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Simeon Thomas-Wilson is an AFL reporter based in Adelaide for News Corp’s National Sports Newsroom and CODE Sports. Prior to that he reported on sport, crime, politics and urban affairs for The Advertiser in Adelaide and The Mercury in Hobart. In 2021 he won the Clinton Grybas award for the best emerging talent in football media.

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Tasmania

Two boys known to the deceased 17 year old girl who tragically fell from the Blackmans Bay cliffs on Saturday evening reflect at a flower tribute near where the accident occurred Picture: LUKE BOWDEN

Council waits for coroner over cliff site

POTENTIAL measures to improve safety at a site where a 17-year-old girl fell to her death from a cliff earlier this year have been delayed.

Tasmania

Sally Graham and her daughters Mackenzie (10) [blue eyes], left, and Emerson (9) [smaller, brown eyes] check out Hobart from the Ferris wheel near PW1 before embarking on a trip further afield in Tassie on their holiday from Bendigo. Picture: MATHEW FARRELL

Island love affair continues for tourists

A RECORD 1.2 million travellers visited Tasmania last year, with the state charging ahead of the growth rate required to achieve its target of 1.5 million visitors by 2020.

Tasmania

‘We are ready to take them on’

ROLLING UPDATES: TASMANIA’S new Labor Opposition Leader Rebecca White has called for family-friendly changes to State Parliament. WATCH THE VIDEOS

Tasmania

Hobart City Council parking officer Tony (council have asked not to use his name) on the job in Salamanca wearing a body camera. Picture: SAM ROSEWARNE.

Parking body cams get tick

THE Hobart City Council will roll out body cameras for its parking inspectors, after what it says was a successful trial of the technology.

Tasmania

Hobart City Council meeting.in Hobart. ALD Anna Reynolds

Mayor, alderman clash on cable car

HOBART Lord Mayor Sue Hickey has chastised fellow alderman Anna Reynolds for comments she made about the cable car project.

Tasmania

Captain of the Queen Mary 2, Chris Wells alongside the ship while it rests in Hobart for the day. Picture: MATHEW FARRELL

Cruising royalty takes the crown

IT has taken 12 years but the world’s largest ocean liner the Queen Mary 2 has finally made her way to Tasmanian waters.

Tasmania

The Luxury Collection, part of the Marriott Hotel will be part of the Parliament Square Development. Artists impressions of the redevelopment.

Marriott’s call for overseas flights

INTERNATIONAL flights must happen for Hobart to get the most out of a proposed $50 million luxury hotel, says Marriott Hotels’ vice-president.

Tasmania

Mount Wellington cable car artist's impressions. Picture: SUPPLIED.

Cable car rides again

THE controversial Mt Wellington cable car proposal has a new backer in the State Government, which will acquire part of kunanyi/Mt Wellington to allow the project to proceed. WATCH THE VIDEO

Tasmania

(L-R) Chinese tourists Lu Haoyu and Liang Xiaoyu brave the elements at Dove Lake, Cradle Mountain. Picture Chris Kidd

Direct Chinese flights essential

TASMANIA needs to secure direct flights to and from China to ensure it does not miss out on the Asian tourism boom, an international expert on Chinese tourism says.

Tasmania

**SUPPLIED SCREEN GRABS FROM GHD REPORT. CREDIT GHD** LARGE FILE: Glenorchy Central Visualisation: Looking North towards the station, cycleway and proposed Wrights Avenue infill development

Tourism industry rejects hotel tax plan

THE state’s tourism industry says any plan to fund the light rail development through a visitor/hotel tax would sound the death knell for the city’s ability to attract visitors.

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