Monday, February 22, 2016

Grandma's best gift ever - a working kidney for two-year-old Kaije ... and other top stories.

  • Grandma's best gift ever - a working kidney for two-year-old Kaije ...

    Video will begin in 5 seconds. Kidney 'swapping' a growing trend Australian doctors recently performed the country's biggest ever kidney exchange program. PT3M10S 620 349 Robyn Butterworth has given her beloved grandson Kaije Archer two invaluable gifts: a kidney and freedom from a debilitating syndrome.The operation signifies the end of a time plagued with stress and uncertainty for Kaije's family, who live in Launceston, the Examiner reports.Little Kaije received the kidney ..
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  • Bellamy's still worth backing

    Bellamy's still worth backing
    Bellamy's baby formula has been in short supply on supermarket shelves because of international demand. Getty Images by Joe Magyer Forget gold, and definitely forget black gold. White gold has the market's rapt attention these days, thanks to booming demand for Australian infant formula.A handful of companies have made hay with this trend, but none more so than Launceston-based Bellamy's Australia.First-half sales h..
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  • Five reasons to look forward to Friday

    Five reasons to look forward to Friday
    Five reasons to look forward to Friday Sam Gastin  February 23, 2016 8:30 AM Intra-club: The very best of Moore Watch highlights from Darcy Moore's intra-club hit-out. Brent Macaffer appears in line to make his AFL return when Collingwood travels to Geelong on Friday night. Months of anticipation ends on Friday night when Collingwood open its 2016 campaign in the NAB Challenge against Geelong. While the game at Sim..
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  • Magpies' spiritual home now in Carlton zone

    Magpies' spiritual home now in Carlton zone
    Fond farewell: Collingwood's final game at Victoria Park, against the Brisbane Lions. Photo: Joe Armao The AFL's new recruiting zones have given recruiting priority for the suburb of Collingwood and Victoria Park to Carlton while Collingwood is zoned for Hawthorn and the Hawks' old Glenferrie Oval home.Carlton was granted the zone not only taking in Victoria Park, where Collingwood played for 107 years and where their VFL side continues to play, but also the ..
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  • Mitchell 'hasn't given thought' to Brownlow

    Mitchell 'hasn't given thought' to Brownlow
    UPDATE: SAM Mitchell says he hasn’t thought too much about potentially being awarded the 2012 Brownlow Medal.The Hawthorn star tied with Richmond’s Trent Cotchin on 26 votes behind Essendon’s Jobe Watson in that year.Both he and Cotchin could be awarded a Brownlow Medal each if the AFL Commission decides that because of Watson’s suspension from the supplements saga, he was ineligible to win the award.“I haven’t really given it too much thought,” Mitchell told Triple M.“It’s a pretty awkward situ..
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  • Sam Mitchell feels awkward about potentially being awarded Jobe ...

    Sam Mitchell feels awkward about potentially being awarded Jobe ...
    Sam Mitchell tackles Carlton’s Nick Graham in Launceston on Thursday night. Picture: Wayne LudbeyUPDATE: SAM Mitchell says he hasn’t thought too much about potentially being awarded the 2012 Brownlow Medal.The Hawthorn star tied with Richmond’s Trent Cotchin on 26 votes behind Essendon’s Jobe Watson in that year.Both he and Cotchin could be awarded a Brownlow Medal each if the AFL Commission decides that because of Watson’s suspension from the supplements saga, he was ineligible to win the award..
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  • Mazda MX-5 2016 Review

    Mazda MX-5 2016 Review
    In total, 105 MX-5s from as far away as Perth arrived for the Show and Shine in Launceston on day three. The broad age range and model mix was truly ...
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  • Prime Dispatch Edition 103

    Prime Dispatch Edition 103
    Tuesday 23 February 2016, 11:46am By Golly Molly winning her maiden- More wins in store for this lass!!! I am writing this dispatch on a flight back to Melbourne from Launceston.  The past three weeks appear to be a blur with the Sydney Classic running in to Perth Magic Millions and then Tasmanian Magic Millions Sales.  Add to this the Tasmanian Summer Carnival and preparations for the Inglis Premier and Adelaide Magic Millions Sales and you have a incredibly chaotic period. I will be atten..
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  • Assistant coach Cameron Bruce sees double

    Assistant coach Cameron Bruce sees double
    Assistant coach Cameron Bruce sees double February 23, 2016 11:33 AM Hawthorn assistant coach Cameron Bruce. HAWTHORN’S team flight from Melbourne to Launceston last Wednesday left assistant coach Cameron Bruce a little freaked out. Bruce boarded the team’s Virgin Australia flight to find a boarding pass with the exact same name left in the pocket of his seat.A little puzzled, Bruce took some time to scan over the pass which confirmed another Camer..
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