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Today’s top stories

Suspensions recommended, but Tigers yet to announce outcome

Suspensions have been recommended for a group from an SFL club – including for its most high profile name – after a serious hotel fracas.

>> SEE WHO WAS INVOLVED

New Hobart Football Club player coach Alex Gilmour. Picture: Zak Simmonds

Tele Hotel set to reopen after big renovation

A popular Hobart watering hole will soon reopen, with plenty of jobs on offer for locals promised by its new owners — as well as a significant refurbishment. >>WHAT’S NEXT FOR THE TELE

The Telegraph Hotel.

Retiree urges Tassie to get on board with check-in app

A retiree who is a keen user of Tasmania’s contact tracing app says lax attitudes towards checking in would leave the state seriously exposed in the event of a Covid-19 outbreak >> READ HIS STORY

Preston Clothier checks in with the TAS APP everywhere he goes and reckons others should too. Picture : Mireille Merlet

‘I cry myself to sleep’: Residents battle council over school buses

A HUON Valley couple say their lives are being ruined in a years-long dispute with the local council over school buses parked on their Dover property. >> THEIR BATTLE

Dover property owner Neville Boulton and his wife Lisa have had a years-long dispute with Huon Valley Council over parking their school buses on their property. Picture: Richard Jupe

Mobile speed cameras make Tasmanian return

A new fleet of mobile speed cameras are soon to be deployed on Tasmanian roads, amid a horror road toll so far in 2021. >> THE LOCATIONS REVEALED

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Kudelka Cartoon - Saturday, July 24

Letter of the day:

Let us check out after checking in

HAVE I missed something? Logic dictates that if you check in, you should be able to check out. If a Covid-positive person checks in an hour after I have left the premises, I may possibly be forced to isolate quite unnecessarily.

We should, at least, have the option to check out, as well as in. Why has this not happened, and will it become possible? Checking out would surely reduce the number of people who need to be traced, as they demonstrably have left the building before contact was likely. I am not getting any younger, so please allow me the chance to check out, before I check out for good.

Jean Nicholls

Taroona

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