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Carer finds little help in budget
4:00 AM | SEVEN years ago, Susan Goebel and her severely disabled 38-year-old son, Corey, were fighting for a place to live. Now she says they are just fighting for a decent life.
Paintings prove popular at auction
4:00 AM | COLONIAL collectors preferred painters at yesterday's Tullochs Auctions' annual antiques and collectables auction as a substantial watercolour work by John Glover took top dollar.
4:00 AM | NORTHERN Area Health Service chief John Kirwan says investment in the flood prone St Helens District Hospital would become a possibility once a business case is submitted to the government.
Businesses begin mop-up after weekend deluge
4:00 AM | AMID the waft of mint-scented cleaning agent, and the hiss of an industrial steamer, Denise Callister surveyed the water-logged St Helens Hospital with a sense of familiarity yesterday morning.
Don't blame us if big MP pay rise: O'Byrne
4:00 AM | IT WON'T be the state government's fault if politicians receive a 38 per cent pay rise come July 1, Infrastructure Minister David O'Byrne said yesterday. The blame will sit squarely with Legislative Council members, he said.
Great-aunt awesome inspiration
4:00 AM | HEART transplant recipient Mark Brewer never thought he would ski with his 98-year-old great-aunt Hilda.
People smuggler jail wages frozen
4:00 AM | INDONESIANS jailed for people smuggling are having the wages they earn in prison withheld after a federal government directive, angering human rights lawyers who say it is hurting poor families overseas.
Help at hand to keep kids busy
4:00 AM | IT'S only one week until school holidays and with the winter weather setting in parents will have to be creative about how to entertain their kids.
Gillard vow to ensure Aussies get first go at jobs
4:00 AM | JULIA Gillard will confront an angry Labor caucus on Tuesday over her government's deal to let Gina Rinehart import 1700 foreign workers, even after the Prime Minister sought to hose down fury from her key union backers with a vow to ``make sure Aussies get jobs first''.
TV launch signalled new world
4:00 AM | WHEN Bruce Walkley flew into Launceston yesterday, he was watching a baseball match from the US live beamed onto the headrest screen on the plane. When he was news officer at Launceston's TNT9 studios 50 years ago, he would have to wait at least three days to see footage of the game.
Cadets learn leadership skills
4:00 AM | TRACY Hanson, of Longford, became a parent helper at Launceston's Naval Cadet unit TS Tamar when his son joined as a cadet.
Keeping it clean is basic hygiene
4:00 AM | GERMS - some fear them, others accept them as a normal part of life.
Rise in interest fuels community banks
4:00 AM | A MOVE by Australians away from the big four banks is increasing, especially in Tasmania's smaller communities, as credit unions, building societies and community banks gain momentum.
Mother turns heartbreaking experience into positive
4:00 AM | THE MOTHER of a college student who took his life five years ago believes more needs to be done with suicide prevention in Tasmanian schools.
State stumbles at economic hurdles
4:00 AM | AS the gap between Australia's economic fast and slow lanes continues to widen, Tasmania's most iconic industries are being pushed to the brink.
Retiring senator sympathetic to Thomson
4:00 AM | AFTER nearly 22 years in politics and a public battle with depression, retiring state Labor Senator Nick Sherry understands the pressure on Labor MP Craig Thomson.
Collector turns passion into profit
4:00 AM | DAVID Newell has managed to turn his life-long passion into a business.
Tasmanian couple finds work model suits family life
4:00 AM | AS workers flock to the mining industry, fly in, fly out arrangements are becoming more common.
Online slander of teachers increasing
4:00 AM | TASMANIA'S education union believes school students who publicly slander teachers on the internet should be reprimanded in the same way they would if the same comments were voiced in the classroom.
Teach children dog safety: educator
4:00 AM | A LEADING Tasmanian dog educator is urging parents to go back to basics in dealing with the risk of dog bites, saying that tougher dangerous dog laws on its own will not solve the problem.
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