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• Call to step up aid to fleeing Syrians

  11:16am November 16, 2015 Call to step up aid to fleeing Syrians Australia has a moral responsibility to help Syria's 11 million refugees and internally-displaced people make it through the northern hemisphere winter, federal Labor says.People were at risk of starvation or freezing to death, opposition foreign affairs spokeswoman Tanya Plibersek warned."We need to provide greater humanitarian assistance to countries of first a..

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• Qantas code share deal with China Eastern Airlines to see Chinese...

  

  Qantas code share deal with China Eastern Airlines to see Chinese fly to Tasmania on one ticketPostedNovember 16, 2015 10:56:20 A code-sharing deal between Qantas and China Eastern Airlines will make it easier for Chinese tourists to visit Tasmania, the State Government has said.Under the new arrangement, China Eastern will put its airline code on Qantas services from Melbourne and Sydney to Hobart, and on Melbourne-to-Launceston flights.The deal means Chinese travellers will be able to get ..

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• Paris attacks: Everyday Aussies caught up in terror

  

  Paris attacks: Everyday Aussies caught up in terrorByFairfax reportersNov. 16, 2015, 8:37 a.m.We may be half a world away but the terror attacks in Paris have hit home for many Australians.We may be half a world away but the terror attacks in Paris have hit home for many Australians.Ben GumbletonNEWCASTLE:A shaken Newcastle musician Ben Gumbleton has been able to escape France after being locked in a concert building just one kilometre from the horrific scenes at Bataclan theatre where 89 people..

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• Southern Inlands Brekky Blog | Monday, November 16, 2015

  

  ▻LAUNCESTON: City Council alderman Karina Stojansek had just returned to her apartment in Paris on Friday night when she heard the sirens start.

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• Welcome to Monday, November 16, 2015

  

  Your morning news headlines from across regional Australia and beyond.@lewietwoshoes #flying #superman #fun #adventure #crescenthead #lookout #clouds #ocean #jump #super #power #redbullgivesyouwings via instagram►COMBOYNE:With over 700 entries, the Comboyne Campdraft is a fast-moving event with family appeal. Find out more about the event and what campdrafting actually ishere.New infrastructre: Gathered around one of the new underground power sources for the ceremonial cheque presentation are, f..

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• Bumper crowd at Woolmers festival

  

  It was the family feel of the festival that attracted Carlos and Cassie Castillo, of West Launceston, who attended with daughter Sofia, 5, and three-month-old Lola.

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• National Parks EOI process: four more proposals make it to next stage

  

  Freycinet Lodge in the Freycinet National Park.A LUXURY camp in the Walls of Jerusalem national park and an extension to Freycinet Lodge are two of four projects to make it to the next stage of the State Government’s EOI process.Minister for State Growth Matthew Groom announced this afternoon he had accepted recommendations from the EOI Assessment Panel that four additional projects proceed to the next stage of the process, which is designed to open the state’s national parks to sensitive touris..

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• Vintage Year for Tasmanian winemaker and yachtsman

  

  Tasmanian vigneron and yachtsman Neil Snare has had a vintage year, producing fine Tasmanian Pinot Noirs from his Southern Midlands vineyard and today skippering his yacht Winstead Wines to a double handicap victory in the Maria Island ocean race.Winstead Wines, an NSX38, won both the PHS and AMS handicap categories after finishing a demanding race just before midnight on Saturday evening, third in fleet to Cougar II and The Fork in the Road.Gary Smith’s Bakewell-White 45, The Fork in the Road, ..

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• Newmarket Handicap nominations – 2015

  

  View the nominations for the 2015 Newmarket Handicap. The Newmarket Handicap will be run on Wednesday 18th November at Launceston racecourse.BONUS BET:Sign-up to Sportsbet.com.au via this link for a $501 Newmarket Handicap BONUS BET!Race 8 – NEWMARKET HANDICAP (1200 METRES)Of $100,000.1st $60,000, 2nd $18,000, 3rd $9,000, 4th $4,500, 5th $2,500, 6th $2,000, 7th $2,000, 8th $2,000 LISTEDQuality, Apprentices cannot claim.Field Limit: 14 + 5 EM    NOMINATIONSEXTENDED TO:13/11/2015 ..

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• Paris attacks: Skittish Parisians flee Place de la Republique after ...

  

  Paris attacks: Skittish Parisians flee Place de la Republique after firecrackers reignite panicUpdatedNovember 16, 2015 14:53:59 There has once again been panic on the streets of Paris, with hundreds of people running from the Place de la Republique after mistaking the sound of firecrackers for gunfire.Key points:Crowd flees Place de la Republique after fearing they heard gunshotsPolice confirm the sounds were firecrackersCrowd was attending public rally for victims of Friday attacksA young ..

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