Flowing with festive cheer

Revellers packed Salamanca Place last night. THOUSANDS of Hobart revellers started putting the "merry" into this year's Christmas holiday period last night. There was a bumper and boisterous crowd at Salamanca for the traditional Christmas break-up...

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Snapshot shows healthy state

THE latest snapshot of Tasmania is in, and the news is mostly good. We are richer and smarter than two years ago. We call ourselves optimists, but we can be a little tight with the purse strings. We don't trust governments, but we reckon we lead full...

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Abuser's jail term increased

A MAN involved in one of the most horrific cases of sexual abuse to come before the Tasmanian courts has had his sentence increased on appeal. The Court of Appeal today added another three years to his jail term, describing the initial sentence as inadequate....

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Help at hand for injured boys

A BROAD cross-section of the Tasmanian community has banded together to set up a trust to help two little boys who were severely burnt in a car explosion in Burnie earlier this month. Family friends, groups of mothers, service clubs and churches have...

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Man charged over murders

A MAN has appeared in a Hobart court charged with two counts of murder over the deaths of a couple at Mountain River, south of Hobart. Nicolau Francisco Soares, 27, of no fixed address, appeared before Magistrate Michael Daly shortly before 4pm today....

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Two dead on rural property

Dr Del Weston was found dead. Inset: Officers at the scene of the alleged double murder in Bennetts Rd, Mountain River, this morning. THE nation's leading health economist and his academic partner are dead after being murdered at their idyllic Mountain...

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Accessory's sentence stands

A MAN who helped a killer hide the body of a murder victim has lost an appeal against the severity of his jail term. Sean Timothy Hudson, 37, of Ravenswood, was convicted in May of assault and being an accessory after the fact in the murder of 43-year-old...

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Trial over teen's road death

A NEW Norfolk man will face trial next year over the road death of a schoolgirl in the Derwent Valley last February. Bradley John Chaplin, 27, has pleaded not guilty to negligent driving, driving without due care and attention, speeding, and driving...

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Students receive finals marks

MORE than 3000 students have achieved their Tasmanian Certificate of Education this year. Among them are about 100 students whose mark of 98.45 or more put them in the top 1.5 per cent of their age group in Australia. They were among 12,605 students...

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Worker hurt in Bicheno blast

A MAN in his 60s has been badly injured in an industrial accident near Bicheno, Tasmania Police say. Officers were sent to the scene on the state's East Coast this afternoon after reports of an explosion. The incident occurred about 2pm in a quarry...

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Police suspect parental dispute

Police officers are continuing to search a home at Hamilton after a double murder yesterday. Picture: KIM EISZELE POLICE believe a 59-year-old man suspected of a double murder at Hamilton was motivated by a dispute over his one-year-old child. ...

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Body found in Howrah dunes

SES volunteers comb the Howrah site where the body of a man was found by a member of the public earlier today. Picture: LUKE BOWDEN THE body of a man believed to be in his 60s has been found in sand dunes at Howrah, on Hobart's Eastern Shore. Police...

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