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$13m renewal plan for Cosgrove Park

11/11/2008 | A $13 million plan to demolish 68 South Launceston retirement homes and replace them with 120 units and other buildings is being considered by Launceston City Council. Cosgrove Park aged care centre...

Push to preserve city fringe stables

11/11/2008 | HERITAGE enthusiasts are calling for a now derelict near-city centre paddock to be restored and sympathetically developed instead of becoming a car parts centre. Helen Tait and Nancy Serisier say th...

Launceston is still hot property

11/11/2008 | CONVENIENCE of central city living and job security is driving Launceston real estate prices higher. Real Estate of Tasmania figures for the September quarter show a 41 per cent increase in the me...

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Tin trail tipped as $9m boon

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ARU branded 'soft' for Force Super decision

1:47 AM AEDT | CARLTON chief executive Greg Swann yesterday branded rugby union administrators as weak for their decision four years ago to avoid a head-on confrontation with AFL when awarding Australia's fourth...

Drug cheats can beat the tests: doctor

1:18 AM AEDT | POTENTIAL drug cheats have easy access to an array of products that could help them beat the AFL's illicit drugs policy, according to a leading sports physician. Two days after the AFL outline...

AFL freezes 2009 ticket prices

Sponsor thwarts North Melbourne bid for Cousins

Rugby bosses weak, says Swann

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Levee improvements tipped to start soon

MAJOR action can be expected on improving Launceston's flood levees early next year but a ...

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Harvey: charity not so sweet

Experts denounce gene patents

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