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FEELING THE PINCH: Median weekly rent costs have risen more than 20 per cent in some regional cities while wages continue to stagnate.

Some areas have seen prices jump by more than 20 per cent in the past year.

Weekly rent costs rise to new heights as wages stagnate

COLOURLESS: A field of stag-horn coral bleached white on the Great Barrier Reef during a mass bleaching event. Picture: Brett Monroe Garner/Getty Images

Coral might look like plants, but it's actually a living, breathing inverterbrae. So why are these marine creatures turning so white?

Why has Australia's coral become bleached?

Austin Butler electrifies as Elvis. Picture: Universal 

It pulls you up to realise that this is Luhrmann's sixth feature film.

Baz Lurhmann's Elvis is an exhilarating and brilliant homage

Morning twilight at a Travellers Rest roadside ruin.
June 22 2019 D700 85mm


A Meander along Meander Valley Road

Chris Hemsworth, Miles Teller and Mark Paguio in Spiderhead. Picture: Netflix

You understand why Hemsworth would have been attracted to the production.

Hemsworth's Spiderhead is a slick, pacey futuristic thriller

PATIENT OPTIONS: Kirsten Pilatti, BCNA CEO talks with Elizabeth Blane in Latrobe, Tasmania during a Breast Cancer Network Australia event. Picture: Paul Scambler

GPs and advocates want to see the telehealth program extended to provide patients with more options on how they access medical care.

Call to re-instate, expand telehealth services ahead of July 1 cut-off

Director Kyle Balda has been at the helm of a number of others in this franchise and he sure knows what his audiences want.

It's more Minion high-jinks and it aims to please

June 24 2005 Picture: Phillip Biggs
BEAR SUPPORT: Tyson Miller, 4, of Trevallyn, put the red nose on his Winnie the Pooh.

This week's flashback Friday features teddy bears, a 'prize winner' at Wills The Quadrant and more.

Flashback Friday: June 24, 2005 | Bear support, a 'prize winner' at Wills The Quadrant and more

WHAT TO DO IN THE DARK: It can be tough getting through a black out, but with a bit of planning, it can be made easier. Picture: FILE

As the energy emergency enters another week, we're being told to plan for power outages. So what do you need to get through the dark days?

How to prepare a 'black out survival kit' as the energy crisis continues

STORAGE TECHNOLOGY: LNG storage tanks at a terminal in Yokohama, Japan. Picture: WikiCommons

The country needs more transmission, more renewables, more storage. But how do we get there?

Has the energy emergency forced a re-think in future of electricity production?

DAVID'S LEGACY: Corowa resident Jackie Monk, the widow of 61-year-old Japanese encephalitis victim David Kiefel, has been campaigning hard to ensure vaccines are made available to the community. Picture: JAMES WILTSHIRE

Advocate Jackie Monk says many people in town were willing to pay the cost.

I wouldn't wish it on anyone: Virus widow wants to protect her community

SACRED GROUND: Goanna are back to celebrate their 1982 classic album Spirit Of Place. Picture: Martin Stringer

Shane Howard explains why Solid Rock will always matter

Goanna rediscovers their Spirit Of Place

FULL THROTTLE: Herald journalist Madeline Link on board the 222 Offshore powerboat at Lake Macquarie. Picture: Max Mason-Hubers

The sun was shining, a severe weather warning hung in the air and I had been to the chiropractor the day before.

I got flung across a lake at breakneck speed in a powerboat

DRESSED FOR SUCCESS: Sydney post-punk band Johnny Hunter are ready to deliver on the hype with their debut album Want. Picture: Tom Wilkinson

Sydney band Johnny Hunter know how to stand out from the crowd.

Johnny Hunter are taking what they Want

Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez return for the second season of OMITB which adheres sensibly to the mantra of "if it ain't broke, don't fix it". Picture: Disney+

This series delivers joyous entertainment by a cast at the top of their game - if that isn't true art, then nothing is.

It's close to the best thing on TV and we've got some good news

Although everyone who is homeless feels the negative impacts, children can face a tough future due to something completely out of their hands.

If kids are having to couch surf or live out of a tent or caravan, there are difficulties for them in getting to school, getting three square meals a day.

'Safe, stable place to sleep every night' could keep kids off police radar

TOUGH AS LEATHER: Australia's kangaroo industry says it is fed up with baseless attacks from animal activists in the US. Picture: Kangaroo Industry Association of Australia.

Kangaroo industry decides it's time to answer its critics in the USA.

Valuable kangaroo trade answers its critics

'GAVE HER A SMACK': Kai Hansen describes his 'resident croc' Casey as his main girl, but one day, she "had a go" and he "gave her a smack". Picture: supplied

"She wanted to have a go so I gave her a smack."

'I gave her a smack', publican fends off crocodile with frying pan

Recent rainfall has the rapids flowing again in Cataract Gorge

30 striking photos of Cataract Gorge flooding

WINTER WARMTH: Pet owners are warned to be extra vigilant over winter, making sure not to put animals in a position of risk. Picture: Bec Pridham

"We can do something and know that it hurts, but [pets] can't tell us that it hurts."

A fur coat doesn't always mean winter warmth: Keeping your pets safe in the cold

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The automated digitisation of the Australian National Herbarium's collection will take nine months.

Australian National Herbarium goes digital

Liton Das made 53 in Bangladesh's first innings of the second Test against the Windies on St Lucia.

Touring Bangladesh improve in second Test

HEARTBREAKING: Dementia Australia says diagnoses of the disease is projected to increase to 41,250 people by 2058.

Imagine being told your husband, not yet 60, has dementia. Julie De Napoli shares her story to help others.

So you thought only 'old' people got dementia...

LOCAL: Medhanit is making waves in the music scene. Picture: Clara Edmondson

Growing up in her family's music shop, it's no wonder that Medhanit Barratt has a strong love of music. She combines heartfelt lyrics with upbeat, dance sounds.

Launceston's star on the rise Medhanit prepares for first headline shows

The AEU said the aim is to lessen teacher workloads.

Individualised student report cards to be changed

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CULTURE: City of Launceston mayor Albert van Zetten said QVMAG needs ambitious changes. Picture: Supplied

A draft future plan two years in the making has been released by QVMAG

Ambitious future plan for QVMAG

Protesters on Helilog Road earlier this month. How would the anti-protest laws stop, or prevent, these protests from occurring? Picture: Bob Brown Foundation

Bob Brown has vowed to keep protesting, so what difference will anti-protest laws make?

Anti-protest laws: how they work, and will they work?

Kristy Bannister, Alex Fleming and owner Cathy Fleming. Picture: Paul Scambler

Racecourse Newsagents and Gifts will be donating 10 per cent of their shop sales to the Winter Relief Appeal to raise much needed funs for Launceston residents in need.

Newsagent to donates sales

The Wigging It Benefit Gala took place last Saturday at the Country Club Casino and included food, drinks, entertainment and 300 attendees donning their best wigs.

Charity wig gala smashes fundraising goal, final figure over $65k

HELPING HAND: Holman Trust chairman Professor Nigel Forteath, Mark Barbeliuk and Dr Stan Gauden with equipment Mr Barbeliuk previous donation helped purchase. Picture: Paul Scambler.

Mark Barbeliuk made the $500,000 donation in honour of his late mother.

Hospital promise renewed, half a million for W.P. Holman Clinic

Tasmanian parents get one-on-one discussions, but school report cards are scan

School report card changes to cut teacher workloads

The policy guarantees 15 weeks regardless of primary or secondary carer status.

Hydro Tas to provide 15 weeks paid leave for new parents

Justice Robert Pearce said Karli Breeze Newitt's behaviour could only be explained by her being in the grip of a drug-induced frenzy

Woman jailed for smashing up childcare centre

What can be done to stop the perpetrator from choosing violence, control and abuse?

'It just makes sense' Support for Safe and Together Initiative in Tasmania

Calls for Tasmania to adopt Mandel approach to family violence

OPEN DOOR: ANMF federal secretary Annie Butler. Picture: Andrew Chounding 

Annie Butler said while nurses and midwives in all states and territories were struggling, the pay conditions in Tasmania were concerning.

New relationship for state's nurses following federal election

STAR SHOOTER: Ash Mawer underlined her status as one of the TNL's best shooters in the third Launceston derby. Pictures: Phillip Biggs

The Hawks remain unbeaten after 17 rounds

Thrice is nice for Hawks in Launceston derby win

A Waverley man noticed electrical tape around the neck of a man he heard groaning on the road outside his home in 2018.

Man tells of seeing injured man on road

RISING STAR: Will Manshanden kicked three goals in last week's loss against the Tigers, impressing his coach. Picture: Paul Scambler

North Launceston's 2022 first half through the coach's eyes

North Launceston's 2022 mid-season review

The changes to telehealth, due to come into effect on June 30, would see the number of consultations a GP can perform a year capped at 30 over 20 days each year.

Limits placed on telehealth services will impact 'most vulnerable'

Public Health director Mark Veitch says the vaccine mandates were an effective way of ensuring widespread coverage in the community, particularly in professions that engage with at-risk people.

Departments to make decisions on vaccine mandates as June 30 approaches.

Victoria ends teacher vaccine mandate, will Tasmania follow?

Drive to the conditions, it's that simple. Why blame the government?

Isaac Chugg sidesteps a North Launceston opponent in the 2020 TSL grand final. Picture: Paul Scambler

The 20-year-old's debut was announced by Collingwood on Friday.

Launceston's Isaac Chugg to make his AFL debut

A property in Launceston was rented out without a permanent way of having new gas bottles delivered, resulting in a landlord putting in place this solution for a tenant. The tenant made a minimum standards complaint.

The Residential Tenancy Commissioner has started handing out more fines to landlords.