News from Tasmania
Launceston weather forecast: Rain is on the agenda again today, with the Bureau of Meteorology predicitng three to six millimetres this afternoon and evening. Winds are northwesterly at 30 to 45km/h, increasing to 40 to 50km/h in the evening. The temperature is expected to reach 17 degrees.
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The Examiner’s top stories
River runs raw Raw effluent spilled into the Tamar River from TasWater’s Margaret Street pump station on 1255 occasions in 2014 and 913 occasions in 2015, Right to Information documents show.
A renewable Basslink Former Liberal member for Bass Warwick Smith says renewable energy will be a key focus of a feasibility study into a second Basslink.
Need more than ever Tasmanian charities are doing more with less these days as financial pressures on low income families rise and homelessness increases statewide.
Push for real time water quality data Results from quality testing conducted on Tasmania’s drinking water supplies should be made available in real-time, the state opposition and Greens say.
Snooker bar the shouting The beers went down a lot slower than usual at the Launceston Working Men’s Club and not a drop was spilt, as all attention focused on one last game of snooker.
State of the nation
Need a national news snapshot first thing - well, we have you covered.
► BUNBURY: Police officers in Bunbury will be the first to trial the use of body-worn video cameras starting Monday morning. Training has begun in Bunbury with the cameras to be worn in public from Monday as part of a WA Police trial coordinated by the evidence based policing team. More here.
► OAK FLATS: A pelican that died of gruesome injuries at Oak Flats was likely deliberately run over by a boat, an area seabird guardian says. More here.
► NEWCASTLE: NEWCASTLE Beach and King Edward Park provided a picturesque backdrop for the more than 450 people who braved soggy Sunday morning weather to put their fitness to the test. More here.
► BURNIE: A designer educated in Burnie has the whole of space and time to work with in her latest project for one of the small screen’s most watched programs. Hayley Nebauer went to school at Marist Regional College, but is now working as costume designer for the tenth series of the cult hit Doctor Who. More here.
► ALBURY: Ratepayers are set to provide $100,000 to help fit-out the city's regional cancer centre and other Border councils are being urged to show similar generosity. More here.
► TASMANIA: The successful protection of threatened communities by firefighters has been partially overshadowed by the fire damage to world heritage areas, an independent report into the 2016 bushfires has found. More here.
► LAKE MACQUARIE: Police are searching for those responsible for a brazen graffiti attack that damaged cars, boats, caravans, fences and houses in the Lake Macquarie suburb of Blacksmiths on Saturday night. More here.
► UNANDERRA: Defunct Unanderra bakery Betta Maid has been fined $63,000 for selling unsafe food and breaching hygiene standards. More here.
► MAITLAND: A resident group’s campaign to stop housing development on the former Morpeth Bowling Club site will this week hit Macquarie Street. Morpeth Heritage Conservation Group has collected more than 1100 signatures in a petition that calls on the state government to buy back the site, which used to be Crown land and part of the Morpeth Common, and reinstate it as a recreation area. More here.
► BENDIGO: People camping in Bendigo after the Groovin the Moo music festival got a fright overnight as the weather turned wild. Matilda Stapleton and her friends were among the hundreds of people trying to sleep in tents pitched at St Peter’s Primary School. More here.
National news
► Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has put any changes to the GST on the political back burner, ruling out changes to the consumption tax for at least three years if his government is re-elected. More here.
► A Senate committee is racing to publish a report about the controversy surrounding Lyme disease, before its inquiry is shut down by the early election. More here.
► The model for the gold ring that Jewish workers gave to World War II hero Oskar Schindler has been donated to a Melbourne museum. More here.
► Tens of thousands of young people may have missed out on the chance to go to university or TAFE this year after their Student Payment claims were "auto-rejected" by Centrelink, insiders claim. More here.
National weather radar
International news
► NORTH CAROLINA: When North Carolina passed the now-notorious law forcing transgender people to use the bathroom of the gender listed on their birth certificate, it left Charlie Comero and many others in an impossible position. More here.
► BANGKOK: The crime-fighting mayor favoured to win the Philippine presidential elections has denied being corrupt after allegations emerged he had more than $US4.2 million ($5.5 million) in a bank account that he had failed to declare. More here.
► REMBANG: It was a confronting image: nine middle-aged women with their feet planted in blocks of concrete staging a 36-hour protest outside the presidential palace in Jakarta. More here.
On this day
The faces of Australia: Alison Driscoll
HORSHAM’S Alison Driscoll is enjoying her new-found short hair.
Mrs Driscoll had her long locks lopped this month to raise money for Rachael’s Wish, the community fundraising appeal for Wimmera Cancer Centre in Horsham.
She was inspired by her aunt, who died from breast cancer, and multiple friends who have battled cancer. Read more here.