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Painter goes to aid of Invermay woman 'drowning' in blood

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Generosity: Lions Club of Hadspen South Esk's Adrian van der Aa, Leigh Johnstone, Paul Malerbi and Christopher Weare. Picture: Scott Gelston.

Empty Stocking Appeal in full swing with support from community

HERITAGE: National Trust Tasmania's Estelle Phillips and Matthew Smithies, Tracey Mallett, and mayor Albert van Zetten. Picture: Paul Scambler

National Trust Tasmania launches heritage walks in Launceston

TEAM: LGH Historical Committee members Paul Richards AM, Karen Carson and Deanna Ellis. Pictures: Jessica Willard

A healthy history for Launceston General Hospital committee

FRENCH FRIES MADE THE CANADIAN WAY: Cameron and Sharla Gallagher are opening Launceston's own Poutinerie on Wednesday. Picture: Paul Scambler

Poutinerie French fry emporium opens in Launceston

Cradle Mountain visitor centre building to start soon

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Northern health professional to strike

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Painter goes to aid of Invermay woman 'drowning' in blood

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Poutinerie French fry emporium opens in Launceston

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Calls to make causing a siege a crime in Tasmania

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Under-19 pair seal Tassie victory

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Hobart Chargers pull out, blame state board for being 'obstructive'

Corey Martin

TRIPLE THREAT: Tasmanian young guns Jake Williams, Jack McCulloch and Jarrod Freeman.

Under-19 pair seal Tassie victory

Hamish Geale

Spoils of victory: Riverside's Sam Clifford with his latest medal at the Australian All-Schools Athletics Championships in Cairns. Picture: Athletics Tasmania

Victorious Clifford singing in the rains

Rob Shaw

Hobart Chargers pull out, blame state board for being 'obstructive'

Placegetters Kiara Mills (Queechy), Chelsea Wing (Riverside) and Eliza Matthews (Kings Meadows) in the grade 9 girls' 200m.

Lapping up marathon run

Rob Shaw

Seventh heaven: Mel McLaughlin fronts the Channel Seven cricket commentary team with former Test batsmen Ricky Ponting and Michael Slater at the Adelaide Oval. Pictures: AAP

Test’s Seven wonders

Rob Shaw

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National Trust Tasmania launches heritage walks in Launceston

Kasey Wilkins

TALKING POINT: An example of a festive table runner. Picture: Supplied

Learn to make festive table art at Deloraine florist workshop

Frances Vinall

Find out what’s on around Northern Tasmania

MEET THE BOSS: Tracy Puklowski at the Queen Victoria Art Gallery. Pictures: Paul Scambler

Meet Tracy Puklowski, our new driver of culture and creativity

Frances Vinall

HO-HUM: Performance artist Ben Landau. Picture: Lucile Sciallano

Mona Foma: Why Ben Landau is going to hum for 24 hours straight

Frances Vinall

Don't fight the crowds gift shopping this year. Instead, take it easy and shop the extensive range of Catch.com.au bargains from the comfort of your own armchair.

Catch.com.au has everything you need this Christmas

Emma Brown

Taste Sensation: Tasmania is famed for its produce, why not sample some at Taste of Tasmania? Picture: City of Hobart and Alastair Bett.

Travelways – Summer Edition | Join in the Tassie adventure

Maeve McKenna

The Falls Music & Arts Festival is held over New Years each year on a beautiful farm nestled on the Tasmanian east coast. Picture: Tourism Tasmania & Catherine Forge

Explore | December Edition

Maeve McKenna

Catch.com.au has everything you need this Christmas

Training in progress: Senior learning and development consultant, Melissa Flynn oversees TasWater's education and training program. Picture: Supplied

TasWater aims to set education benchmark

Maeve McKenna

Life Without Barriers partners with adults, young people and families to help address needs and build success.

iPad giving opportunity

Surprise Trevallyn package boasts space, views and style galore

Maeve McKenna

Superbly presented home sitting pretty in Kings Meadows

Maeve McKenna

The ultimate country escape in Relbia

Maeve McKenna

TOUGHING IT OUT: Participants competing during the 2018 Red Hills Tractor Pull. Picture: Danny Saltmarsh

Tractors pull a crowd at the 2018 Red Hills Tractor Pull

Tarlia Jordan

Introducing ‘My Island Home’ and ‘Regulars’

Fairfax Tasmania

Some Longford residents will have a water outage on Tuesday.

Planned water outage in two Longford streets on Tuesday

Johanna Baker-Dowdell

Tractors pull a crowd at the 2018 Red Hills Tractor Pull

TLC: Our feet are incredibly hard working, but we often neglect them, leading to complaints like plantar fasciitis, a painful condition caused by inflammation.

Sole survival guide

Dr Kieran Carlton, Freshwater Osteopathy

GLORIOUS: The golden dome of St John’s Church is a beautiful example of the artistic capacity of the mosaic used in holy and secular spaces. Picture: Glynn Johnson

Piecing together the past

Jenny Gill, Launceston Historical Society

Poutinerie French fry emporium opens in Launceston

DRESS UP: Annie, a 10-month-old female, domestic short hair.

RSPCA pets of the week available for adoption

Watch the moment the Trevallyn siege ended

Community escapes the heat with a swim at the Cataract Gorge

Just some of the stars on the red carpet on Wednesday night.

15 photos from the AACTA red carpet

Primary School basketball

Neil Richardson

Hundreds of Monaros from Tasmania and interstate at Windsor Park

Paul Scambler

LOVING: Piper, a seven-year-old female, Staffy.

RSPCA pets of the week available for adoption

Jessica Willard

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PROSTATE: Research shows some men would prefer to sacrifice survival odds rather than suffer the side-effects of prostate cancer treatment.

Prostate cancer: men trade-off survival for quality of life

Eileen Wood

Labor accused of ‘milking’ self-funded retirees

HEALTH CONCERN: More older people are drinking to hazardous levels. Image Pixabay.

Boomers the new ‘risky’ drinkers

Eileen Wood

Manly NRL player Dylan Walker is due to face a Sydney court on domestic violence charges.

NRL star Walker in court over DV charge

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Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai will talk to a Melbourne audience about her experiences.

Malala urges youths to change the world

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Victorian Electoral Commission staff will spend Tuesday running counts for eight upper house regions

Upper house count to commence in Victoria

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The family of murdered woman Elly Warren want the government to apply pressure on Mozambique.

AFP will help investigation: Elly's mother

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Former CFMEU boss Dave Hanna is accused of deliberately destroying documents.

Union mates front former Qld boss's trial

Sonia Kohlbacher
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The value of Australian crops is expected to drop by seven per cent to $29 billion in 2018-19.

Aussie farm produce remains above average

Marnie Banger

Tips and tricks to avoid falling victim to a phone scam

Nadine Morton

Malala Yousafzai acknowledges the ICC crowd in Sydney on Monday night. Photo: WOLTER PEETERS

Nobel Peace Prize laureate praises Me Too

Dominica Sanda

Four unique accommodation options in Victoria

Your 2018/19 essential guide for the winter in Whistler

Rachael Hopwood

Aranui 5 passengers being taken ashore in the Marquesas.

Six highlights in your travel week | 3 Dec

John Rozentals

Timber gives warmth to the pool area and has a premium finish designed to withstand the forces of nature and UV.

Decking crafted to perfection

OPPORTUNITY: Dubbo's Jamie McGaw in Antarctica standing next to Australia's icebreaker Aurora Australis. Photo: STEPH VAN DER WIELAN

Like snow, ice and isolation? Maybe this will work for you

Beautiful boy: Marcus Cruz "loved school" and "enjoyed playing with his friends" at Narellan Public School. He died in October.

Grieving mum shares heartache after young son’s tragic death

Jess Layt