Cash for trash: How you can access Recycle Rewards
The state’s long-awaited container deposit scheme will finally launch this week, with its ‘reverse vending machines’ set to become a familiar site to Tasmanians.
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Push for bike lane elector poll falls flat as launch of Collins St trial looms
A campaign to force the Hobart City Council to pay for an elector poll on the two-year trial of bike lanes on Collins St has failed after opponents of the project missed a crucial deadline.
Glenorchy ‘not a sudden crime hub’, mayor says amid tough talk on youth crime
Tasmania’s police minister has continued his talk tough on law and order as Glenorchy’s mayor said a school holiday spike in youth crime in the city was being overblown.
‘Doesn’t pass the pub test’: Mayors condemn pork-barrelling
The voters of Southern Tasmania are being short-changed by the big-spending promises of the major parties in the state’s marginal seats, local mayors say.
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Liberal government’s wage bill for staffers grows
The Tasmanian Liberal Government’s spending on media advisers has jumped in the past four years. But has it resulted in greater transparency? What readers say.
It’s official – we’ve found Australia’s worst drivers
Driving is a major issue across Australia but we now know which state has the worst offenders.
We’re happy little Vegemites here in Tassie
Tasmanians enter 2025 feeling happy, connected and glad to live where they do, the Mercury’s Big Issues summer survey has revealed.
‘Beautiful’ Aurora dazzles night sky across Tasmania
It was definitely a happy new year for Tasmanians, as the night sky shone with the bright and vivid Aurora Australis. Check out the stunning photos >>
‘I can’t hold my son’: Miracle survival but hard ride ahead
Doctors gave popular mountain bike rider Warrick “Waz” Bidwell little chance of surviving after a sudden cardiac arrest while competing but he has amazed everyone with his tenacity. Read about his recovery.
Large subdivision slated next to major highway
Despite being next to a noisy major highway, the developer behind a planned large subdivision says he has already attracted interest from people wanting to buy blocks of land.
Complaint cricket league’s rules discriminated due to gender dismissed
A northern Tasmanian female team was disqualified from a prelim over player selection rules, which one player claims is due to a different set of rules to the men’s side.
Beers and gratitude flow as final Hobart boat crosses finishing line
The skipper of the last boat across the line in the 2024 Sydney to Hobart yacht race has given thanks for a “warm Tassie welcome” on Wednesday after six gruelling nights at sea.
How Tasmanians feel about the state of our parliament
In a year when Tasmania’s parliament went slow, Mercury readers were split on whether restoring it to 35 seats was successful.
That’s all folks for 2024: 15 stories that will be remembered
Tasmania has waved goodbye to 2024, and it was a year packed with memorable moments. LISTED the best of 2024 >>
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