The News Review:
- Australian rider killed in motorcycle race
- Sports in Brief: Murray tops Djokovic in Florida
- Two Pairs of Shorts | Australian Script Centre & Tasmanian Theatre …
- Black day on Tasmania’s roads
- King Island abattoir given govt lifeline
Australian rider killed in motorcycle race
USA Today
The accident occurred at Symmons Plains Raceway near Launceston on the island state of Tasmania during the second round of the domestic Superbikes championships Sunday. Racing was stopped for the day following the fatal crash which involved two motorcycles hitting a fallen rider on the third lap of the race. Tasmania Police confirmed a 29-year-old rider had died in the incident. His name was not immediately released. Copyright 2009 The Associated Press.
Sports in Brief: Murray tops Djokovic in Florida
Philadelphia Inquirer
Tasmania Police confirmed that a 29-year-old rider had died after two motorcycles hit a fallen rider. His name was not immediately released.
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Two Pairs of Shorts | Australian Script Centre & Tasmanian Theatre …
Australian Stage nline
The result is Two Pairs of Shorts; a collaboration between the Tasmanian Theatre Company (TTC) and the Australian Script Centre (ASC) in celebration of the ACS’s thirty years of supporting and promoting the work of Australian playwrights. Tasmanian Finegan Kruckenmeyer Debra swald Adam Grossetti and Sue Smith (whose extensive television credits include Bastard Boys) have turned their hands to capturing a little of the essence of regional Tasmania in twenty minute plays with two to three actors. Following the residencies the plays were workshopped between the TTC and the writers emerged slightly tweaked and then they received a reading. A second reading of the plays as works-in-progress took place in the Backspace Theatre as part of the Ten Days on the Island programme.
Black day on Tasmania’s roads
ABC Regional nline
Two teenage boys aged 15 and 17 were killed when the car they were travelling in crashed into a tree near Elizabeth Town in the Meander Valley about 6:30am yesterday. The 18-year-old driver was taken to hospital in a serious but stable condition. In the south an 18-year-old man was killed when the sedan he was in crashed into a ute on the Brooker Highway near Granton. Police believe the sedan was travelling southbound when it crossed to the wrong side of the road.
King Island abattoir given govt lifeline
The Age
The majority of the abattoir’s 100 employees returned to work on Monday after being laid off on March 24 following talks last week between Swift and the state government. Premier David Bartlett on Monday announced the government will effectively reimburse the company for up to $500000 in any losses it may incur during the review period as a direct result of reopening the facility. Swift arrived in Tasmania in March last year buying three Tasmanian abattoirs including the state’s only export-authorised plant at Longford. Swift Australia director John Berry says the King Island abattoir’s operating costs make it commercially unsustainable. © 2009 AAP Brought to you by.