LIVE: Bontempelli out against Hawks and other top stories

LIVE: Bontempelli out against Hawks

... game in almost 19 months when he faces the Western Bulldogs. Source: Ross Marsden / News Corp Australia. MARCUS Bontempelli is a late withdrawal for the Western Bulldogs as they prepare to face the reigning premier Hawthorn in Launceston today. >> view original

Interstate Ticketing - Launceston

... non-members prices are below. Fans based in Tasmania or members who wish to travel to the game can also purchase via the club or can book a custom travel package including flights, accommodation and tickets with AFL Travel at www.afltravel.com.au ... >> view original

Launceston Airport given all clear after bomb squad investigates abandoned car

Passengers were not allowed to disembark and the airport was cleared while the bomb squad inspected the car. "Look, I apologise for any disruption but certainly with this heightened threat level we currently have in Australia at the minute we had to ... >> view original

What is believed to be the world's biggest wasp nest has been found in ...

A 12-year-old boy has found what is believed to be the largest European wasp nest in the world, on a property at Karoola, north east of Launceston in Tasmania. Jordan Waddingham set out to discover the nest after his mother Stephanie complained about ... >> view original

Launceston house and units rents going backwards: Corelogic RP Data

Buoyant property market conditions do not always mean that all sectors of the property market are performing well according to quarterly rental data released by CoreLogic RP Data research analyst and report author Cameron Kusher. Kusher said: “With new ... >> view original

Bullies? No, hard at it

However, the Hawks rebounded against the Western Bulldogs last Sunday (+22) in a thumping 70-point win in Launceston. Port Adelaide has lost the contested ball in all three of its games, but its best result (-2) coincided with its first win of the ... >> view original

Tasmanian Government to pay Launceston sawmiller $1m to keep operating

A Launceston sawmiller will receive $1 million to stay in the timber sector rather than leave, in a record agreement struck under the Tasmanian Government's rejigged Regional Sawmiller Structural Adjustment Grants Program. Barbers Sawmill on Dowling ... >> view original

Survivors and the scars of battle

Launceston-born historian Kirsty Harris, now at the University of Melbourne, has written extensively of how nurses dealt with the casualties of war. Dr Harris says shell-shock was a new psychiatric condition resulting from “strain, exhaustion ... >> view original

2015 AFL season: Hawthorn defeats Western Bulldogs by 70 points at Aurora ...

Source: News Corp Australia. <>. Cyril Rioli's through the legs handball; Luke Hodge fires a handball away under p... THE Western Bulldogs landed in Launceston awash with positivity. A new coach, an exciting new brand of play and an abundance of young ... >> view original

Tasmanian man to walk from Launceston to Hobart to 'prove' the need for footpaths

A Tasmanian man will walk from Launceston to Hobart to raise awareness of his campaign to have a footpath installed along every road in the state. The group Tasmanians for Proper Footpaths has been lobbying state and local governments pressing its ... >> view original