Overtime costs at Hobart's Risdon Prison balloon out again and other top stories.

• Overtime costs at Hobart's Risdon Prison balloon out again

  

  Overtime costs at Hobart's Risdon Prison balloon out again Posted August 13, 2016 18:25:13 After five years of gradual improvement, the cost of staff overtime at Tasmania's Risdon Prison is again on the rise.In a statement to the ABC, Attorney-General Vanessa Goodwin said $4.5 million was spent on overtime costs in the last financial year.That is up significantly from the $3.3 million spent the year before."After trending down, significant additional overtime costs ha..

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• Tippett in line to return

  Tippett in line to return for North clash Ben Collins  August 13, 2016 11:59 PM Longmire: A 'powerful' second half John Longmire was pleased with his side's toughness and finish in the win over St Kilda Kurt Tippett is in line to return against North Melbourne next week SYDNEY Swans big man Kurt Tippett will return for the Swans' important clash with North Melbourne in Hobart next week if he can prove his fitness at traini..

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• 'Our best can compete with the best': Scott

  

  'Our best can compete with the best', says Scott Nick Bowen  August 13, 2016 7:30 PM Scott: First term was 'bitterly disappointing' The Kangaroos coach thought his players were 'listless' in the first quarter Brad Scott's side needs to bounce back against Sydney next week NORTH Melbourne remains confident its best football is good enough to compete with the best teams, coach Brad Scott says. Scott was speaking after North's..

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• Burns and Khawaja 'unlucky' says Lehmann

  

  Australia coach Darren Lehmann has said dropped batsmen Joe Burns and Usman Khawaja have been "unlucky" to miss out on the third Test against Sri Lanka in Colombo. Lehmann and National Selector Rod Marsh sprung the double change for the third Test, which Australia must win to have any hope of retaining their world No.1 ranking, despite already being 2-0 behind in the series. SCORECARD: Sri Lanka v Australia The Queensland teammates were dropped for Western Australia batsman Shaun Marsh and NSW ..

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