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TASMANIA Summer News, Jan 25, 2012

Labor to expand Parliament
Tasmania Mercury
THE House of Assembly would be restored to 35 members by the next election ifTasmania's budget situation improved, Premier Lara Giddings said yesterday. On her second day back after her long summer break, Ms Giddings said she believed adding another ...
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Potter turns time into works of art
Launceston Times
Over Christmas she furthered her skills, learning wheel throwing at the University ofTasmania's Creative Tasmania Summer School. Held at the Tasmanian School of Art at Inveresk as well as Hobart campuses, the school offered visual art, ...
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Summer brings snakes closer
Tasmania Mercury
Tasmanian snake breeds were traditionally less aggressive than their mainland counterparts, but Mr Irons warned it was still important to remain cautious around them. "People can misinterpret increased sightings and movement as aggression, ...
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Visit by airline boss hailed
Tasmania Mercury
"We are aware Tasmanians want us back providing a welcome tourism boost and more options for affordable air travel between Tasmania and the mainland." Tasmania's tourism industry has struggled with reduced capacity over the peak summer season, ...
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Tasmania Mercury
AXE VALLEY RUNNERS: PB's aplenty in Handicap
View Online
GRAHAM Newton recently travelled almost as far as anyone can go to take part in the recent Cadbury Marathon on the outskirts of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. The race started at 6am to avoid the worst of the Australian summer heat and early-on the ...
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Throne among the gum trees poignant reminder of a PM's promise
Sydney Morning Herald
Photo: Matt Thompson Miranda Gibson is today sitting on a small platform 60 metres high in a Eucalyptus regnans beneath Mt Mueller in centralTasmania. She has been on the platform for more than four weeks and intends to stay until the tree is cut down ...
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Sydney Morning Herald
Boat wreck saga to end
Tasmania Mercury
... Eastern Shore last summer will finally remove it tomorrow. Ken Lane of Bellerive was fined and given a month to move it in June. The boat, near the busy Rosny boat ramp, is still posing a navigation hazard. Marine and Safety Tasmania yesterday said ...
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Tasmania Mercury
New way to grow your own
Tasmania Mercury
PLATINUM Ridge also features in the Fruit Growers Tasmania Farm Gate Guide, which lists more than 40 sheds across eight regions selling apricots, cherries, blueberries, raspberries, strawberries, apples and pears during summer.
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Endangered parrots picky about hollows
ABC Online
EMILY BOURKE: The endangered swift parrot lives in south-east Australia, but the species only breeds in Tasmania. A scientist who's spending his summer climbing trees to study the parrots has found that the birds will only nest in particular hollows.
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Salamanca salutes 40 years
TheMercury.com.au
"I started out at the Tasmanian School of Art doing a fine arts degree and at the end of that Christmas I had all these ceramic pots to sell," she said. "I found out about this market and I needed the money, so I sold about $40 worth that first time ...
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TheMercury.com.au
Our test against the best
TheMercury.com.au
... St Lawrence and Tasmanian allcomers record holder Collis Birmingham. All three men have achieved the Olympic qualifying performances but will still be out to impress selectors in what is being promoted as the hottest 5000m in Australia this summer.
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Highway grass a fire hazard
Tasmania Mercury
... had exactly the same problem with a January 2009 fire that stormed down the highway, wiping out fences and power poles. Dry roadside grass was threatening to become a Tasmania-wide menace, with prolific spring andsummer grass growth now drying out.
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Tasmania Mercury
Nobu feeds tennis stars; food trucks hit Melbourne; small bars surge: What the ...
Australian Hospitality Magazine
Unskilled workers will struggle to land a job in Tasmania as unemployment rates rise, but trained dairy, horticulture, hospitality and aged-care workers and tradespeople are still in demand, the Tasmanian Skills Institute says.
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Australian Hospitality Magazine
New cultural roadmap, but will there be a soundtrack?
Crikey
But summer is the peak time for many in the arts profession, particularly those working on our nation's many music and arts festivals, with the Big Day Out about to get into full swing and the Sydney Festival already well under way.
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Test yourself with our Australia Day quiz
Perth Now
2) Name the animal now regarded as extinct, having not officially been seen since the 1930s in Tasmania. 3) Who was the Governor-General of Australia who dismissed the Whitlam Government on November 11, 1975? 4) In the 1970s there was an Australia-wide ...
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SA's Summer Cruise Season Well Underway with Athena Commencing Her Adelaide ...
e-Travel Blackboard (press release)
The 2011/12 summer season for Athena in SA features three round-trip cruises from three to eight nights from Adelaide including the first-ever return cruise from Adelaide to Sydney. A round-trip voyage to Tasmania and a three-night Australia Day cruise ...
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Bailey named Australia's T20 captain, Hogg recalled
ESPNcricinfo.com
Bailey, the captain of Tasmania and a team-mate of White at the Melbourne Stars, has not been in outstanding form either, having scored 114 runs at 19. However, he was viewed by the selectors as the right man to lead the side, with David Warner his ...
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ESPNcricinfo.com
Chefs get fare dinkum
Sydney Morning Herald
''They're live, they come from Western Australia or Tasmania or Kangaroo Island and they're really beautiful creatures - dark blue and really big and they've got that muddy river flavour.'' Outside the restaurant trade, marron is hard to source in ...
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Sydney Morning Herald
O'Brien grows on positive energy
The Canberra Times
I remember when I first walked into the club, Bucks always had a footy in his hand. He has encouraged us to do that.'' Buckley was back at the club yesterday, having finished a three-night camp in Tasmania with the club's first-year players.
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Hobart's market turns 40
TheMercury.com.au
From this auspicious start, Salamanca Market has grown in both size and stature to more than 300 stalls, becoming Tasmania's most visited tourist venue on a Saturday. The market attracts up to 40000 visitors every Saturday in summer, ...
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What kind of adventurer are you?
Telegraph.co.uk
At the heart of Tasmania's Wilderness World Heritage Area, the river is famous for its compelling landscapes and unique wildlife and was the focus of a famous conservation battle that decided the result of the 1983 Australian election.
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Telegraph.co.uk
Wintry snap ambushes south but week ahead looks brighter
New Zealand Herald
Weatherwatch analyst Philip Duncan said yesterday's set-up was similar to the conditions that caused a snowstorm in August - a high near Tasmania and a deepening low in the Southern Ocean which interacted to create a cold southerly.
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Scorchers v Stars preview
Fox Sports
Melbourne Stars' prolific left-arm bowler James Faulkner, who plays his Sheffield Shield and Ryobi One-Day Cup cricket for Tasmania, follows in the footsteps of his father Peter, who played for Tasmania in the 1980s. The pace-bowler has rocketed into ...
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Mums-only privileges
Sydney Morning Herald
It is not just mums who are revered over there but mums-to-be, which I was also at the time. That's not always the case back home. A pregnant woman was recently refused a seat on a bus in Tasmania, with one passenger yelling out, "She chose to be ...
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Sydney Morning Herald
Ben Hilfenhaus swings to new beat of success
Times of India
The Australian pacer, who admitted to sorting out his bowling technique in the pre-season in consultation with Tasmania bowling coach Ali de Winter, is well and truly back. "Most of the work involved learning to use the crease better and getting up and ...
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