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• Power of international stars felt on and off field

  

  The result didn’t go the way Tasmania had hoped, but last weekend’s showdown with New South Wales offered a tantalizing glimpse of the entertainment two international stars could provide this summer.The Cripps Tasmania Roar welcomed England vice-captain Heather Knight and West Indies teenage sensation Hayley Matthews for the Women’s National Cricket League match, in their first appearances on Australian soil this season.Both Knight and Matthews have signed up to play for the Hobart Hurrican..

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• Parrot concerns suspend Tas logging

  

  Logging on Bruny Island, south of Hobart, has been temporarily suspended as part of efforts to save the dwindling habitat of the critically endangered swift parrot.Tasmanian resources minister Paul Harriss on Thursday told parliament that plans by Forestry Tasmania to begin works on the island in early 2016 will be put off."It has been decided to temporarily cease harvesting on Bruny Island, pending the completion of an evidence-based swift parrot management plan informed by an Australian g..

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• Conciliation in Tas same-sex marriage case

  

  Hobart's Catholic Archbishop Julian Porteous has agreed to attempt conciliation after an anti-same sex marriage booklet published and distributed by the church sparked a discrimination complaint.Human rights campaigner and Greens lower house candidate for the 2016 election, Martine Delaney, lodged a complaint with the anti-discrimination commissioner over the booklet, titled Don't Mess with Marriage, alleging it is offensive and marginalised same-sex couples."I've been notified today, by th..

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• Laura Kennedy told of art prize nomination and brain cancer...

  

  Laura Kennedy told of art prize nomination and brain cancer diagnosis on same dayUpdatedNovember 19, 2015 13:11:01 As an artist, being told you are on the shortlist for an art prize is wonderful news.As a human, being told you have brain cancer is terrible news.Hobart-based artist Laura Kennedy was told both of these things on the same day."It was pretty overwhelming but they had me on some pretty fantastic drugs at that point, so I was having a great old time," Ms Kennedy told Helen Shield ..

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• Dunk keen to keep in Wade absence

  Ben Dunk admits wicketkeeping has not been his priority this season but, with Australia's one-day gloveman Matthew Wade sidelined by a fractured collarbone, the Tasmanian is a keen replacement should the need arise.Dunk, 28, who represented Australia in three Twenty20 Internationals against South Africa late last year, has been opening the batting for the Tigers' Sheffield Shield side this season, racking up two centuries from six innings.Victoria captain and wicketkeeper Wade isexpected to..

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• Children charged with arson over Primrose Sands house fire

  

  Children charged with arson over Primrose Sands house fireBy Edith BevinUpdatedNovember 19, 2015 16:30:55 Two children aged 10 and 12 have appeared in court over an arson attack in Primrose Sands east of Hobart.They were charged with setting fire to one house in Gypsy Place.Another five houses and a caravan have been set alight in the town in the past five months, with the latest on Saturday night, when a $200,000 home in Erica Street was destroyed.Police are investigating the other fires bu..

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• Khawaja to beat BBL path to Boxing Day

  Usman Khawaja may only have a pair of KFC Big Bash League games to prove his hamstring is ready for a Boxing Day Test return.Khawaja tweaked his left hamstring in the field on day two of the second Commonwealth Bank Test against New Zealand on Saturday.Scans confirmed a moderate strain, meaning he will miss next week's inaugural day-night Test and the first Test against the West Indies in Hobart.Khawaja and Cricket Australia both believe the talented batsman, who scored tons against New Zea..

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• Tasmania pushing for EV fast-charge network

  

  The push to build a public network of fast-charge stations to create an electric highway across Tasmania is powering up.With the firstfree public charge pointin the state’s north due to open next week, the Australian Electric Vehicle Association says it is time to seriously talk about creating a grid of fast-charge stations to allow electric vehicles to access all areas.The station, at Anvers chocolate factory in Latrobe, will become the fourth public charge point in Tasmania, following DJ Nissa..

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• Django's been doing it differently for a year

  

  AFTER two years living in Hobart, drummer Evan Daly returned to Mackay and saw a gap in the music scene.While there was an abundance of bands playing rock classics, there wasn't so much in the way of funk and 60s and 70s hits."A lot of us had lived in other cities and came back, and we knew there was a real need for a standout band to do that kind of thing for corporate events, weddings, stuff like that," Daly said.He decided to form five-piece jazz/funk/soul band Django."I gathered all my frien..

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• Skin cancer trials need Aussies: expert

  

  Skin cancer trials need Aussies: expertSkin cancer trials need Aussies: expertOverseas skin cancer patients are being used in Australian radiotherapy trials due to a lack of local volunteers, a researcher says.Professor Gerald Fogarty is calling on more Australian doctors to refer patients onto the multiple trials investigating the effectiveness of radiotherapy for people with melanoma."It really is our responsibility to provide this evidence for the world as Australia has the highest skin cance..

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