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We feel humiliated and badly let down by your treatment Grieving family's phone anger

1:00 AM AEDT | A FAMILY reeling from the sudden death of a loved one is furious after spending a weekend trying to get Telstra to reconnect their telephone before the funeral. North-West couple John and Judy ...

New seizure laws for cars on horizon

1:00 AM AEDT | TOUGH new vehicle confiscation legislation could be implemented in Tasmania by early next year. The State Government yesterday confirmed a policy submission was before the Road Safety Council for ...

Tuition program boost for Shannon

1:00 AM AEDT | FIVE years ago, nine-year-old Shannon Springer was fighting for her life in hospital after being diagnosed with leukaemia. But if anyone met her today, they would not know it. Shannon was diagno...

Fire destroys family treasures

Patient forced switch - Report tells of ward 1E risk ...

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SLIDESHOW: 2008 Mark Webber Challenge . . .

19/11/2008 | Sports stars and celebrities have lined up for the 2008 Mark Webber Challenge through the Tasmanian wilderness. Photographer Neil Richardson captured the action on Day 1 . . .

SLIDESHOW: 2008 Tamar Marine Tamar Valley Classic . . .

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Skaife's Symmons era comes to an end

1:00 AM AEDT | RACING motorsport legend Peter Brock out of the gates after a race meeting at Symmons Plains one year remains one of Mark Skaife's most cherished memories. Skaife, 41, recalled the incident at a...

Aker on track to realise a racing dream

1:00 AM AEDT | IF Jason Akermanis had not been a star AFL footballer chances are he would have ended up driving race cars. The former Brisbane triple premiership and Western Bulldogs player will have the chance ...

Crawshay crashes out of dream team

Perkins to excite at carnivals

Smithton appoints Coombe to coach

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Lebrina home razed to the ground in $130,000 blaze

A fire caused by aged electrical wiring has destroyed a $130,000 three-bedroom home at ...

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No new control order for Hicks

Internet provider sued over downloads

Released pedophile faces further ...

Fake engineer produces fake ...

PETA talks up its wool boycott actions

Harvey: charity not so sweet

Experts denounce gene patents

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A recession could be sparked by our states of mind

1:28 AM AEDT | "THE only thing we have to fear is fear itself." It was the US president Franklin D. Roosevelt who, in the Great Depression, coined the phrase but Australia's Reserve Bank governor, Glenn ...

No new control order for Hicks

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Fake engineer produces fake references to get a lighter sentence

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Pirates demand $39m ransom

1:00 AM AEDT | SOMALI pirates who hijacked the Saudi oil supertanker Sirius Star are demanding $US25 million ($39 million) in ransom, while plans have emerged for additional warships from 10 European countries and Russia to converge on the region to tackle the pirate problem.

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