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Street front for this Victorian-era house.

With serenity and comforts aplenty, this restored retreat is superb

Hobart luxurious Lumiere Lodge is near enough to the centre and waterfront for all the attractions, but far enough afield to enjoy the peace of suburbia.

  • Jim Darby

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Emma Burridge Mother and acupuncturist. Story on birth centres at Private hospitals. Daughter Delilah assisting with lighting.

Emma ditched her expensive health cover but a new plan could get her back

Expectant mothers could have their pregnancy managed by a midwife or GP under a radical proposal to make private maternity care more affordable.

  • Angus Thomson
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Spoilt for choice: Australia’s surprising foodie capital

People used to come to Hobart, stay one night, eat at one restaurant, then fly out. Now you can be here for a week and you’re spoilt for choice.

  • Jim Darby
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The playboy swindler and the former premier’s generous gift

The National Party figure paid thousands of dollars in legal fees for a serial fraudster, but maintains he was unaware of the young man’s crimes and is “gutted” to learn the truth.

  • Clare Sibthorpe
“It’s interesting because as the dynamic has shifted and she has the power, I’m the one who is less secure,” says Walsh.

‘She plays the rich bitch so well’: Who is Mona’s first lady, Kirsha Kaechele, really?

From going to court over the Hobart museum’s Ladies Lounge to working with foresters, Mrs David Walsh is putting her wealthy dilettante persona to clever use.

  • Gabriella Coslovich

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Hotel exterior on Macquarie Street.

Hobart’s first Hilton hotel opens (somewhat unexpectedly)

The Tasmanian capital’s new $65 million development wasn’t always going to be the state’s first Hilton-branded hotel. Until a last-minute change.

  • Julietta Jameson

This capital city is a foodie’s paradise, and it’s only a short flight away

It’s a thriving gastronomic hotspot that just keeps getting better.

  • Georgie Gordon
Kirsha Kaechele installs the Ladies Lounge at Mona.

After winning the right to ban men, Mona’s Ladies Lounge is on the move

Mona’s controversial Ladies Lounge installation is about to embark on a new chapter, its creator has revealed.

  • Elizabeth Flux and Gabriella Coslovich
Kirsha Kaechele are her court win.

Mona’s ‘Ladies Lounge’ wins court battle to exclude men from art-filled space

An appeals court judge has ruled that the art gallery’s controversial Ladies Lounge is not discriminatory in refusing entry to men.

  • Gabriella Coslovich

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