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Response to needle scare 'unacceptable'
A SENIOR medical official has criticised Tasmania's Education Department for its slow response to an incident in which students shared a needle during a science class.
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18 students share needle in science class
SCHOOL students were put at risk of contracting various diseases when they shared a needle during a science class last month.
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Trio of missing rafters found
THREE people who failed to make their scheduled return from a rafting trip in northern Tasmania have been found.
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Search for trio missing on rafting trip
A SEARCH is underway for three people who have failed to return from a rafting trip on Tasmania's Mersey River.
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Wilkie move 'leaves hospital $160m short'
INDEPENDENT MP Andrew Wilkie's decision to back Labor will leave the redevelopment of the Royal Hobart Hospital $160 million short, the Tasmanian Opposition says.
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Labor hospital plan responsible - Wilkie
INDEPENDENT MP Andrew Wilkie says he rejected the Coalition's "intoxicating" offer of $1 billion to rebuild a Hobart hospital because he couldn't see where the money would come from.
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'Immune' Tasmanian devil dies of tumours
A TASMANIAN devil thought to be immune to the facial tumour disease threatening the future of the species has died from the condition.
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'Immune' Tasmanian devil dies of tumours
A TASMANIAN devil thought to be immune from the facial tumour disease threatening the future of the species has died from the condition.
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ABC host on new child porn charge
TELEVISION and radio personality Andy Muirhead has been charged with a second child pornography offence.
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Babysitter walks free after child death
A WOMAN has walked free from a court after pleading guilty to assaulting a four-year-old boy who died in her care.