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Tasmania, Australia News

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21 hrs ago | The West Australian

Beaconsfield mine denies safety breaches

Lawyers for the Beaconsfield Gold Mine have condemned union claims of safety breaches as scandalous, before dramatically withdrawing from most of the inquest into a miner's death.

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Thu Jul 24, 2008

The Age

'Done and dusted'

Todd Russell and Brant Webb hope the final chapter is now being written in the story of their miraculous survival at the Beaconsfield gold mine.

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Wed Jul 23, 2008

The Sydney Morning Herald

Coin toss saved my life

Brant Webb and Todd Russell. Photo: James Davies Andrew Darby July 24, 2008 - 2:21PM Goldminer Brant Webb probably survived the Beaconsfield rockfall on the toss of a coin, he revealed to the inquest into the ...

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Marianas Variety

6 personnel of the DMLE training in Australia

SIX personnel of the Division of Marine Law are off to Australia to be trained on how to work on the patrol boat.

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Tue Jul 22, 2008

The Courier Mail

Mine lawyers walk out of inquest

LAWYERS for the Beaconsfield Gold Mine have condemned union claims of safety breaches as scandalous, before dramatically withdrawing from most of the inquest into a miner's death.

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Mon Jul 21, 2008

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Sniffing out foxes in Tasmania

Scat-detector dogs have been used to sniff out evidence of foxes in Tasmania. Map: Longford 7301 There has been more evidence of foxes in Tasmania with five more fox scats identified.

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Sun Jul 20, 2008

Raincoaster

Octopus Sex Man Gets Off

How's THAT for a title? Yes, Rodney Scott McLagan of Hobart, Australia, hereinafter and for the rest of his natural life at the very least known as Octopus Sex Man , has been released from custody with a $1500 ...

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Sat Jul 19, 2008

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Opposition calls for poll on Portside building

The State Opposition wants an elector poll on the fate of the Portside Building.

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Thu Jul 17, 2008

Today's Chemist At Work

100 000-Fold Concentration of Anions in Capillary Zone...

Michael C. Breadmore * and Joselito P. Quirino Australian Centre for Research on Separation Science, School of Chemistry, University of Tasmania, G.P.O. Box 252-75, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia Received for ...

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Tue Jul 15, 2008

Tasmanian Government

Environmentally Friendly Spirit of Tasmania

The Minister for Infrastructure, Graeme Sturges, today visited the Devonport terminal and inspected Spirit of Tasmania I, and congratulated TT-Line and its staff for providing passengers with an environmentally ...

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Sun Jul 13, 2008

The Mercury

Saving San magic

Rare theriantropes , felines, and a San figure with a decorated animal skin blanket march across the walls of Lower Mushroom Shelter.

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Sat Jul 12, 2008

Daily India

Reducing green house emissions better than sinking them

Canberra, July 12: A scientist has suggested that reducing green house emissions is better than trying to sink them into the sea using ocean fertilization.

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Thu Jul 10, 2008

XtraMSN Real Estate

NZ receivership blamed on finance sector

New Zealand developer Dave Henderson says the receivership of his Five Mile Holdings project in Queenstown is symptomatic of the "mess" the finance industry is in.

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Tasmanian Government

Tasmania Tomorrow CEO's Announced

The Premier David Bartlett today announced the Chief Executive Officers who will implement the Government's post year 10 reforms.

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Wed Jul 09, 2008

The Age

Beaconsfield mine death inquest to go ahead

A coroner has ruled that an inquest is required into the death of Beaconsfield miner Larry Knight.

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Tue Jul 08, 2008

The Otago Daily Times

Charged with dangerous driving causing death

A 24-year-old Queenstown man was arrested yesterday afternoon and charged with dangerous driving causing death and two charges of driving causing injury following the death of a woman in Dunedin Hospital on ...

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Tasmanian Government

10th birthday for Tasmania's first Online Access Centre

Tasmania's first Online Access Centre is celebrating ten years of operation. Speaking at the Devonport Online Access Centre's tenth birthday celebrations today, Premier and Minister for Education and Skills, ...

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Sun Jul 06, 2008

TravelPod.com Recent Updates

Hobart to Bourke, until end of May. - Bourke, Australia

A short resume of an intrepid circumnavigation of the great north island. 30th.April Departed Hobart called on Gordon and Pam and then on to Westbury for a pleasant overnight stay at Andy's Bakery.

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Fri Jul 04, 2008

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

More rally action in Tasmania

Tasmania will host a round of the Australian Rally Championship in October. The Tarmac Challenge will be based out of Burnie in the north-west. Melbourne pulled out the championships because of financial ...

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Thu Jul 03, 2008

News.com.au

Police: White-collar sex crims

TASMANIANS charged with online child-exploitation offences are usually white-collar men with good jobs who are held in high esteem by society, police say.

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