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Peter Cundall arrested at pulp mill protest
Source: abc.net.au

ABC gardening personality Peter Cundall has been arrested outside Tasmania's parliament during a protest against Gunns' Tamar Valley pulp mill.

Man rings triple-0 from hospital bed
Source: abc.net.au

A man who was bleeding after surgery in a Tasmanian hospital had to call the triple-0 emergency number for help when he could not raise nurses.

Exclusive Brethren secrecy may have hid sex crime: trial
Source: watoday.com.au

An alleged sexual predator said to belong to the Exclusive Brethren religious sect is on trial for raping a younger male relative in Tasmania.

Police foil party plans
Source: abc.net.au

A party advertised on the social-networking computer site Facebook has come to the attention of Tasmanian police.

Timber industry sorry for hate ads
Source: mcv.e-p.net.au

Representatives of Tasmania's timber industries have apologised for 2007 election advertisements that targeted the rights of same-sex couples and intersex people.

Apology for "harmful" election advertisement
Source: starobserver.com.au

Timber Communities Australia will today deliver a handwritten apology to two Tasmanian rights activists for an election advertisement claiming same-sex marriage and recognising intersex people is dangerous.

Cat contracts sparrow disease
Source: abc.net.au

A domestic cat has contracted the same salmonella strain found in Tasmania's sparrows.

Missing Tasmanian cat turns up in outback
Source: abc.net.au

A long-haired himalayan cat will fly thousands of kilometres from north-west Queensland today to be reunited with its owners at home in Tasmania.

Lost Cat Found 3,800km Away: Owners Lack Money to Pay for Its Return
Source: themercury.com.au

After their cat Clyde was found 3,800 km away, the Phillips family is seeking to get funds to pay for its trip home.

NZ zoos apply to import Tasmanian devils
Source: abc.net.au

Two New Zealand zoos want to import up to 20 tumour-free tasmanian devils.

Endangered whales breeding off Tasmania
Source: abc.net.au

There is further confirmation that endangered southern right whales are returning to calve and nurse in Tasmanian waters.

Choc up win for Cadbury fans
Source: themercury.com.au

CADBURY has bowed to pressure from angry fans and pledged to remove palm oil from its Tasmanian-made blocks.

Tassie devils are active social networkers
Source: abc.net.au

The Tasmanian devil is more social than we think, making it difficult to control the spread of the disease that is decimating its numbers, say researchers.

Exclusive Brethren told to apologise
Source: starobserver.com.au

A Tasmanian transgender activist has won an apology from Exclusive Brethren members after the 2006 publication of state election advertisements attacking transgender and intersex people.

Broadband won't come cheap
Source: Australian News Network

THE first national broadband network rollout, in Tasmania, will cost an estimated $20,000 for each premises that takes up the superfast internet connection -- and business leaders say its impact may be minimal.

Seal holds up chocolate factory workers
Source: abc.net.au

Workers trying to knock off at the Cadbury chocolate factory near Hobart last night were held up by an unexpected visitor.

Tasmanian couple create 'clean' beer
Source: abc.net.au

A Tasmanian couple believe they have developed the world's cleanest beer.

Man jailed for kicking, biting toddler
Source: abc.net.au

A Hobart man has been jailed for tying up his young daughter and then kicking and biting her.

'Tragic accident': boy asphyxiated on clothes line
Source: abc.net.au

A six-year-old boy died in a freak backyard accident involving a clothes line and trampoline this morning.

Ex-Brethren father loses battle for children
Source: theage.com.au

A GRIEVING father's only contact with his Exclusive Brethren children will be permission to buy their photographs from the sect's school, as long as they are not there at the time, a Family Court judge has ruled.

Crop circles, poppies - and tripping wallabies
Source: Independent.co.uk

Wallabies snacking in opium poppy fields are getting "high as a kite" and hopping around creating crop circles.

Happy hops damage poppy crops
Source: abc.net.au

The mystery of crop circles which have appeared from time to time in and around Tasmania's legal opium poppy fields may have been solved.

Bad boy Flynn honoured in Hobart
Source: abc.net.au

The original bad boy of Hollywood Errol Flynn has been honoured in his home town of Hobart.

Tassie devil officially endangered
Source: abc.net.au

The status of the tasmanian devil has been upgraded from vulnerable to endangered.

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