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Staff to meet at threatened child care centres

November 27, 2008 10:11:00

The future of four ABC Learning centres in Tasmania is uncertain, as receivers conduct reviews of centres across the country.[MORE]

Tags: business-economics-and-finance, company-news, community-and-society, health, child-health-and-behaviour, carers, tas, cambridge-7170, devonport-7310, hobart-7000, launceston-7250, margate-7054, west-hobart-7000

Drought takes toll on golf greens

October 24, 2008 08:33:00

Some of Tasmania's top golf clubs are struggling with the effects of the drought.[MORE]

Tags: drought, golf, tas, cambridge-7170

Turning muck into money

September 12, 2008 19:00:00

The University of Tasmania has completed work on a new irrigation system using treated sewerage water.[MORE]

Tags: university-and-further-education, rural, irrigation, sustainable-and-alternative-farming, tas, cambridge-7170

Education options discussed with autistic boy's mother

June 19, 2008 10:21:00

Tasmanian Education Department representatives will meet the mother of an autistic Hobart child to discuss options for her son's education.[MORE]

Tags: family-and-children, access-to-education, primary-education, primary-schools, state-parliament, labor-party, child-health-and-behaviour, social-policy, tas, cambridge-7170, hobart-7000

No school for autistic boy

June 18, 2008 09:50:00

A Hobart woman is hoping the Tasmanian Premier will intervene in her fight to have her autistic son attend school.[MORE]

Tags: family-and-children, access-to-education, primary-education, primary-schools, state-parliament, labor-party, child-health-and-behaviour, social-policy, tas, cambridge-7170, hobart-7000

Seaweed anticoagulant trials

June 17, 2008 12:36:00

A Tasmanian company is using seaweed to develop an alternative to the pharmaceutical drug Heparin.[MORE]

Tags: medical-research, research, australia, tas, cambridge-7170

Hydro looking at $400m worth of projects to increase power generation by 10pc

May 1, 2008 16:02:00

Hydro Tasmania hopes to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to increase its power output by 10 per cent.[MORE]

Tags: electricity-energy-and-utilities, hydro-energy, tas, cambridge-7170

Carbon neutral target for Hydro

May 1, 2008 12:42:00

Hydro Tasmania has set itself a target of becoming carbon neutral by 2012.[MORE]

Tags: electricity-energy-and-utilities, hydro-energy, tas, cambridge-7170

Tas astronomers help unlock planetary secrets

February 15, 2008 11:00:00

Tasmanian astronomers have played a pivotal role in the discovery of the first planetary grouping with striking similarities to earth's solar system.[MORE]

Tags: telescopes, the-universe, australia, tas, cambridge-7170

Museum marks life of first radio astronomer

January 18, 2008 08:35:00

A world renowned radio astronomer from the United States has paid tribute to the man whom he describes as the father of astronomy.[MORE]

Tags: community-and-society, human-interest, people, astronomy, tas, bothwell-7030, cambridge-7170, launceston-7250

Tasman speed limits dropped

December 11, 2007 15:27:00

The speed limit on the Tasman Highway between the Hobart Airport turn off and the Midway Point roundabout has been temporarily reduced from 100 kilometres an hour to 80.[MORE]

Tags: road-accidents, state-parliament, labor-party, road-transport, tas, cambridge-7170

New centre for Aurora's operations

October 29, 2007 16:14:00

Aurora Energy says customers can expect improved reliability and better service as a result of recent investment.[MORE]

Tags: electricity-energy-and-utilities, tas, cambridge-7170

Federal "green light" for DFO

October 9, 2007 13:33:00

A direct factory outlet for the Hobart airport has been approved by the Federal Government but its size will have to be reduced from original plans.[MORE]

Tags: retail, federal-government, tas, cambridge-7170

Hobart Airport up for sale

September 7, 2007 15:41:00

Expressions of interest are being sought for buyers of the Hobart International Airport.[MORE]

Tags: business-economics-and-finance, industry, tourism, government-and-politics, privatisation-and-deregulation, tas, cambridge-7170

Praise for pilot of downed light plane

August 27, 2007 21:20:00

The Bureau of Air Safety has asked Tasmanian police to investigate today's light plane crash at Cambridge in the state's south.[MORE]

Tags: accidents, air-and-space-accidents, cambridge-7170

Minor injuries as light plane crashes at Cambridge Airport

August 27, 2007 12:17:00

A light plane has crashed just metres from Cambridge Airport in southern Tasmania.[MORE]

Tags: air-and-space-accidents, emergency-incidents, cambridge-7170

Light plane crashes at Cambridge

August 27, 2007 11:33:00

There has been a light plane crash at Cambridge airport near Hobart.[MORE]

Tags: air-and-space-accidents, emergency-incidents, cambridge-7170

'Burn house' to help in firefighter training

August 13, 2007 19:33:00

The Tasmania Fire Service has unveiled its latest weapon in fighting fires. [MORE]

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, emergency-planning, fires, residential-fires, tas, cambridge-7170

Big technical advance for Tasmania's radio telescope

April 27, 2007 14:40:00

The University of Tasmania's radio telescope has taken a big technological leap forward.[MORE]

Tags: university-and-further-education, astronomy, telescopes, information-technology, tas, cambridge-7170

Rafters airlifted from state's south

April 24, 2007 12:08:00

Two rafters picked up by the police rescue helicopter from the state's south-west have been re-united with their families.[MORE]

Tags: emergency-incidents, cambridge-7170, new-norfolk-7140

Houses saved as Hobart fire held back

October 13, 2006 05:03:00

Firefighters battling a major blaze on Hobart's eastern shore are optimistic they can contain the fire today and avoid major damage to property. [MORE]

Tags: bushfire, cambridge-7170, hobart-7000, mount-rumney-7170

Wind change pushes Hobart bushfire toward highway

October 13, 2006 00:25:00

Firefighters battling a bushfire east of Hobart have suffered a setback.[MORE]

Tags: bushfire, cambridge-7170, currie-7256, hobart-7000, mornington-7018, mount-rumney-7170

Clarence water recycling scheme opens

October 2, 2006 09:26:00

A council on Hobart's eastern shore is opening the largest water recycling scheme in Tasmania.[MORE]

Tags: local-government, water, cambridge-7170, richmond-7025, rosny-7018

Tas astronomers join NASA comet mission

June 30, 2005 08:30:00

A team of Tasmanian astronomers will play a monitoring role for a worldwide American project which aims to uncover what lies beneath a distant comet.[MORE]

Tags: astronomy, planets-and-asteroids, research, research-organisations, cambridge-7170