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Tasmanian beekeepers say they have the proof "manuka honey" was established on the island state years before New Zealand — and the Kiwis can buzz off if they think they can claim ownership of the name.
Topics: food-and-cooking, health, lifestyle-and-leisure, rural, food-and-beverage, mawbanna-7321, tas, sulphur-creek-7316, glenorchy-7010, launceston-7250, new-zealand
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Police confirm the identity of a 48-year-old man who was viciously bashed and left at a Launceston intersection and say a ute found partly submerged in a lake is owned by the victim.
Topics: crime, launceston-7250
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A new kind of wi-fi network set up in Launceston is attracting software and app developers to test "Internet of Things" products, including a program that will help families intervene more quickly if a person with dementia becomes lost.
Topics: alzheimers-and-dementia, information-technology, internet-technology, computers-and-technology, diseases-and-disorders, health, environmental-technology, launceston-7250, tas
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Hot and windy conditions are forecast for the state and a total fire ban has been declared for Saturday, prompting authorities to ask the public to report any suspicious fire activity.
Topics: fires, bushfire, arson, community-and-society, tas, hobart-7000, launceston-7250, st-helens-7216
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The Tasmania Fire Service is preparing for a total fire ban across the state with Saturday looming as the worst day this summer in terms of fire danger.
Topics: fires, bushfire, community-and-society, tas, hobart-7000, launceston-7250, st-helens-7216
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As health remains a major issue in the March state election, the Labor Party pledges a private hospital adjacent to the public Launceston General Hospital.
Topics: state-parliament, healthcare-facilities, launceston-7250
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Hobart Hurricanes have no answer to the big hitting of Jos Buttler and the spin bowling of Fawad Ahmed and Arjun Nair as the Sydney Thunder claim an easy win in Launceston.
Topics: sport, cricket, twenty20, hobart-7000, launceston-7250, tas, sydney-2000, nsw, australia
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There are fears the axing of the Royal Launceston Show could have a domino effect on other agricultural shows across Tasmania.
Topics: agricultural-shows, launceston-7250, burnie-7320, devonport-7310, hobart-7000
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The Royal Agricultural Society says the axing of the Launceston show follows the refusal of the Launceston City Council to buy out the remainder of the society's lease of the showgrounds at Inveresk.
Topics: community-and-society, charities-and-community-organisations, agricultural-shows, launceston-7250
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A program developed in Tasmania which teaches teens about consent and sexual assault is so successful there's a waiting list for schools, but a lack of funding is limiting its reach.
Topics: education, sexuality, sexual-offences, hobart-7000, launceston-7250
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The Tasmanian Health Service will be restructured to "decentralise decision-making," increase efficiency and empower hospitals after months of criticism from medical staff and the Australian Medical Association.
Topics: state-parliament, health-administration, healthcare-facilities, activism-and-lobbying, launceston-7250, burnie-7320, hobart-7000
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The validity of the Federal Government's backpacker tax is under fire, with the legislation now facing a legal challenge from an international tax firm.
Topics: crop-harvesting, agricultural-crops, farm-labour, rural-tourism, tourism, federal-government, parliament-house-2600, mildura-3500, hobart-7000, launceston-7250, albany-6330, adelaide-5000, katherine-0850, bega-2550, bundaberg-4670, cairns-4870, mackay-4740, shepparton-3630, lismore-2480, lismore-3324
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The list of symptoms of Tasmania's ailing health system is growing longer and senior management has stopped listening, doctors say.
Topics: health-administration, healthcare-facilities, unions, state-parliament, hobart-7000, launceston-7250
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Topics: rural, agribusiness, weeds, land-management, launceston-7250
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Topics: rural, agribusiness, weeds, land-management, launceston-7250
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Tasmanian Premier Will Hodgman plays down down the resignation of the state's head of public service, despite opponents claiming the Premier "threw him under the bus".
Topics: public-sector, state-parliament, hobart-7000, launceston-7250
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Scott Marston, the senior public servant hired to help rebuild embattled vocational training provider TasTAFE, will quit just months into the job.
Topics: education, state-parliament, hobart-7000, launceston-7250, burnie-7320
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The deputy mayor of the Launceston City Council has had a harassment complaint by his former partner dismissed in court.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, local-government, launceston-7250
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The footage of the incident was posted to the Twitter account of Sharka Taleb.
Topics: horse-racing, animal-welfare, animals, launceston-7250
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A member of a prominent Tasmanian harness racing family who punched a racehorse in the head at a Launceston race meet is fined $1,500 by Tasmania's horse racing authorities.
Topics: horse-racing, animal-welfare, law-crime-and-justice, launceston-7250
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Some autographs left by well known musicians who visited the store over the years
Topics: music, launceston-7250
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Barratts music as it appears today
Topics: music, launceston-7250
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Topics: music, launceston-7250
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Barratts music door used to lift pianos for repair
Topics: family, launceston-7250
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Barratts Music has been in Launceston since 1937 and it is still owned by the same family, who are hopeful it might stay in the family for a fifth generation.
Topics: music, human-interest, people, launceston-7250
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