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MAST has power over boat owner: police

9:36 AM | Tasmania Police advised the state's marine safety authority late yesterday that it had the authority to order the owner of a derelict boat at George Town to remove it, especially since it had sunk.

News - General

Launceston university jobs threatened

9:33 AM | The shake-up of the University's arts faculty could result in the loss of three heads of schools from Launceston or their positions being moved to Hobart.

News - Education

Gutwein ejected for suicide remark

9:32 AM | Bass Liberal MHA Peter Gutwein has refused to apologise after he accused the Deputy Premier of driving forest workers to suicide with poor policy.

News - General

Cottage appeal is past and present

9:27 AM | Not that this 1840s Georgian cottage in its entirety isn't something special - but it was special enough to take out a residential heritage award. |

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News - General

Dredging no solo fix for Tamar woes

9:27 AM | New research has shown the 200-year-old siltation problem in Tasmania's Tamar River can't be solved by dredging alone, according to Professor Jenny Davis.

News - Environment

Awareness of animals' plight key aim of visit

9:25 AM | Ziggy is one lucky pig. The durock cross large white pig is one of 250 animals who now live a life of peace at Brightside Farm Sanctuary at Cygnet.

News - General

Cholesterol drug hope for depression

9:25 AM | Drugs used to reduce cholesterol and inflammation could also be used to treat depression, an eminent psychiatrist says.

News - Health

Armed robbery at Invermay

9:24 AM | A man with a gun tucked into the waistband of his pants robbed an Invermay service station this morning.

News - General

Budget blues: unions warn of more job cuts

9:24 AM | State Government departments hit with the worst of the extra budget cuts are yet to figure out how they will cope with the shortfall.

News - General

25 jobs to be axed from police force

9:23 AM | Twenty-five jobs will be given the chop this financial year as Tasmania Police grapples with a $4 million budget reduction on top of the $8 million cut last year. |

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News - Crime and Law

Happy and fulfilling life despite illness

8:00 AM | THE day David Luyks met his future wife Sharon he knew they were meant to be together. Her beautiful eyes and wonderful smile had him reeled in "hook, line and sinker".

News - General

Woman killed pet bird in drunken rage

4:00 AM | A George Town woman who killed her pet bird by slamming it into the ground has been convicted of animal cruelty.

News - Crime and Law

Plibersek back soon for talks on health

4:00 AM | FEDERAL Health Minister Tanya Plibersek says that she will be back in Tasmania ``shortly'' to continue talks on how to reverse the state's health cuts.

News - Health

Splintered views in peace push

4:00 AM | Groups involved in the forestry peace negotiations will continue to base their discussions on information Forestry Tasmania has slammed as biased and flawed.

News - General

Colonial treasures to be auctioned tomorrow

4:00 AM | A RARE musk chest of drawers from the early 1800s is expected to sell for up to $50,000 when it is auctioned in Launceston tomorrow.

News - General

Education Department says truancy prosecution last resort

4:00 AM | THERE has been just one prosecution for truancy in the past year and a total of four over the previous five years according to the Education Department.

News - Education

Mokbel a reformed character, court told

4:00 AM | MELBOURNE - Tony Mokbel, the one-time controller of one of Australia's largest illicit drug empires and a man described by a judge as ``absolutely incorrigible'', has recognised the error of his ways and wants to turn his life around, a court has heard.

News - Crime and Law