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Basin flush: option to clear bacteria

3:30 AM | HYDRO Tasmania may be asked to release water through the Trevallyn Dam to try to clear bacteria that has closed Launceston's First Basin to swimmers.

News - General

Hussey's Test dream alive

3:30 AM | MELBOURNE - Australian one-day player David Hussey has lofty goals for whatever is left of his international cricketing career.

Sport - Cricket

'Left friends for dead'

3:30 AM | THE hunt continues for two men who abandoned their dying friend after a fatal crash on the East Tamar Highway on Monday.

News - Crime and Law

Age proves no barrier to footy fever

3:30 AM | WHEN a bus load of Hawthorn footy players pulled up at the Sandhill Aged Care Facility yesterday, they received a hero's welcome.

News - General

Tigers beware: Copeland looking to make statement

3:30 AM | MISERLY former Test paceman Trent Copeland knows full well he needs to make a statement with the ball to regain the ground he's lost to Australia's rising barrage of quicks.

Sport - Cricket

Holland sticks to a tight schedule

3:30 AM | QUEENSLANDER Isabella Holland is squeezing the Launceston International between the Australian Open and ventures to Europe and the US on her globe-trotting schedule.

Sport - Tennis

Rodionova's winning start

3:30 AM | ARINA Rodionova is hoping to follow in the footsteps of elder sister Anastasia on and off the tennis court after making a winning start at the Launceston International yesterday.

Sport - Tennis

Get fabulous at Festivale and win

3:30 AM | YOU could be a winner this weekend thanks to the RACT and The Examiner's new iPhone app.

News - Business

Evans wary of Contador ban effect on Tour de France

3:30 AM | LONDON - Cadel Evans warns the advantage of having Alberto Contador absent from this year's Tour de France may be offset by added attention paid to his own team.

Sport - Cycling

Restaurant vows to dish it up in style

3:30 AM | LAUNCESTON restaurateur Freddie Anis said having a stall at Festivale was an invaluable opportunity for his business.

News - General

Gillard's economic message falls flat

3:30 AM | CANBERRA - Prime Minister Julia Gillard's hopes of kicking off a year of economic debate with some good news have been dealt a blow after the central bank defied expectations and left interest rates on hold.

News - Politics

Summer series wraps up

3:30 AM | WITH Esk Valley Orienteering Club's summer street series drawing to a close, the final event will see participants exploring Launceston CBD.

Sport - General

Hadley builds on impressive record

3:30 AM | IN the not-too-distant future, talented sportsman Jak Hadley may have a very important decision to make - choosing between his love for football or boxing.

Sport - Boxing

Kiwi billionaire eyeing Gunns

3:30 AM | GUNNS is this morning expected to announce it has sold up to a 40 per cent stake in the company to a Kiwi billionaire with a history of taking over companies in distress.

News - General

Bombers look for right mix

3:30 AM | ESSENDON will continue trying to work David Hille, Paddy Ryder and Tasmanian Thomas Bellchambers into the same side this season, with Hille's preseason so improved that the 30-year-old has been told not to overwork himself.

Sport - Football - Australian Rules

Poll and economy to `test' Giddings

3:30 AM | PREMIER Lara Giddings will face a tough test of leadership next week, dealing with the latest voter poll and releasing an economic progress report a day apart.

News - Politics

Lost tourists were in state car

3:30 AM | TWO tourists who spent the night lost in the bush at the weekend were driving a government car borrowed from an on-call doctor who was meant to be using it to get to patients in need.

News - General

Church to be blessed by restoration

3:30 AM | STAINED glass windows more than 140 years old are being restored as part of major conservation work at the Anglican Holy Trinity Church in Launceston.

News - General

Mum and daughter duo cast for catch

3:30 AM | THE South African women's fly-fishing team has a secret weapon for the Commonwealth Fly Fishing Championships. The six-member team includes a keen mother and daughter angling duo, ready to tie, cast and catch next Wednesday.

News - General