3 October 2020
Australia, Burnie, Launceston, Sports, Tasmania
South Launceston made sure the Greater Northern League trophy made its way back down the Bass Highway with a nail-biting 4-3 win over Burnie Baptist. Coming into the contest having won four out of the last six premierships – falling to Baptist last year and in 2017 – the hosts …
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1 October 2020
Australia, Australian Capital Territory, Burnie, Launceston, Sports, Tasmania
For the past seven seasons, South Launceston and Burnie Baptist have had a stranglehold over the Greater Northern League competition. And Saturday, despite the shortened and unique nature of the 2020 season,
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30 September 2020
Australia, Burnie, Tasmania
The works involve closing the eastbound lane of the Bass Highway between Edwardes Street and Wilson Street so the bridge over the Wharf Access Road can be replaced. Works to replace the westbound bridge in mid-September caused long lines of traffic up the Bass Highway and Mount Street at certain …
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27 September 2020
Australia, Burnie, Devonport, Sports, Tasmania
Both of their sides fought to the end but Queechy Penguins bowed out of men's and women's Greater Northern League competition on Saturday. First it was their men's side who fell to Burnie Baptist 4-2 and their women followed suit with a tough 3-1 defeat at the hands of West …
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24 September 2020
Australia, Burnie, Labor Party, Politics, Tasmania
The government and Labor have clashed over community consultation on the relocation of the Burnie court complex. In Question Time in State Parliament, Labor member for Braddon Anita Dow said the goverment's announcement in The Advocate was a shock to the community.
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24 September 2020
Australia, Burnie, Tasmania
The Burnie City Council knew of controversies involving Simon Overland before it appointed him as its new general manager. "We had full disclosure and we made our assessment on that full disclosure," Mayor Steve Kons said on Wednesday.
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18 September 2020
Australia, Burnie, Tasmania
A man who died days after a Burnie road crash received below standard care from the North West Regional Hospital, a coroner said. "Specifically, there was a failure on the part of medical staff to diagnose fractured ribs and a failure to recognise significant bleeding causing respiratory impairment which,
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18 September 2020
Australia, Burnie, Entertainment, Tasmania
He's raced a few times in Targa, but he also made an appearance in Burnie on this day 13 years ago for Rally Burnie. In
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