be responsible.  | CommentsComments (10)
British expert to overhaul state prison system
8:05 AM | A British expert on running jails will spearhead change needed within the Tasmanian Prison Service at a cost of more than $500,000.   | CommentsComments (2)
Approval awaited on post office proposal
8:00 AM | Australia Post is still seeking final approval to fit out the heritage-listed Launceston post office building.   | CommentsComments (5)
Bacteria outbreak shuts swim sites
7:59 AM | Two more popular Launceston swimming holes have been closed due to elevated bacteria levels.   | CommentsComments (6)
Death driver flees: injured mates abandoned
7:58 AM | Police are seeking a driver who left behind one fatally injured passenger and another seriously hurt when he fled a Launceston crash scene yesterday.
Couple's  yacht runs aground  off Flinders
7:58 AM | A Victorian couple rescued after their yacht ran aground off Flinders Island yesterday "did everything right,'' said Tasmania Police marine search and rescue Sergeant Josh Peach.
Catholic leaders to tackle abuse
4:00 AM | VATICAN CITY - Scores of Catholic leaders from around the world have gathered for an unprecedented anti-abuse summit hosted by the Vatican.
North-West towns are retiree hot spots
4:00 AM | WYNYARD and Somerset have been named as places to watch for investors seeking retirement locations.
PM fires warning shot over interest rate cuts
4:00 AM | CANBERRA - Prime Minister Julia Gillard is anticipating a ``year-long debate'' on the economy, starting on the first parliamentary sitting day of 2012, as the nation looks forward to a possible interest rate cut.
First day can't come quick enough
4:00 AM | FOR Fletcher Bagshaw the first day of school at Launceston Church Grammar could not come soon enough.
State's human rights squeeze `misconceived'
4:00 AM | THE Human Rights Law Centre says Tasmania's decision to shelve the creation of a charter of human rights because of budget constraints is misconceived.
Motorcycle club issues a safety rev-up
4:00 AM | THE Tasmanian Motorcycle Club has run monthly ride days at Symmons Plains for more than 20 years.
Elizabeth's 60 years as Queen
4:00 AM | LONDON - Yesterday marked 60 years since a quietly spoken 25-year-old princess named Elizabeth became the British monarch and Australia's head of state.
Royal reign: anniversary bittersweet for monarch
4:00 AM | LONDON - For the Queen, February 6 denotes the very beginning of her reign and a great sadness at the death of her beloved ``Papa''.
Syrian rebels hit army post
4:00 AM | NICOSIA - Syrian army deserters have destroyed a military control post in the north-east overnight, killing three officers and capturing 19 soldiers in the process.
Grant sees children given a  new place to play
4:00 AM | THE ball just keeps rolling for the Deviot Community Association, which last month celebrated the end of a two-year wait for its new playground.
Men get some room to move
4:00 AM | A $57,778 Tasmanian Community Fund grant has ended a six-year-long push by the Exeter Men's Shed.
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