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Elise was born and raised on the North West Coast of Tasmania. She joins the Mercury after a year in NCAs national cadet program where she wrote for The Australian, news.com.au and the Sunday Telegraph and Daily Telegraph. Elise has a masters in international relations and loves writing at the intersection of Tasmanian news and global politics.

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Elise Kaine

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Nick and Trish Dellas the owners of store Baby2Kids at Rosny Park are closing down after 21 years. They are holding a story from The Mercury from when they first opened. Picture: Linda Higginson

Baby2Kids flies the nest after 21 years

The Bellerive baby store has helped countless new parents over two decades, but now the couple behind Baby2Kids have made the tough decision to close. Here’s why.

Tasmania

Director of pop-up a music event company Way Music Group Manveer Sidhu with Labor leader Dean Winter. Picture: Elise Kaine

Pump out more city parties to rave about

One Tassie DJ said the state’s night-life and live music scene is ‘not what it used to be’. Now, the Opposition leader wants to see a new ‘night-time’ economic policy.

Tasmania

Santa. City of Hobart Christmas Pageant 2023. Picture: Nikki Davis-Jones

Santa’s summer: Heatwave won’t miss Tassie for Christmas pageant

The annual Christmas pageant is heating up as eastern Australia is set to be struck by a heatwave on Saturday. What to expect.

Tasmania

UTAS Sandy Bay campus signage. Members of Save UTAS campus supporters group in relation to the Hobart City Council elector poll gauging public support of the campus move from Sandy Bay to the city. Picture: Nikki Davis-Jones

Government backs UTAS land sell-off

Labor is questioning what ‘Rocky 3.0’ stands for after government announced its backing for a UTAS land sale. Follow for the day’s latest parliament updates.

Tasmania

Lorne Falls Festival: UK band The Kooks. Picture- Nicole Cleary

Secret’s out: UK indie rock legends to headline Party in the Paddock

Festival organisers lure their favourite band as the secret headliner to the packed line-up set for the three day festival at Quercus Park. Why they are “stoked” these UK indie rock icons are coming to Tassie:

Tasmania

Researchers studying coring at Emerald Swamp as part of ANU study on fire management. Picture: Professor Simon Haberle

New insight into Tas landscape from ancient mud

Groundbreaking results of a new study have been deemed the “earliest and most detailed” records of the Tasmanian landscape being manipulated by Palawa for more than 40,000 years

Tasmania

Piano man’s mammoth Point to Pinnacle push

Getting to the summit of kunanyi/Mt Wellington is a challenge for most people, but try doing it while pushing a 240kg piano. Here’s why Kelvin Smith did exactly that.

Tasmania

Hobart friends Pip Tyrrell, Maree Mcintyre and Mignonne Lane at the Mac02 cruise terminal. Picture: Elise Kaine

Flexible cruise ship offering helps Tasmanians bring bigger suitcases

For the first time cruise ship passengers were able to begin or end their holidays in Hobart, and it brings benefits for travel-hungry Tasmanians.

Tasmania

Why fishing stocks are no longer at rock-bottom

Rock lobster stocks are stabilising following record low stock levels according to the latest recreational fisher survey. Tassie fishers caught four times more in one region than the rest.

Tasmania

The Bobadil tailings storage facility at MMG Rosebery. Picture supplied MMG

MMG tailings solution found, but only for the short term

As a mining company waits years for a federal decision on a controversial tailings storage facility proposal, it has just been given the first green light for a short term solution.

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