News from Tasmania
Launceston weather forecast: Launceston can look forward to a partly cloudy day with a top temperature of 10 degrees. There is the chance of light showers in the late morning and afternoon.
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City to be ‘revitalised’ Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull will on Friday unveil the Coalition’s plan to revitalise Launceston, which includes a long-awaiting funding promise for the relocation of the University of Tasmania to Inveresk and $7.5 million for the City Heart project.
Hotel drug accused found guilty, not guilty A man found inside a hotel room drug den in 2014 has been found guilty of two counts of trafficking, but not guilty of dealing with the proceeds of crime.
Mister Maker tours Launceston in June For the first time, Mister Maker will tour Tasmania with The Colours showcasing their arts and crafts expertise during an interactive live performance.
Upgrades take off at airport Launceston Airport’s $3.5 million redevelopment was officially launched by Premier Will Hodgman and airport general manager Paul Hodgen on Thursday.
Blues face mighty Magpies Launceston faces the Glenorchy State League juggernaut at Windsor Park on Saturday but coach Chris Hills does not believe the Blues’ chances of causing an upset are impossible.
State of the nation
► NEWCASTLE: CHARLESTOWN MP Jodie Harrison has called for traffic lights to be installed at the Warners Bay intersection near where Coal Point 15-year-old Jade Frith was killed by a car in April. Read on
►ILLAWARRA: The region’s run of well-above average temperatures is about to come to a chilly halt that will please few save those headed for the snowfields. Read more.
►MOUNT ISA: QUEENSLAND Treasurer Curtis Pitt used a Mount Isa forum to say last week’s state budget had an “unashamedly regional focus”. Speaking at a North West Commerce business lunch at the Buff’s Club on Thursday Mr Pitt praised local member Robbie Katter for chairing the rural debt and drought taskforce that he established last week. Read more.
►WAGGA: RIVERINA’S most conservative federal election candidate has shocked local medical marijuana advocates by backing the alternative treatment for chronic illness. Read more.
►BURNIE: Tasmania’s tourism industry has slammed the Coalition’s $1 million Cradle Mountain commitment, labeling it a “face saving exercise” and “rank politics”. Read more.
►PORT LINCOLN: Langhorne Creek athlete Michael Roeger is on target to compete and win a medal at the Rio Paralympics. Read more.
National news
Need a national news snapshot first thing - well, we have you covered.
►NSW: Taxpayers face handing political parties millions more dollars in public funding for election campaigns after a parliamentary committee recommended that a "dollar per vote" system used at last year's state poll be retained. Read more.
►NATIONAL: Centrelink is pressuring its public servants to manipulate waiting time figures and make the agency's performance look better, insiders have alleged. Workers at Medicare and Centrelink have given disturbing accounts to their union of life on the front lines of the agencies which have been subjected to successive rounds of cuts over recent years. Read more.
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World news
►LONDON: Paranoid Vote Leave voters were on Thursday warning of an MI5 plot to rig the UK's EU referendum decision and urging voters to use pens instead of pencils so their votes could not be rubbed out. Read more.
On this day
On this day in 2010, Julia Gillard, Australia's first female Prime Minister, is sworn in.
The faces of Australia: Laurie Roche
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