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Outlaw bikie in Tas wanted by immigration

A crackdown on illegal gang activity in Hobart has led to the arrests of 14 people including a former bikie president. Over 200 thousand dollars cash was seized in the raid as well as firearms and drugs. A former bikie gang president arrested during ... >> view original

Teenager 'witness' to alleged attack in which mother doused in petrol and set ...

A Hobart teenager has witnessed her mother being doused in petrol and set on fire during a domestic dispute, the ABC understands. The 43-year-old woman injured in the alleged attack is in an induced coma in the Royal Hobart Hospital with burns to 20 ... >> view original

Rally in support of convicted Tas killer

HOBART woman Susan Neill-Fraser is in jail for the 2009 killing of her partner Bob Chappell, but a community group continues to argue her innocence. It's offering a $40,000 reward for information leading to her release and will hold a rally on Saturday. >> view original

Deaths of undiagnosed sepsis patients prompt warning in Tasmania

The findings into the death of 72-year-old Barry Lindsay Tetley in April 2013 drew similar conclusions to the findings published earlier this week into the death of 59-year-old Christine Anne Inches. The Boomer Bay man presented at the Royal Hobart ... >> view original

Dark Mofo festival: a newcomer's take

But over the course of the weekend, the interactive night art installations, delicious local food and a crowd merry on hot gin and conviviality saw Hobart living up to all the attention – dressed in its finest, playing a welcoming host to families ... >> view original

Former biker gang president and convicted torturer deported back to NZ

New Zealand Police will be at Auckland Airport to meet a former Australian biker gang president who is being deported following raids across Tasmania. The 48-year-old, named by media outlets as Aaron Joe "AJ" Thomas Graham, of the Hobart suburb of ... >> view original

End Austerity Now, demand Britons

Thousands of demonstrators staged an anti-austerity march in London on Saturday, in the first major public protest since Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron won a general election. Opposition politicians, trade union bosses and celebrities were ... >> view original

Roadside Bomb Kills at Least 12 Afghans on Their Way Home

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — An Afghan family returning to their home after fleeing a possible military operation struck a roadside bomb on Saturday in southern Afghanistan, the authorities said. The blast occurred in the Marja District of Helmand Province, ... >> view original

Saudi intrigue mentioned in new WikiLeaks

At the Saudi Embassy in Tehran, diplomats talked about airing the grievances of disenchanted local youths using Facebook and Twitter. At the embassy in Khartoum, they reported anxiously on Iran's military aid to Sudan. Meanwhile, the Saudi mission in ... >> view original

66 surfers in California set record for most people riding board at once

A group of surfers set a world record Saturday in Southern California for most people riding a board at one. Sixty-six people, including surf champions and local heroes, were among those who hung loose on a custom built 42-foot board off Huntington Beach. >> view original