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Health Dept crackdown nets $100k illicit tobacco, new laws loom | The Examiner | Launceston, TAS
2+ hour, 14+ min ago (313+ words) Officers have confiscated more than $100, 000 of illicit tobacco products from the streets, as new laws are set to give the government powers to temporarily shut down businesses. This month alone, the Department of Health has already seized about 74, 000 illicit cigarettes,…...
New family-friendly pub locked in across the road from Boag's beer factory
20+ hour, 14+ min ago (352+ words) Launceston is in the market for some good brewery-related news, and this fits the bill to a tee. The City of Launceston council has approved plans for a new British-Irish pub in the old Tulloch's auction house at the bottom…...
What's changed as contentious physio development resurfaces for comment
15+ hour, 14+ min ago (342+ words) A much-maligned development in Launceston's south is back once again. Revised plans to convert 164 Bathurst Street into a Kieser-branded physiotherapy centre are being exhibited by the City of Launceston council, with a significant reduction in traffic predictions alongside an increase…...
China's game-changing EV charger is here
19+ hour, 46+ min ago (410+ words) China is taking the electric vehicle charging conundrum head-on, and it could change EVs in Australia forever. Popular Chinese carmaker Xiaomi is prepping a ground-breaking new battery charging technology expected to arrive this year. The brand's home charging robotic arm…...
Top 5 cheap 4 WD utes | The Examiner | Launceston, TAS
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (1049+ words) If you have your heart set on a ute but can't decide what to buy, the range of choices available nowadays is mind-boggling. But a lot of the utes on offer cost more than $60, 000. So, what's available with a sub…...
Relief likely as Reserve Bank tipped to hold cash rate
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (517+ words) Mortgage holders could get a brief reprieve from further interest rate hikes, but economic uncertainty in the Middle East will still loom for the Reserve Bank. Economists are tipping the central bank to keep the official cash rate on hold…...
Iconic brand to suffer same fate as Holden
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (591+ words) In the post-Holden era no brand is safe, if the Lion brand can be snuffed out then no brand, regardless of sales or heritage is ever truly safe in the Australian car market. In that context, the recent Investor Day…...
Wet and wild Devils claim second AFL victim, one of country's biggest clubs
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (348+ words) A week after beating their first AFL club, the Tasmania Devils added their second. Taking on Richmond in some of the worst weather conditions UTAS Stadium has ever seen, the Devils led from go to woah, winning 11. 19 (85) to 3. 4 (22). Jed Hagan…...
Pluck of the draw as Canada earn first World Cup point
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (347+ words) Late substitute Cyle Larin scored in the 78th minute as co-hosts Canada earned their first point in their third World Cup appearance - and first on home soil - by rallying for a 1-1 draw against Bosnia-Herzegovina. Playing in the shadow of Toronto's iconic…...
Could these 12 North, North-West talents be among first Devils draftees?
3+ day, 20+ hour ago (736+ words) A year after Tasmania won the under-16 national football championships, the state's next crop of promising talent picked up where they left off. Facing the Northern Territory earlier this week, the Devils won 17. 7 (109) to 6. 5 (41), as the team featured eight players…...