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  Murder accused 'knew something was going to happen' at Launceston home where two were killedUpdatedNovember 26, 2015 16:13:25 The jury in a double murder trial at Launceston has watched video-taped interviews in which the defendant admitted he knew "something was going to happen" at the unit where the killings took place.David Ronald Morgan has pleaded not guilty to the murders of Angela Hallam and Joshua Newman in Launceston in 2012.Crown prosecutors allege he formed a joint enterprise with..

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• Border breakfast wrap-up | Thursday, November 26, 2015

  

  LAUNCESTON, TAS: The Northern Midlands Council is campaigning for federal government intervention in its dispute with the Launceston Airport over $1 ...

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• On the go | Thursday, November 26, 2015

  

  LAUNCESTON, TAS: The Northern Midlands Council is campaigning for federal government intervention in its dispute with the Launceston Airport over $1 ...

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• Sport Star Award caps Dennis' dream season

  

  Cyclist Rohan Dennis with partner Melissa Hoskinsc on the red carpet. Photo: Naomi Jellicoe.ROHAN Dennis had only just won the Tour Down Under in January when he declared his major goal for 2015 was to start and finish the Tour de France.But he never thought that come July he would be leading it.By winning the opening stage 13.8km prologue in Utrecht in The Netherlands, Dennis beat the world’s best time trialers and became only the seventh Australian ever to wear the yellow jersey.It was the hig..

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• Charlie Dixon finds Port in a storm

  

  Video will begin in5seconds.2015 AFL draft wrapDid your club pick a future AFL superstar? Michael Gleeson and Emma Quayle run the rule over the 2015 AFL national draft.PT6M17S620349For  Charlie Dixon, the cultural and geographical distance from the Gold Coast to Port Adelaide was just one part of the long journey he has travelled from those dark days earlier this year, when he wondered whether he was up for football after all.The game that had come so naturally to the Suns' first player was prov..

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• Good morning, Tassie! | Thursday, November 26

  

  Launceston weather forecast: The Bureau of Meteorology is predicting a top temperature of 14 degrees today, complete with up to two millimetres of rain.

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• Aussie welfare cheats are cheating us all

  A FEW years ago, staff at a government office in Launceston received an envelope with an anonymous cheque for $3500. The accompanying note read: “The ...

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• Will you act in the public interest and resign? No, says Mal Brough...

  

  Where does the threat come from?A small number of people in Australia adhere to an interpretation of Islam that is selective, violent and extreme. They are influenced by extreme messaging from terrorist groups such as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil) who are active online, spreading their violent ideology and channelling persuasive propaganda to susceptible, vulnerable and easily influenced individuals.The radicalisation and recruitment of Australians is increasing. Violent extrem..

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• Weather no obstacle for triathletes

  

  Weather no obstacle for triathletesByTRIATHLON By CAMRON SLESSORNov. 25, 2015, 10:18 p.m.TORRID weather early did little to deter students who blitzed through the Devonport schools triathlon challenge yesterday.ON HOME STRAIGHT: Oliver Bailey, of St Brendan-Shaw College, is cheered to the line in yesterday's schools triathlon, held around the Devonport Bluff area. Picture: Brodie Weeding.TORRID weather early did little to deter students who blitzed through the Devonport schools triathlon challen..

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• Hamo Tri win for rising Birtwhistle

  

  TRIATHLON: Not even a record Fujifilm Hamilton Island Triathlon field could stop Olympic hopeful Jake Birtwhistle from winning Saturday's event.The world under-23 triathlon champion clocked the hilly course, a 750m swim off Catseye Beach, 20km bike ride and a 5km run, in 1.05.37 hours, to claim victory from open men's runner-up Drew Box and open women's champion Emma Jeffcoat.Birtwhistle, 20, said the course's testing nature meant he didn't fully appreciate the surrounding sights, which included..

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