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More power blackouts

September 15, 2008 15:36:00

Power has been cut to more than 7,000 customers in Tasmania's north and north-west after strong winds brought down power lines.[MORE]

Tags: storm, tas, burnie-7320, perth-7300

Power blackouts after storms

September 12, 2008 11:17:00

Aurora Energy is working to restore power to parts of northern Tasmania after this morning's thunderstorms.[MORE]

Tags: storm, beaconsfield-7270, perth-7300

Libs pledge four-lane Midland highway

September 8, 2008 17:28:00

The State Liberals are promising to give Tasmania a four-lane Midland Highway if they win the 2010 state election.[MORE]

Tags: federal-state-issues, liberal-party, road-transport, tas, perth-7300

From little things, big things grow: new Forestry Tasmania nursery

April 18, 2008 12:45:00

Forestry Tasmania says a new state-of-the-art forest nursery in northern Tasmania will help the company realise its target of increasing the area of plantations in the state.[MORE]

Tags: forestry, timber, tas, perth-7300

Perth service station dispute worsens

April 10, 2008 19:36:00

Negotiations have broken down between a national petrol company and the operators of a northern Tasmanian petrol station.[MORE]

Tags: business-economics-and-finance, company-news, industry, industrial-relations, small-business, management, tas, perth-7300

Family denies petrol company claims

April 10, 2008 12:00:00

A service station operator at Perth in Northern Tasmania has denied petrol company claims her family is not running the business properly.[MORE]

Tags: homelessness, law-crime-and-justice, perth-7300

Petrol company threatens legal action

April 10, 2008 08:00:00

A petrol company is planning to take legal action against the operators of a Northern Tasmanian petrol station and a Federal Government backbencher.[MORE]

Tags: labor-party, courts-and-trials, perth-7300

More herbicides found in rivers

August 22, 2007 15:24:00

The latest round of chemical testing of Tasmania's rivers and streams has detected herbicides in two northern rivers.[MORE]

Tags: environmental-management, pollution, water-pollution, agricultural-chemicals, fertilisers, weeds, rivers, perth-7300, scottsdale-7260

Shark sightings prompt calls to stay away from Perth river

January 30, 2007 08:06:00

Perth residents are being warned not to swim in the Canning River following a second sighting of a shark.[MORE]

Tags: emergency-incidents, perth-7300

Authorities keep watch on blue-green algae outbreak

December 16, 2006 14:11:00

Health authorities and the Northern Midlands Council are closely monitoring a blue-green algal bloom in Tooms Lake and the upper reaches of the Macquarie River in Tasmania.[MORE]

Tags: environmental-management, campbell-town-7210, cressy-7302, evandale-7212, longford-7301, perth-7300, ross-7209

Robotics pioneer wins PM's science prize

October 16, 2006 21:47:00

A scientist who has helped redefine robotics with his research into the insect mind has won Australia's top science award, the Prime Minister's Prize for Science.[MORE]

Tags: scitech-awards, biology, robots-and-artificial-intelligence, canberra-2600, sydney-2000, perth-7300, melbourne-3000

Union blames Govt for Amcor job losses

August 23, 2006 20:21:00

The Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU) is blaming the Federal Government for the closure of a paper mill in Perth, resulting in the loss of 87 jobs.[MORE]

Tags: industry, federal-government, unions, perth-7300, melbourne-3000

Thousands join IR rallies

June 28, 2006 16:17:00

Tens of thousands of people have joined rallies across Australia to protest against new industrial relations (IR) laws.[MORE]

Tags: industrial-relations, federal-government, unions, canberra-2600, sydney-2000, darwin-0800, brisbane-4000, adelaide-5000, perth-7300, melbourne-3000, perth-6000

Rose Porteous too ill to attend court hearing

January 30, 2006 15:04:00

The Perth Magistrates Court has been told socialite Rose Porteous is too ill to attend her trial on a charge of altering a prescription.[MORE]

Tags: courts-and-trials, perth-7300

Vandals target Perth cenotaph again

October 3, 2005 13:07:00

The RSL says vandals have again attacked a war statue in Tasmania's Northern Midlands.[MORE]

Tags: vandalism, world-war-1, launceston-7250, perth-7300