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PM Anthony Albanese announces $65m federal funding for York Park upgrades in Launceston

Anthony Albanese stands beside Tasmania's Liberal premier to make the first of two stadium funding announcements — fending off criticism he is diverting funds away from housing and health considerations.

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Adelaide snatch victory from Hawthorn in AFL nail-biter

The Adelaide Crows have kicked two late goals to beat Hawthorn by three points at University of Tasmania Stadium in Launceston.

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Hawthorn on guard for hot Adelaide Crows start

Hawthorn coach Sam Mitchell has spent time plotting how best to prevent Adelaide producing another first-quarter blitz in their AFL clash in Launceston.

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Launceston's bus transit centre to close leaving commuters, tourists on the street

Launceston's transport hub is closing, leaving travellers to be picked up and dropped off on the side of a street.

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Crows called on to grit their teeth for Launceston test

Adelaide will start hot favourites against Hawthorn on Sunday after three wins, despite a 1-5 record in Launceston.

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Launceston family of Cesar Penuela and Claudia Castillo overjoyed to receive permanent residency after visa fight

Cesar Penuela says he started to cry when told that years of uncertainty and stress were over and the immigration minister had intervened to allow he and his family to stay in Australia.

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Restaurants in Launceston, a UNESCO City of Gastronomy, cut hours amid staff shortages

Stillwater in Launceston is the latest in a string of venues across the country cutting their hours as employers struggle to fill positions.

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Gilbert the therapy dog at Launceston General Hospital in post-operation therapy

Gilbert has been helping the sick at Launceston General Hospital for years, but now he is recovering from his own surgery.

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Care for Africa founder Diana Butler working on template for sustainable development

Launceston nurse and charity founder Diana Butler is busy taking the model for sustainable development she helped create in Tanzania to the world.

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Launceston mayor Danny Gibson's working-with-children status under review

A Tasmanian mayor, who also works with young people in local theatre, is currently undergoing a review of his working-with-children status by the Department of Justice.

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Driver dies, two injured after truck ploughs into house

A driver has died and two other people have been injured after a truck and car collided, with the truck smashing into a Launceston house.

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Truck driver dies, two hurt as semi crashes into house

A truck has veered into a house in Tasmania in a crash that killed the 68-year-old driver and seriously injured two others in another vehicle.

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Truck driver dies and two others injured as truck hits car and then ploughs into Launceston house

A 68-year-old truck driver dies and two other people are seriously injured after a truck and car collide, and the truck then smashes into a house in Launceston's north.

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Launceston City Council wins battle against councillor Joe Pentridge to dismantle alleged illegal bridge

A new member of the Launceston City Council says he is "sick" of trying to convince the council he should be able to keep a cattle bridge built on his property — so will tear it down.

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Tasmania's Examiner newspaper caught out over fake letter about trans change room incident at pool

The letter, published in a major city newspaper, describes how a man had started to undress in front of children in the female change rooms at a busy aquatic centre and was forcibly removed by another patron. The trouble is, the incident did not happen.

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Lipinski hurt in Magpies' AFL pre-season win over Hawks

Collingwood forward Patrick Lipinski has dislocated his shoulder in his side's six-point AFL practice match win over Hawthorn in Launceston.

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Allied health graduates offered a financial incentive to stay or move to Tasmania

When Chloe Winkler Sheean was offered a job at the Launceston Hospital, she had to turn it down. She says a financial incentive to move to Tasmania's north could have changed everything.

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At Mona Foma, I encountered death rituals, underwater soundscapes, worship – and transcendence

Mona Foma has returned to Launceston. As always, the festival offers a diverse program of contemporary art, design, music and performance, and works that sit somewhere between. There will be bands, there will be lasers, and there will be queer woodchopping.

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Food Bites: Rosa Bar at Lambton re-opens as Eldaba

British-born chef Max Crawford most recently worked at Launceston wine bar Havilah. Plus, Arthur's Pantry and Newcastle Food Month's $25 Plate Date deals.

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When an old Tafe campus is bought for a $50m makeover, what do you do? Fill it with art

Tasmania’s Mona Foma festival has taken over a car museum, a hardware store and now Launceston’s daggy former Tafe building, which is packed with art, music and performances

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'Digitally enhanced' real estate listing for $4m Launceston property completely reworks exterior of property, garden

From swapping in a blue, cloudless sky to making the grass a little — or a lot — greener, the use of selective photo magic to make real estate ads more appealing is not new — but this $4 million "renovator's dream" got the full treatment.

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Push on for levy on vacant houses in Hobart, Glenorchy, Launceston to address Tasmania's rent crisis

A new alliance of community organisations is pushing for a levy to be paid by owners if houses are not occupied, as a means of addressing Tasmania's rental crisis, pointing to Vancouver, Canada, as an example of a similar measure working.

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New helipad location picked for Launceston General Hospital after snap closure of original site

A month after the snap closure of a non-compliant helipad at Launceston General Hospital, the government announces a new one will be built on top of a multi-storey car park.

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Christian Lobby, deputy premier pushback over Pussay Poppins drag storytime event at Launceston Library

Tasmania's education minister resists calls by a Christian lobby group to shut down a sold-out drag story time library event for toddlers — as the state's deputy premier declares he wouldn't take his children to see it.

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Finding a communit-e

Isolated from the world around him, Dean Baron found a lifeline in a different reality. Now he's determined to ensure others don't have to go it alone.

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