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Abbott's Tassie sweetener Wed, 28th Aug at 4:52pm

OPPOSITION Leader Tony Abbott has defended the Coalition's $16m pledge to a privately owned Hobart business.

Truck crash causes delays Wed, 28th Aug at 4:00pm

UPDATE A CRANE has been called in to clear a truck roll-over on the Midland Highway at Bridgewater.

THE search for missing Adelaide kayaker William McCallum is continuing today, with little hope of finding him alive.

BETTER services for mental health were high on the agenda for Denison candidates at a Citizens' Agenda forum last night.

Soothing sounds ease pain Wed, 28th Aug at 5:01am

THE TSO has recorded a CD of tunes designed especially to calm and soothe ill babies and children.

Problem licked in icy poll Wed, 28th Aug at 5:01am

EVEN 5500km from the nearest polling booth, Australia's Antarctic expeditioners are making sure their votes count.

BIOSECURITY needs to be increased at mainland wharves to stop foxes catching a lift across Bass Strait on ships.

$66m Cadbury jobs boost Wed, 28th Aug at 5:01am

THE much-loved Cadbury tours could return with the Liberals promising $16m to upgrade the factory.

YOUNG actors will attempt to embody the works of the bard when they audition for a Bell Shakespeare scholarship.

Kayaker search scaled back Wed, 28th Aug at 5:01am

UPDATE: THE search for missing kayaker William McCallum has been scaled back.

Award for science star Tue, 27th Aug at 11:54pm

HOBART geoscientist Jo Whittaker has been named a L'Oreal for Women in Science fellow for her work.

PROTECTING the Tarkine and its disease-free Tasmanian devils is at the centre of the Greens' threatened species policy.

Ten guns stolen in North Tue, 27th Aug at 6:17pm

POLICE are investigating two separate burglaries in northern Tasmania where firearms were stolen in the past 24 hours.

TASMANIA'S exporters are eager to hear what a re-elected Rudd Government would do to ease their logistical pain.

Chopper, boats join search Tue, 27th Aug at 4:04pm

A HELICOPTER and three police vessels have joined the search for missing Adelaide kayaker William McCallum.

OPPOSITION leader Will Hodgman has described the state's unemployment woes as a jobs catastrophe.

New dog laws with bite Tue, 27th Aug at 3:37pm

OWNERS of a dangerous dog that kills or maims a person could be jailed for up to 21 years under tough new laws.

ABOUT 200 children will be released from the Pontville immigration detention centre within two weeks.

HOBART could become Australia's shark research capital.

Kids could be spared court Tue, 27th Aug at 5:01am

NEW laws that allow children to provide evidence via video are expected to be debated in Parliament this week.