Launceston news, sport and weather

AWARDED: Rebecca and Kent Poulton with Kenzie, 6, and Callen, 8, after taking out the individual and overall categories at the Waste NoT Awards on Wednesday. Picture: Neil Richardson

Family's bread bag challenge takes out waste award

LIVE
Watch Danny Frawley's funeral in St Kilda

RUBBED OUT: Glenorchy's Gennaveve Sullivan.

TSLW player handed four-week ban

Gold haul: Action from last year's Country Gold netball carnival at the Silverdome.

City braced for a sporting extravaganza

Family violence service privatisation concerns: Labor

Concerns for family violence service privatisation

Suspicions, secrets revealed. Annette: Cold Case Unlocked episode 2

Students STEAM projects shared with streaming event

21:30PM

Hector collects record

21:00PM

Sterile mosquitoes to fight malaria

19:41PM

Student provides hope for drought-affected farmers

19:30PM

Family's bread bag challenge takes out waste award

19:10PM

Court hears of accused killers' secret affair

19:08PM

RECORD: Trainer-driver Matthew Cooper continued his good run of success with a state record win on Call Me Hector in Hobart on Wednesday night.

Hector collects record

DETERMINATION: North Launceston forward William Edmunds looms as a smoky for best on ground honours. Picture: Scott Gelston

North tipped for TSL three-peat

Blues leader laughs off claims of big-named selfishness

City braced for a sporting extravaganza

TSLW player handed four-week ban

Hamish Geale

FREE TO PLAY: Lauderdale's Ben McGuinness.

Lauderdale young gun escapes tribunal

Hamish Geale

Gould strike: Launceston-born Chris Goulding will lead Melbourne United in this weekend's NBL Blitz in Tasmania. Pictures: NBL

Stars set to Blitz state

Rob Shaw

EAGLE TWINS: Jack Maher and Alex Payne will co-coach NTFA outfit Evandale next season. Picture: Neil Richardson

Eagles have landed: Evandale appoint co-coaches

Hamish Geale

Get the digital version of Today's PaperRead Now

Heavy metal: Technician Adam Palmer, owner Simon Hrycyszyn and Lindelle Banks with a 2018 Harley Davidson Breakout. Picture: Scott Gelston

Pushing limits at Richardson's Harley-Davidson's Power Surge

Harry Murtough

Demonic dancers: Paityn and Willow Tunks with Isabel Walker dressed up for the Spooky Disco. Picture: supplied

Bee Bop dancers making a leaping effort for trip

Harry Murtough

RACING: Ms Anis with Pure Foods' Danny Jones, ANZ's Chris Sparks, LAFM's Dan Ryan, and The Examiner's Corey Martin. Picture: Scott Gelston

Big breakfast for an even bigger cause

Kasey Wilkins

Pushing limits at Richardson's Harley-Davidson's Power Surge

FULL-TIME JOB: Launceston Orchid Society president Romain Elinck cares for about 1000 orchids of different species at his Grindelwald home. Picture: Neil Richardson

Labour of love caring for orchid collection

Kasey Wilkins

LEADING THE WAY: Sri Lankan star Thanuka Dabare.

First-class guns lead Hadspen junior cricket clinic

Hamish Geale

How new medicines are helping to transform the lives of Hepatitis C patients in Australia

Kathryn Carter

See Treasures of India with The Senior and Collette in 2020

Does your car harbour a deadly secret? Keep your family and friends safe by urging them to check if their vehicles are affected by the Takata airbag recall.

Car makers call for a 'tap on the shoulder' for Takata

Sponsored content

How new medicines are helping to transform the lives of Hepatitis C patients in Australia

Raising the standard of managers and leaders to create a better society

Sponsored content

How the hepatitis C cure is helping patients reclaim their lives

Kathryn Carter, Sponsored content

A unique tourism opportunity

Maeve McKenna

Enjoy the timeless appeal of this Elphin Road property

Maeve McKenna

Multi-tenanted investment in busy suburban retail strip

Maeve McKenna

Bee Bop dancers making a leaping effort for trip

Harry Murtough

Support from the local: Carrick Inn and Hotel staff member Kellie Duncan with one of the previous raffle prizes. Picture: supplied

Carrick Inn rallying for U.G.L.Y cause

Harry Murtough

Brumbys Creek at Cressy. Picture: Scott Gelston

Cressy to host annual fishing expo

Kasey Wilkins

Bee Bop dancers making a leaping effort for trip

INFLATED EXPECTATIONS: The Rapson Tyre and Rubber Co. factory foundation stone was laid by the Governor Sir James O’Grady. Picture: Weekly Courier, March 12, 1928

New tyre venture falls flat

Julian Burgess, Launceston Historical Society

EAR EAR: The shape of canine ear canals makes them susceptible to infection.

Keep an ear out for infections in dogs

Dr Renee Pigdon

'Give your mates a hug': Friends, family and fans remember Danny Frawley

COMMENT
Building on Northern construction reputation

GREEN LESSONS: Invermay Primary School grade 6 pupil Rocco Rawnsley plants a tree at Rocherlea. Picture: Neil Richardson

Tree planting extends classroom lessons into community

Shae Deverll (main photo) never met her aunt Annette (top) but has lived with the ongoing grief of her grandmother Margaret Carver (below).

The aunt I never knew: who killed Annette?

Suspicions, secrets revealed. Annette: Cold Case Unlocked episode 2

Carla Hildebrandt

REAL AUSTRALIA
Well, that's a lot of bull

Sally Cripps

LIVE
Watch Danny Frawley's funeral in St Kilda

Primary students plant trees at Rocherlea Recreation Ground

Neil Richardson

OPINION
'We have a Prime Minister who doesn't hide away in major city boardrooms'

Letters to the editor

OPINION
'Australia Day should stay on January 26'

Letters to the Editor

COMMENT
Well done to wombat warriors and stop cull

OPINION
'We have a Prime Minister who doesn't hide away in major city boardrooms'

COMMENT
'It's time religion was relegated to where it belongs'

Letters to the editor

Have your say: Submit a letter to the editor here

The Examiner

New tyre venture falls flat

Julian Burgess, Launceston Historical Society

Keep an ear out for infections in dogs

Dr Renee Pigdon

Now is the time to check your camellias for scale insects and spray with white oil if you find them.

Around the garden

NSW Labor MLC Penny Sharpe says there is no evidence sex-selective abortions are happening in NSW.

NSW abortion amendment debate to continue

44m ago

Tolls could help save one of Victoria's most popular tourist drawcards, the Great Ocean Road.

Tolls could help save the Great Ocean Road

44m ago

The government says it will allow Senator Pauline Hanson to co-chair the committee on family law.

Senate crossbench backs family law inquiry

44m ago

A hearing on the future of a Tamil asylum seeker family is being held in Melbourne.

Tamil family stuck in jail-like conditions

45m ago

Josh Frydenberg predicts an improvement over what he originally said would be a $4.2 billion deficit

Labor eyes tricks in balanced budget

45m ago

Scott Morrison is due to fly to the United States for a meeting with President Donald Trump.

PM lauds security and economic ties to US

Katina Curtis, AAP Senior Political Writer
45m ago

Bushwalker Neil Parker crawled for two days after breaking his leg in bushland north of Brisbane.

Long recovery ahead for Qld bushwalker

Nicholas McElroy
45m ago

Queensland wants the Commonwealth to allow it to continue baiting and killing Barrier Reef sharks.

Change the law so we can kill: Qld govt

Sonia Kohlbacher
45m ago

NEW TECHNOLOGY: The report found there was likely to be little market-driven improvement in mobile coverage, and 5G technology was unlikely to replace 4G in many locations.

Digital divide set to widen

Andrew Miller

LAMBING SYSTEM: Newstead woolgrower Tony Butler, says his shedding system to help multiple-bearing ewes through the first couple of days after lambing remains a work in progress.

Shed lambing system geared to demand and values

Alastair Dowie

COORDINATED APPROACH: A more coordinated approach to feral pig control in Victoria's south-west has been flagged, after the pest species was found in a small regional flora reserve.

Feral pig sightings cause concern

Andrew Miller

The Great Barrier Reef Drive: one of Australia's most picturesque coastal roads.

What's your next holiday destination?

John Rozentals

Get in early: The ACCC inquiry found foreign cash is more expensive at airport locations than at other locations. When buying USD200 in February 2019, consumers could have saved AUD40 by purchasing from the cheapest supplier at a non-airport location, compared with the most expensive supplier at the airport.

Australians paying millions too much for foreign currency services: ACCC

FASCINATING: The Australian Fossil and Mineral Museum is known for exhibiting specimens from every major stage of life on Earth.

A weekend at the museum

Andrew Lotherington

NICE THREADS: It doesn't take much for boys to pull together a smooth look for their school formal, but it does help if they know what they like.

Choosing your 'bag of fruit'

10 clever household hacks using bicarb soda

Podium finish: Coach your girls to gold-medal performance in terms of health, wellbeing and egg-laying.

LIVEWatch Danny Frawley's funeral in St Kilda

LIVEWatch Danny Frawley's funeral in St Kilda

COMMENTBuilding on Northern construction reputation

REAL AUSTRALIAWell, that's a lot of bull

LIVEWatch Danny Frawley's funeral in St Kilda

OPINION'We have a Prime Minister who doesn't hide away in major city boardrooms'

OPINION'Australia Day should stay on January 26'

COMMENTWell done to wombat warriors and stop cull

OPINION'We have a Prime Minister who doesn't hide away in major city boardrooms'

COMMENT'It's time religion was relegated to where it belongs'

LIVE
Watch Danny Frawley's funeral in St Kilda

LIVE
Watch Danny Frawley's funeral in St Kilda

COMMENT
Building on Northern construction reputation

REAL AUSTRALIA
Well, that's a lot of bull

LIVE
Watch Danny Frawley's funeral in St Kilda

OPINION
'We have a Prime Minister who doesn't hide away in major city boardrooms'

OPINION
'Australia Day should stay on January 26'

COMMENT
Well done to wombat warriors and stop cull

OPINION
'We have a Prime Minister who doesn't hide away in major city boardrooms'

COMMENT
'It's time religion was relegated to where it belongs'