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Evandale armed robbery investigation ongoing, call for public assistance

Jessica Willard

Paedophile cops 10 years jail for a dozen indecent assaults

GRAPHIC CONTENTPaedophile lands 10 years jail for a dozen indecent assaults

Nick Clark
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Tasmanian workers catching up to the highest paid

Sean Ford
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LONG-STANDING LOCATION CONCERNS: Launceston's Family Law Court needs to be moved, lawyers believe. Picture: Phillip Biggs

Attorney-General's non-response disappoints lawyers

Ryan Young

BEES LESS BUSY: New UK research shows that bees visit less flowers in windy conditions, which is caused by their hesistancy to take off.

Bees less likely to fly and pollinate in wind

Isabel Bird
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Strong Tasmanian job gains, but part-time only

Sean Ford

Suspicious Geeveston cafe fire causes $80,000 of damage: Police

Harry Murtough
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HMA Ships Sirius, Arunta, Stuart and Hobart unite off the east coast of Australia. Picture: Defence Media

Navy warships coming to Launceston

Kasey Wilkins

Fish farming inquiry to resume on Friday

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Liquor industry is whisking up North

Haywards' new plant already producing tonnes of metal products

MyState Limited announces key appointment

Evandale armed robbery investigation ongoing, call for public assistance

Grazing: A shot of the Merino sheep cut into a crop at Rupertswood Farm, Hagley. The maze will be open to the public on February 29. Picture: Will Whishaw

PHOTOSAn a-maze-ing graze at Rupertswood Farm

Spirit: Turner Stillhouse founder and owner Justin Turner launches the newly built whisky distillery in the Tamar Valley. Picture: Phillip Biggs

Liquor industry is whisking up North

RARE CAR: Holden fan Brock Cameron with his dad's 1985 HDT VK Group A SS Brock Commodore. Picture: Neil Richardson

Lilydale teen's special passion for dad's limited edition Holden

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PHOTOSThrowback Thursday: Launceston Cup 2019

Fish farming inquiry to resume on Friday

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Suspicious Geeveston cafe fire causes $80,000 of damage: Police

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Two from virus-hit ship off Japan dead

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Bees less likely to fly and pollinate in wind

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GRAPHIC CONTENTPaedophile lands 10 years jail for a dozen indecent assaults

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Raiders know the score in familiar script

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The Vasco da Gama is its third incarnation and cruising the waters of South Australia.

Explore South Australia from the sea

Sally Macmillan

Australia's longest-running regional food festival, Orange FOOD Week, is now in its 29th year.

Orange, the hidden land of milk, honey and FOOD Week

Linda Moon

Notre Dame Cathedral Basilica of Saigon. Picture: Shutterstock

How to make the most of three days in Ho Chi Minh City

Hannah Warren

FLAT TRACK: Raiders seamer Jonathon Chapman sends down a sharp delivery to New Town opener Chrisenthus Kahatapitikankanamalage last week in the opening day of the clash at the NTCA No.2 Ground. Picture: Paul Scambler

Raiders know the score in familiar script

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FAMILIAR FACES: Mark Walsh, Zach Burt and Nathan Pearce are among a group of players returning to UTAS Stadium after stints in the NTFA. Picture: Hamish Geale

Shark net: Northern Bombers come home

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FAVOURITE: Mystical Pursuit, ridden by Victorian jockey Billy Egan, wins at Mowbray last month. She is favourite for Sunday's $150,000 Tasmanian Oaks.

Hot in Pursuit of Oaks

TWO JAKES: St Pats coaching duo Jake Lowe and Jake Laskey. Picture: Paul Scambler

A tale of two Jakies: St Pats get Lowe

Rising star Peroni re-signs with Compos after crash

Josh Partridge

ON TARGET: Pistol shooter Bailey Groves training at the TIS gym. The 22-year-old recently moved to Western Australia for work. Pictures: Scott Gelston

Launceston's Groves in Olympic selection shootout

Hamish Geale

Winners circle: Relay record-breakers (back, from left) Dawson Howell, Amy Muldoon and Georgia Woods; and (front) Jade Nichols and Chelsea Savage at the Launceston Aquatic Centre. Picture: Sally Morgan

Golden girls present a record-breaking show

Wendy Shaw

Steely glare: Brent Munday in action as he prepares to serve. Picture: Robert Spencer

Olympic hopefuls prepare to jump into Launceston

Josh Partridge

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Liquor industry is whisking up North

Harry Murtough

EFFORT: Tailrace Centre's Lauren Harper, Rotary Club of Tamar Sunrise's Danny Gibson, Rotary Tasmania's Michael Plunkett and Tamar Sunrise's Eve Gibbons celebrate.

Giving spirit evident in bushfire fundraiser tally

Tarlia Jordan

PHOTOSTasmania Zoo welcomes Valentine's Day babies

Kasey Wilkins

Liquor industry is whisking up North

Scotch Oakburn pupils are rocking the boat

Kasey Wilkins

Lucy Hale, Austin Stowell and Michael Pea in 'Fantasy Island'. Picture: Christopher Moss/Sony Pictures

REVIEWDialling up the horror kills charm in Fantasy Island

Cris Kennedy

Autumnal hues of the USA and Canada

Emma Brown

Have a break: This summer explore more of our vast continent without worrying about network coverage. With Pennytel you can get 98.8 per cent coverage across Australia's populated areas.

Keeping covered this summer

Cruise the Baltic on a fully escorted tour

Emma Brown

Autumnal hues of the USA and Canada

The Wow factor of the Ancient Kingdoms of the Mediterranean

Emma Brown

Discover South Cape Bay Beach: For our go-to guide on camping around Cockle Creek, see page 12. Picture: Tourism Tasmania and Geoffrey Lea

Tasmanian Travelways | Summer begins to wane

Cassie Harrex

Charming church conversion

Maeve McKenna

Outstanding townhouse in Prospect Vale

Maeve McKenna

Prominent CBD Site

Maeve McKenna

SET TO CELEBRATE: Nicky Metljak, owner Soraya Gillbanks and Anil Dhakal at Cafe 1069 at George Town. Picture: Paul Scambler

Town's 'favourite' cafe celebrates two years

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PLANTING IDEAS: Celebrity gardener Costa Georgiadis encourages Camdenville Public School students to see what goes on a ground level when planting fire retardant native shrubs.

Costa sows hope after fires

Robyn Ainsworth

Town's 'favourite' cafe celebrates two years

OPEN LINE: The official opening of the North-East line by the Governor at Scottsdale station was held in August 1889. Picture: Tasmanian Archives: AB713-1-6097

Rail arrives with a boom

Nigel Burch, Launceston Historical Society

CHILLED OUT: Brassicas like kohlrabi relish the short days and cool conditions of autumn, making it the perfect time to plant them.

Save money with cool weather staples

PHOTOSThrowback Thursday: Launceston Cup 2019

With the gang hook removed from its eye, the shark was released and swam away. Picture: Sea Life Aquarium.

Rescue mission to save snagged shark

PHOTOSAn a-maze-ing graze at Rupertswood Farm

Tender and terrifying: this common centipede is curling itself around its young to protect them. Picture: Caleb Cluff.

This centipede is a crawling, caring mother

Rising star Peroni re-signs with Compos after crash

Josh Partridge

Holden on to the memories

Scott Gelston

STUNNING: Follow the Midnight Sun through the Arctic Circle on a Viking Cruise from London to Bergen in Norway.

Enter now: win a Scandinavian cruise with Viking

Deloraine starts its engines with street car show

Frances Vinall

HAVE YOUR SAY'Tasmanians are hungry for the inclusion into the AFL'

Letters to the editor | February 19, 2020

COMMENTCongratulations, Jo Palmer, on your conviction

HAVE YOUR SAYWell, Mr Spokesperson, I have tried your suggestion

Letters to the Editor

HAVE YOUR SAY'Tasmanians are hungry for the inclusion into the AFL'

HAVE YOUR SAY'Save Westbury', but what are they actually saving?

Letters to the editor

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Rail arrives with a boom

Nigel Burch, Launceston Historical Society

NSW Seniors Festival: so much to celebrate

LADY OF THE HOUSE: Miriam Margolyes as Aunt Prudence in Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears, in cinemas nationally from February 27.

Dear Prudence comes out to play for unstoppable Miriam

Geraldine Cardozo

Disgraced former Labor MP Milton Orkopoulos has been denied bail for alleged parole breaches.

Disgraced former MP Orkopoulos denied bail

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Sacha Dench has been appointed an ambassador for the UN Convention on Migratory Species.

Australia's 'human swan' gets UN accolade

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Another arrest has been made over the shooting death of Adelaide spraypainter Jason De Ieso in 2012.

Eighth man charged over De Ieso killing

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NSW Farmers and an alliance of rail and grain companies have warned the sate government that new environmental rules could disrupt the grain harvest.

NSW Farmers warns new rail rules will force freight onto roads

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A push to simplify the way welfare recipients report income will cost $30 million over three years.

Inquiry backs simplifying welfare reports

Finbar O'Mallon
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The death of a mother and her three children has highlighted the spate of domestic murder-suicides.

Domestic violence deaths in Australia

Christine Flatley
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A Perth court has suppressed the name of a policeman accused of shooting dead an Aboriginal woman.

WA cop charged with murder over shooting

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John Barilaro says the NSW govt's priority is to help the forestry industry get back on its feet.

NSW govt drops forestry privatisation push

Jodie Stephens
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UDV Corangamite branch secretary, former World Bank economist and dairy farmer, Ian Morris, Cobden says the Australian Dairy Plan is fanciful

Dairy Plan 'setting industry up to fail'

Marian Macdonald

FRUSTRATED: Shooters have called on the government to open the annual duck hunting season. Photo by Jason South/ACM

Hunting season up in the air

Bryce Eishold

BETTER OPTION: Polaris says it will withdraw quad bikes from sale in Australia as farmers flock to side-by-sides ahead of new safety rules mandating operator protection devices.

Polaris to pull the pin on quads this year

Marian Macdonald

PERFECT MATCH: Ensure your beautiful dishes are complemented by beautiful glassware and a quality cutlery set.

The finer points on cutlery

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