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4 hrs ago | MyFoxNY

Son Reunited With Parents After 57 Years

A couple who gave away their son for adoption as a newborn because of the shame of having a child out of wedlock were reunited with him for Christmas -- ending 57 years of pain.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Christmas, Australia, World News,

Fri Dec 25, 2009

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Tenders sought for Burnie autism centre

Tenders have been called for the construction of an autism centre in Burnie on Tasmania's north-west coast.

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Related Topix: Health, Autism, Australia, World News

Wed Dec 23, 2009

Tasmanian Government

Multi Million Dollar Boost for NW and West Coasts

Premier David Bartlett today unveiled infrastructure projects for the North-West and West Coasts worth almost $6.7 million to provide a direct and immediate economic boost to the region.

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Related Topix: Australia, World News,

Mon Dec 21, 2009

CSIRO Publishing

The early effects of fire and grazing on bryophytes and lichens in...

The early effects of fire and grazing on bryophytes and lichens in tussock grassland and hummock sedgeland in north-eastern Tasmania Anneka V. Ferguson A , Emma J. Pharo A , B , Jamie B. Kirkpatrick A and Jon B. Marsden-Smedley A A School of Geography and Environmental Studies, Private Bag 78, Hobart, Tas.

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Related Topix: Australia, World News

Sat Dec 19, 2009

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

How safe is this water?

"There's just water in the esky, only water," TEER scientific and technical officer, Mike Attard says.

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Related Topix: Australia, World News

Thu Dec 17, 2009

Independent Online

Stealthy ship to battle whalers

By Pauline Askin Hobart, Australia - An international conservation society is using a small, space-age-like vessel to scare off whaling fleets from Antarctic waters, with a ghostly tune as its main weapon.

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Related Topix: Australia, World News, Kevin Rudd

Wed Dec 16, 2009

NEWS.com.au

ATM explosion shuts road

AN ATM has been blown up in Tasmania and police believe it is the work of unsuccessful robbers.

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Related Topix: Explosion, Australia, World News,

The West Australian

Amnesty on attack as boat 55 arrives

Another boat of asylum seekers has been intercepted off the coast of WA, as Amnesty International raises serious concerns about overcrowding and the treatment of children in immigration detention on Christmas Island.

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Related Topix: Amnesty International, Activism, Charitable Organizations, Southeast Asia, Christmas Island, World News, Australia,

Tue Dec 15, 2009

Associated Content

Australia's Tasmania Devil - a Perfect Choice for a Driving Holiday

Tasmania, separated from the Australian mainland by the Bass Straits, is the most mountainous state in Australia.

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Related Topix: Australia, Travel, Oceania, Tasmania, Australia Travel, World News, Australia Travel, Life, Food, Chocolate

Mon Dec 14, 2009

Associated Content

Princess Cruise Ship Rescues Canadian Yachtsmen 200 Miles from New Zealand Coast

The Tasman Sea had thrown, thrashed, and rattled them for eight long days. There was nothing on the horizon but heaving swells of wind-strewn ocean.

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Related Topix: Australia, World News

Sun Dec 13, 2009

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Chips are down for Tasmanian timber industry

The industry says wood chips are piling up as companies face pressure to find reliable markets.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Robust exchange

'Respectful and professional': a spokesman says the PM has robust discussions with his staff Map: Launceston 7250 Government officials say they have no record of an incident involving Prime Minister Kevin Rudd verbally abusing his staff in the presence of a ComCar driver.

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Related Topix: Australia, World News, Kevin Rudd

Sat Dec 12, 2009

The Sydney Morning Herald

Writer's widow sells historic home

Paddy Pearl, the widow of celebrated writer and journalist Cyril Pearl, has sold one of Tasmania's oldest homes and donated the sale proceeds to medical research.

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Related Topix: Australia, World News, Medicine, Health, Malaria, Oceania

Fri Dec 11, 2009

Newstalk ZB

Govt shortsighted if GST rises

Tour operators are criticising the Government for what they believe is a short-sighted approach to GST.

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Related Topix: Australia, World News

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Tasmanian Design Awards

Tasmanian's Top Designers are currently on display at the Design Centre of Tasmania in Launceston.

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Related Topix: Australia, World News, Arts, Industrial Design (Product Design)

Thu Dec 10, 2009

Gadling

Australia's Macquarie Island

Macquarie Island is Australia's southernmost point, a tiny spit of an island some 940 miles southeast of Tasmania.

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Related Topix: Australia, Oceania, World News, Travel, Australia Travel, Tasmania, Australia Travel,

Wed Dec 09, 2009

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

New salmon processing plants means jobs for northern Tasmania

Tasmanian salmon company Huon Aquaculture is to offer new jobs for northern Tasmania, a region that has recently learnt it will lose 2 manufacturing plants and hundreds of jobs.

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Related Topix: Australia, World News,

NEWS.com.au

Art roadshow stumbles on Aussie classic

AN antiques roadshow through Tasmania has unearthed a painting by the great Australian artist Arthur Streeton.

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Tue Dec 08, 2009

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Tasmanian jobs pulped

The Tasmanian and Federal governments have committed $20 million for an innovation and investment fund, in the wake of PaperlinX decision to pulp its Tasmanian paper businesses.

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Related Topix: Australia, World News

The West Australian

Paperlinx workers demand entitlement

The union representing 250 Tasmanian paper workers set to lose their jobs is demanding that state and federal governments "guarantee" entitlements and provide financial assistance for retraining.

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