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Wastewater recycling to benefit farmers

A new $1.7 million water treatment project in Tasmania's Northern Midlands will benefit farmers affected by low summer rainfall.

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Firefighting effort continues across Tasmania

Firefighters are having some success in their battle to contain blazes throughout Tasmania.

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Luck rules in truck crush

A northern Tasmanian family had a narrow escape this morning when a truck ran into their house.

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Strong winds lash northern Tas

Wind gusts of 100 kilometres an hour were recorded at Devonport and Cressy, in northern Tasmania, this morning.

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Police probe fish farm death

Police are treating the discovery of man's body at a fish farm in northern Tasmania this morning as death by misadventure.

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Intense house blaze keeps firefighters at bay

Fire caused an estimated $100,000 damage to a house in northern Tasmania this morning.

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Absence of forecasted frosts pleases fruit growers

The lucrative Tasmanian fruit and wine grape industry has been spared further losses after forecast overnight frosts did not eventuate.

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Authorities keep watch on blue-green algae outbreak

Health authorities and the Northern Midlands Council are closely monitoring a blue-green algal bloom in Tooms Lake and the upper reaches of the Macquarie River in Tasmania.

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Farm workers electrocuted in freak accident

Two 21-year-old farm workers have been electrocuted near Cressy in northern Tasmania this afternoon.

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Project leader sought for fungus-infected platypuses

Research is being stepped up into a fungal disease that's killing the Tasmanian platypus.

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Pipeline to alleviate Ross water problems

Tasmania's Northern Midlands Council is pressing ahead with a new water pipeline to supply the drought-stricken town of Ross.

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Third Tasmania poppy plant opens

Tasmania's latest poppy processing plant has officially opened, heralding a comeback for the industry.

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Sale of Red dog to fund Blue fight against black dog

An interesting way of raising money for charity is catching the attention of patrons of Tasmania's biggest rural event this year.

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Lyons schools to get computer funds

Six schools in the central Tasmanian electorate of Lyons will receive funding for computers as part of the Rudd Government's digital education revolution.

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Biodiesel plant already in demand

Tasmania's first biodiesel plant, which turns poppy seed waste into fuel, is expected to be in full production mode by August.

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Our daily bread thieves

Police have arrested a person alleged to have stolen a bread van from northern Tasmania this morning.

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Pilot survives fiery crash

A New South Wales man who escaped from a burning plane wreck this morning is recovering in the Launceston General Hospital.

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One dead in northern Tas crash

A 26-year-old motorcyclist has been killed in an accident at Cressy in northern Tasmania.

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Water flowing to drought areas

A group of drought-stricken farmers from Tasmania's northern midlands has bypassed the State Government to develop their own water pipeline.

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Private water pipeline leaking

A new $6 million privately funded water pipeline in Tasmania's northern midlands has sprung a leak.

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