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First reported 37 mins ago - Updated 15 mins ago - 1 reports

Health costs beyond many

TASMANIA is one of 32 areas in Australia where at least one in 10 people has put off seeing a doctor, filling a prescription, or both because of the cost.The state was also among 14 locations listed in a National Health Performance Authority report in ... [Published Tasmania Mercury - 37 mins ago]

Entities: Diane Watson, Medicare, Sydney (Australia), Appointment

First reported 37 mins ago - Updated 27 mins ago - 1 reports

Fines risk over latch-key kids

WORKING parents are risking fines or jail by leaving a fifth of the nation's 10-year-olds home alone, as staff shortages squeeze places in after-school care.The nation's biggest childhood survey, released by the Australian Institute of Family Studies ... [Published Tasmania Mercury - 37 mins ago]

Entities: AIFS, Ben Edwards, prison

First reported 37 mins ago - Updated 37 mins ago - 1 reports

Holdup survival course begins

NERVOUS Tasmanian hospitality industry employers are signing up staff to a training course on how to handle an armed robbery.The NZ-developed course is being offered in response to industry demand after a spate of armed robberies.Veteran NZ police instructor ... [Published Tasmania Mercury - 37 mins ago]

Entities: Armed Robbery, Robbery, Police, Gaming

First reported 6 hours ago - Updated 37 mins ago - 2 reports

Malcolm Fraser

Tributes flow for Hodgman

TRIBUTES have flowed from throughout the country following the death yesterday of one of Tasmania's most charismatic and successful politicians.Former Liberal Party stalwart Michael Hodgman, AM, QC, has been remembered as a great Tasmanian: much loved ... [Published Tasmania Mercury - 37 mins ago]

Entities: Michael Hodgman, Malcolm Fraser, Duncan Kerr, Liberal Party of Australia

First reported 37 mins ago - Updated 37 mins ago - 1 reports

Tasmania Police

BearCat left in hibernation

IT arrived amid a storm of publicity a year ago today -- but few have seen Tasmania Police's biggest, baddest and most expensive "toy" since.The Federal Government paid for the top-of-the-line $400,000 BearCat armoured vehicles, built in the US, which ... [Published Tasmania Mercury - 37 mins ago]

Entities: Hibernation, Brett Smith, Special Operations, Tasmania Police

First reported 37 mins ago - Updated 37 mins ago - 1 reports

The belle of Broadway

STAR soprano Trisha Crowe will help bring the bright lights of New York to Hobart when The TSO Goes to Broadway tonight.Crowe and Sydney singer Michael Falzon are guest soloists for the latest Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra show, which will feature much-loved ... [Published Tasmania Mercury - 37 mins ago]

Entities: Michael Falzon, Les Misérables, Shanghai, Sydney (Australia)

First reported 37 mins ago - Updated 37 mins ago - 1 reports

Young take on old problem

THE intense sorrow and love experienced by dementia sufferers and their families is the subject of a new theatre production showing at the Theatre Royal.Sundowner stars veteran Australian actor Helen Morse in an acclaimed performance as a young-onset ... [Published Tasmania Mercury - 37 mins ago]

Entities: Helen Morse, Alzheimer's Disease, Hobart (Australia), Melbourne, admiration

First reported 37 mins ago - Updated 37 mins ago - 1 reports

Beer after ear bitten off

A 22-YEAR-OLD who bit a man's ear off during a fight has been jailed for six months.Jake James Smith, of Kingston, was yesterday found guilty of wounding by a Supreme Court jury after a two-day trial.His plea of not guilty to the charge was based on his ... [Published Tasmania Mercury - 37 mins ago]

Entities: James Smith, Suspended Sentence, Camouflage, Kingston (Jamaica), Self-Defense

First reported 37 mins ago - Updated 37 mins ago - 1 reports

Dark MOFO serves up feast

DARK MOFO continues to lure Tasmanians away from their heaters and out into the cold and it's set to serve up something special on the Hobart waterfront tonight.Another big crowd headed to MAC2 last night to see Aussie rockers You Am I in action, after ... [Published Tasmania Mercury - 37 mins ago]

Entities: Laser, Sydney (Australia), Camorra, Buzzard

First reported 3 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 1 reports

Skywhale to take to skies

Dark MOFO's Skywhale hot air balloon is set to take to Hobart's skies for the first time tomorrow morning.The odd-looking balloon will be launched from Parliament House lawns at 8am and possibly 4pm for two-hour "flights", depending on the weather.It ... [Published Tasmania Mercury - 3 hours ago]

Entities: Patricia Piccinini, Long Beach (California, United States)

First reported 6 hours ago - Updated 6 hours ago - 1 reports

Warning on wet weather

TASMANIAN motorists are being urged to take care as wintry weather makes driving conditions dangerous.The weather bureau has issued a road weather alert for the Midlands, East Coast, Upper Derwent Valley and South East districts.Icy roads are expected ... [Published Tasmania Mercury - 6 hours ago]

Entities: Derwent Valley Holdings plc

First reported 6 hours ago - Updated 6 hours ago - 1 reports

Tributes to Michael Hodgman

TASMANIANS are paying tribute to one of the state's most treasured political identities, Michael Hodgman, QC, AM, who died today.Read the tributes, and add your own, below ... [Published Tasmania Mercury - 6 hours ago]

Entities: Michael Hodgman

Quotes

"The armed robbery survival course gives participants specific skills to mitigate danger and provide police with the type of information that will allow them the best chance of catching the offenders."

Holdup survival course begins [Published Tasmania Mercury - 37 mins ago]

"We assess every situation to determine what assets are best utilised."

BearCat left in hibernation [Published Tasmania Mercury - 37 mins ago]

"There may be some problems with the relatively small group of children who remain unsupervised outside the home after school if their parents are unaware of their whereabouts, associates and activities" the report says

Fines risk over latch-key kids [Published Tasmania Mercury - 37 mins ago]

"He was the sort of person I valued in Parliament enormously. He had the courage to pursue what he felt was right at the time. He had the courage and strength to speak his mind."

Tributes flow for Hodgman [Published Tasmania Mercury - 37 mins ago]

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Holdup survival course begins [Published Tasmania Mercury - 37 mins ago]
BearCat left in hibernation [Published Tasmania Mercury - 37 mins ago]
Fines risk over latch-key kids [Published Tasmania Mercury - 37 mins ago]
Tributes flow for Hodgman [Published Tasmania Mercury - 37 mins ago]
Beer after ear bitten off [Published Tasmania Mercury - 37 mins ago]
Young take on old problem [Published Tasmania Mercury - 37 mins ago]
Dark MOFO serves up feast [Published Tasmania Mercury - 37 mins ago]
The belle of Broadway [Published Tasmania Mercury - 37 mins ago]
Health costs beyond many [Published Tasmania Mercury - 37 mins ago]
Skywhale to take to skies [Published Tasmania Mercury - 3 hours ago]
Warning on wet weather [Published Tasmania Mercury - 6 hours ago]
Hodgman man of many talents [Published Tasmania Mercury - 6 hours ago]
Tributes to Michael Hodgman [Published Tasmania Mercury - 6 hours ago]
Crash blocks Lyell Hwy [Published Tasmania Mercury - 8 hours ago]
TV likely cause of house fire [Published Tasmania Mercury - 9 hours ago]
Hunt for chainsaw thieves [Published Tasmania Mercury - 12 hours ago]
Michael Hodgman dies at 74 [Published Tasmania Mercury - 12 hours ago]
Road spikes stop suspect car [Published Tasmania Mercury - 15 hours ago]
Unmasking art of obscurity [Published Tasmania Mercury - 23 hours ago]
Hoteliers raise drink age fears [Published Tasmania Mercury - Jun 18 2013]
Visitor lift on back of festival [Published Tasmania Mercury - Jun 18 2013]
Homage paid to Red Queen [Published Tasmania Mercury - Jun 18 2013]
A suitable time to change [Published Tasmania Mercury - Jun 18 2013]
Rethink for troubled youths [Published Tasmania Mercury - Jun 18 2013]
'I'd just lost half my ear' [Published Tasmania Mercury - Jun 18 2013]
Firies prevent Tassal fire [Published Tasmania Mercury - Jun 18 2013]
Bushfire appeal funds flow [Published Tasmania Mercury - Jun 18 2013]
Clarence rates to rise 2.3% [Published Tasmania Mercury - Jun 18 2013]
Power boost for Kingborough [Published Tasmania Mercury - Jun 18 2013]
Hobart getting older, poorer [Published Tasmania Mercury - Jun 17 2013]