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  Launceston men chargedByCHRIS CLARKE Police reporterNov. 22, 2015, 9:20 a.m.TWO Launceston men have been charged by police.A 44-YEAR-OLD man and a 23-year-old man have been charged with motor vehicle stealing, burglary and unlawfully setting fire to property.The men are both from the Launceston area.The charges relate to the alleged burglary of a takeaway store on Albert Road, Moonah, near Hobart, on Sunday morning.The pair have been bailed to appear in court at a later date.Police would like to..

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• Woden master plan promises business and residential growth

  

  Woden Group spokesman Shane Quinn says the master plan offers opportunities for businesses to flourish and for people to be attracted into the centre at night.Photo: Melissa AdamsThe government plan for higher density and higher rise development for Woden's town centre has been backed by business and community groups as a kickstarter for the region's economy.The newly releasedmaster planfor the town centre laid out increased opportunities for large-scale residential and office buildings, as well..

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• Abetz keeps top Senate spot

  

  Party members met in Launceston on Saturday afternoon to cast their preselection votes. Liberal Party state president Geoff Page said the inclusion of Mr ...

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• New face on Tas Liberals' senate ticket

  

  Eric Abetz and a second incumbent have held on to their places on the Tasmanian Liberal senate ticket and been joined by a fresh face.Jonathan Duniam, the deputy chief of staff to Tasmania's premier, has claimed a preselection spot while Senator Abetz and upper house president Stephen Parry retained the top two spots at the next half senate election.Party members met in Launceston on Saturday afternoon to cast their preselection votes.Liberal Party state president Geoff Page said the inclus..

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• Waller's Good Project delivers all-the-way victory in the Railway Stakes at Ascot

  

  Tour de force: Chris Waller's dominance of Australian racing continued in Perth on Saturday as Good Project won the Railway Stakes at Ascot. Photo: bradleyphotos.com.auChris Waller's tour de force of Australian racing continued in Perth on Saturday as Good Project delivered an all-the-way victory in the Railway Stakes at Ascot.The dominance of Waller can be illustrated in numbers, 10 group 1 winners in three states this season and 16 for 2015. Waller simply places in his good horse to advance in..

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• Sensational comeback seals World Champs silver

  

  SAILING: Olympic Gold medallists Nathan Outteridge (NSW) and Iain Jensen (NSW) have produced a remarkable comeback to win the silver medal at the 2015 49er & 49er FX World Championships in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Three races in the morning of the last day of the event and posting a second, first and fourth catapulted the London 2012 champions from seventh into third place ahead of the final top-ten Medal race in the afternoon.With defending World Champions and Olympic silver medall..

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• Nichols thriving with reborn Wanderers - SBS

  

  Wanderers finished all over the top of Wellington Phoenix at Pirtek Stadium on Saturday night, with Mark Bridge scoring the winner in the 85th minute of a 2-1 result.Nichols said he thought Wanderers had actually played better at stages of their three-game run to start the season, in which they had a draw and two losses."It was solid," Nichols toldThe World Game."I think Wellington restricted us a little bit as well. It wasn't as fluent as it has been, but we tried to play and that was the main ..

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• Australia v New Zealand: Pink ball 'hard to see' as it loses colour

  

  Off-colour: The pink ball begins well but later fades.Photo: Getty ImagesPerth:The pink ball became progressively harder to see during New Zealand's practice match before the inaugural day-night Test.The challenge for bowlers was to get the pink ball swinging once it lost its shine, while for batsmen the problem was visibility as the ball lost colour.Emerging wicketkeeper-batsman Sam Whiteman made a century for Western Australia on the first day of the two-day match at the WACA Ground. He nevert..

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• Sydney FC chief Tony Pignata urges FFA to prevent meltdowns after Perth Glory ...

  

  Video will begin in5seconds.Sydney FC draw in extremely hot PerthSydney FC draws with Perth Glory 0 - 0 as the temperature hit 36 degrees Celsius during the game.PT1M27S620349The sweltering and potentially dangerous scenes at Perth's nib Stadium on Saturday afternoon could be avoided if the FFA shifted more matches to night time, according to Sydney FC chief executive Tony Pignata.Though summer does not officially begin until December, temperatures across Australia soared to summer-like highs du..

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• Buchanan hits back at Clarke

  

  John Buchanan has hit back at comments from former captain Michael Clarke, saying there are still opportunities for the 34-year-old to learn skills about leadership.Clarke hits out at the former national coach in his 2015 Ashes Diary, excerpts of which were released this week, for claiming that the culture of the Australian team had diminished under his captaincy.Quick Single:Clarke slams Buchanan, SymondsClarke responded in no uncertain terms, sayingBuchanan doesn't know "a thing about the..

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