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• Man charged after golf club bashing ends with victim in coma

  

  Man charged after golf club bashing ends with victim in comaPostedNovember 23, 2015 16:41:41 A 21-year-old Launceston man has been charged with grievous bodily harm after a man was hit in the head with a golf club.Police say a 30-year-old man was hit in the back of the head with the club outside an Invermay hotel just before 5:00pm on Sunday.He was transferred to the Royal Hobart Hospital for emergency surgery, and is in an induced coma, in a stable condition.Detective Senior Sergeant Bob Ba..

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• Police hunt for firearm thieves after man injured in home invasion

  Police hunt for firearm thievesPolice hunt for firearm thieves after man injured in home invasionPicture: Ross Marsden. A Police car patrols the UTFIFTEEN firearms have been stolen during a violent home invasion in the state’s North.Police are hunting for the three men behind the burglary that saw an 82-year-old man hospitalised.Police said the men stormed the Lebrina property just before 4am on Friday.The occupant was hit with a metal bar when he refused to hand over the keys to his gun safe.Th..

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• Luttrell hangs on as leader

  

  Luttrell hangs on as leaderByMARTIN AGATYNNov. 22, 2015, 8:28 p.m.FORMER Tasmanian speedway champion Kurt Luttrell has maintained his lead in the statewide sprintcar series, despite finishing second behind Launceston veteran Gerry Hoekstra in Hobart on Saturday night.FORMER Tasmanian speedway champion Kurt Luttrell has maintained his lead in the statewide sprintcar series, despite finishing second behind Launceston veteran Gerry Hoekstra in Hobart on Saturday night.Hoekstra won his first final f..

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• Martela's Combined Clubs performance shows she'll be on form for...

  

  After several Sydney Hobart Yacht Races, Bellerive yachtsman Tony Williams has elected to contest this year’s Launceston to Hobart for the first time – with good credentials.His Swedish designed and built Martela, an 11.3m X-Yacht, showed she will be a yacht to beat in the long coastal race in late December with an impressive performance in yesterday’s Combined Clubs Harbour Series race on the Derwent.Martela won the IRC category of Group 1, placed third under AMS and fourth in PHS. Her performa..

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• Forecasters predict snow for Tassie while Qld heats up

  

  WEATHER forecasters Higgins Storm Chasers are predicting snow could hit parts of Tasmania this week while other states in Australia swelter.The group says a strong cold front will cross Tasmania late on Wednesday, bringing with it potentially Damaging winds from the north west then west south west."Overnight Wednesday a large mass of sub zero Antarctic air heads towards the state which should arrive in the very early hours of Thursday morning," the storm chasers have written on their website."Sn..

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• Moving moment for Myer staff ahead of new store opening Thursday

  

  Hobart Myer general manager Peter Monachetti (centre front) with Myer's visual merchandising national team, drawn from across the country to make sure Myer is ready for the public on Thursday’s opening. Pictures: LUKE BOWDENMYER manager Peter Monachetti bid a sentimental farewell to the old Murray St store that has served Hobartians for close to 60 years as he shut the doors to shoppers for the final time tonight.Preparations are now in full swing for the opening of the new Myer store in Liverpo..

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• Moving moment for Myer staff

  

  Hobart Myer general manager Peter Monachetti (centre front) with Myer's visual merchandising national team, drawn from across the country to make sure Myer is ready for the public on Thursday’s opening. Pictures: LUKE BOWDENMYER manager Peter Monachetti bid a sentimental farewell to the old Murray St store that has served Hobartians for close to 60 years as he shut the doors to shoppers for the final time tonight.Preparations are now in full swing for the opening of the new Myer store in Liverpo..

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• Jones impresses as winning run continues

  

  Jones impresses as winning run continuesByBRAD COLENov. 22, 2015, 10:18 p.m.THE early season of Brooke Jones continues to impress after the Devonport runner added two more victories to her ever-growing resume at the Central Coast Carnival at Penguin on Saturday.Brooke Jones.THE early season of Brooke Jones continues to impress after the Devonport runner added two more victories to her ever-growing resume at the Central Coast Carnival at Penguin on Saturday.Jones claimed the women's 120-metre gi..

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• St John's celebrates 190 years

  

  St John’s celebrates 190 yearsByANDREW MATHIESONNov. 22, 2015, 10:35 p.m.BISHOP Ross Nicholson looks over his congregation and with great gesturing delivers a sermon as he has many times before at St John’s.Bishop Ross Nicholson shows Reuben Kirton, 3, around St John’s Church during the 190th anniversary celebrations. Picture: NEIL RICHARDSONBISHOP Ross Nicholson looks over his congregation and with great gesturing delivers a sermon  as he has many times before at St John’s.But the hundreds of ..

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• November InBrief: Snippets from classrooms around the country

  November InBrief: Snippets from classrooms around the countryAre you doing exciting things in your classrooms? We'd love to hear from you. Email your brief 60 word story to classroom@educationhq.com.auKids teach other kidsMELBOURNE - Over 200 children from several different schools attended Silverton Primary School’s Kids Teaching Kids Conference. The event aimed to showcase children’s capacity to share what they know through fun and interactive activities. The students themselves spearheaded th..

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