Human remains found in forest reserve
HUMAN remains believed to belong to a Tasmanian man who has been missing since 2012 have been found in a bush reserve at Latrobe.
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Fond farewell to ‘little Aussie battler’
A LARRIKIN Liberal who once entered the House of Representatives in a chicken suit is being celebrated as a hardworking MP with a great sense of fun. WATCH THE VIDEO
New generation of Clydesdales
HE may only be a few days old but the latest arrival at Warren Purton’s farm is already feeling his strength.
Kurt Vile bound for Tassie
ORGANISERS of A Festival Called Panama have announced a pretty pimpin’ first peek of the 2017 line-up.
Goodbye Bruce Goodluck
TRIBUTES are flowing for “little Aussie battler” Bruce Goodluck after the former Liberal MP’s death in Hobart.
Forestry Tas announce $67 million loss
TASMANIA’S Resources Minister has used Forestry Tasmania’s $67 million loss to reinforce his argument new areas may need to be opened up to logging.
‘That feeling of being left off the map’
THE Derwent Valley has been left off two visitor trails based on Australian television shows The Kettering Incident and Rosehaven, despite both shows being filmed in the region.
Goodwin put through prison wringer
OPPOSTION Leader Bryan Green has told State Parliament the prison service has become “a dysfunctional mess” on Attorney-General Vanessa Goodwin’s watch.
Wild about raptor rescue
THE who’s hoo of wildlife rescue will swoop on Salamanca tomorrow night.
Cradle Mt walker flown to safety
AN injured bushwalker from New South Wales is recovering in Burnie after being airlifted from Tasmania’s Cradle Mountain National Park.
First female Chief Magistrate
TASMANIA’S first female Chief Magistrate hopes her appointment inspires other women to seek out high judicial office.
’I don’t want to lose my son’
“PLEASE come home, you are not in trouble” — this is the message of a Hobart mother desperate to find her missing son.
Legal dispute strikes council
YELLING, interruptions, legal argument … just another a meeting of the Glenorchy City Council.
Cracks found before rivulet collapse
CRACKS started appearing in the floors of shops in the Cat and Fiddle Arcade above the Hobart Rivulet three weeks before the collapse of the structure, a State Government audit has found.
Tassie sports greats lead Relay For Life
SOME of Tasmania’s greatest modern athletes are gearing up to lend their talents and pound the pavement for a cause.
Tassal defends farming practices
SALMON farmer Tassal has issued a statement to the ASX defending its farming and certification practices after an interview by the ABC’s Four Corners program.
Mould cleared, works on the way
THE mould nightmare at the RHH redevelopment is almost over, with Tasmania’s Health Minister confirming a temporary building will house patients by the end of the year.
$250m Hobart hotel developments
TWO hotels that will change the Hobart skyline are planned by the Singaporean group Fragrance.
Parties backing Governor
LABOR and the Greens have thrown their support behind Tasmania’s Governor in the wake of her comments about Queensland senator Pauline Hanson.
Three men sought over bashing
POLICE are searching for three men in relation to a serious assault in Hobart’s CBD.
Short-stay unit to ease pressure on RHH beds
TASMANIA’S Health Minister says a new short-stay unit will help ease the pressure on the Royal Hobart Hospital.
Police target returning Rebels
REBELS outlaw motorcycle gang members have been targeted on their return to the state, with police conducting a traffic operation within the grounds of the Spirit of Tasmania terminal in Devonport.
Bachelorette’s family tragedy during finale week
JUST days out from the finale of The Bachelorette, former Tasmanian newsreader Georgia Love has been rocked by news her mother’s pancreatic cancer has gotten worse.
End near for 2G mobiles
THOUSANDS of Tasmanians are still using 2G mobiles with less than six weeks to go before Telstra switches off its network.
Vocational students snub state
MORE than 80 per cent of Tasmanian vocational education students using Government loans to pay for their course costs are enrolled at a campus interstate, new figures show.
Hanson speech rage
ONE Nation Senator Pauline Hanson says Tasmanian Governor Kate Warner should consider stepping aside in favour of someone who loves the Australian people and truth more than they love “moralistic posturing”.
New boost for state economy
STRONG home lending and population growth have headlined the latest in a series of reports suggesting Tasmania’s economic outlook is improving.
Big day out for buccaneers
PIRATES young and old have walked the planks of Bellerive Boardwalk for a day of giant battleships, treasure hunts, and blindfolded rowing.
Time to climb on board
SALARY sacrifice sweeteners should be used to get state public servants to catch the bus to work to help ease traffic congestion, unions and welfare groups say.
Seafarers Festival
Seafarers Festival at Bellerive Boardwalk.
New laws to protect emergency service workers
A HARD-HITTING television advertisement will be used to underline the State Government’s crackdown on people who assault emergency service workers.
Royal Hobart Show 2016
All colour and excitement of the Royal Hobart Show 2016.
Red Velvet Lounge sitting pretty
AFTER a fire, a long restoration and a brief closure, Cygnet’s Red Velvet Lounge is back in business but heading in a different direction under its new owners.
Aldermen European study trip on cards
HOBART City Council will consider sending aldermen and council officers on a $14,000 a head trip to Europe next month.
Cruising into record season
TASMANIA’S record cruise ship season is under way, with the Carnival Spirit docking in Hobart.
Helping heal both body and soul
YOGA instructor Helen Cushing says physical wellbeing is a crucial step in helping war veterans overcome trauma.
Oliver’s eye on Tassie for healthy eating
CELEBRITY chef Jamie Oliver is ready to tackle Tasmania’s obesity crisis and will seek State Government backing for his Ministry of Food healthy eating program.
Many to gain from Pete’s days of pain
PETER Wheatley to complete 31 marathons in 31 days for a good cause.
Protesters walk a fine line
A protest on the Tasman Bridge last week enraged morning commuters and sparked public debate. But, as ANNE MATHER discovered, there is a wide range of views even within the ranks of animal rights advocates.
Launch pad for bright sparks
AS the University of Tasmania aims to make science, technology, engineering and maths a part of everything that happens in Tasmania, a new grassroots organisation is gearing up to harness this growing enthusiasm.
Rights boost for gay couples
SAME-SEX couples who are married overseas will have strengthened rights when they are in Tasmania under new regulations declared this week.
Push to increase death driver penalties
An increase in the maximum jail sentence for negligent driving causing death has been flagged in a report to the State Government.
Police called in barrel twist
AN investor in the Nant whisky barrel investment scheme has told how police were called in when he attempted to retrieve two barrels from the Nant Estate six weeks ago.
New sponsor ready to kick goals
TASMANIA’S home of AFL football will have a new name from next season following the signing of a five-year naming rights sponsorship deal.
Rolling in for a night of frivolity
SHOW-goers rolled in for Festival Friday at the Royal Hobart Show and it proved a smash-hit for everyone – particularly roller derby fans.
TAC applauds council’s date shift bid
A MOVE by the Kingborough Council to change the date of its Australia Day awards would show leadership, says the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre.
The fight to save our wombats
A SHED in a quiet street is the hub of a citizen-led wildlife rescue mission as the wombat fights for its survival against a cruel killer.
Cops say school fire started in wheelie bin
POLICE investigating a deliberately lit fire at the old Lindisfarne North Primary School are keen to track down a group of youths seen in the area.
Oarsome future ahead for top rower
IT’S time for Tasmanian rowing’s generation next to shine and Huon’s Celeste Frasson hopes to maintain her position near the front of the queue.
State’s property market booming
THE strongest sales quarter in years has placed Tasmania’s real estate market among the nation’s best.
Tassie’s best veg to fill freezers at Coles
AN eight-year contract between vegetable processor Simplot and supermarket giant Coles will see an extra six million kilograms of Aussie-grown produce flow through Simplot’s Devonport plant each year.
Fresh tennis hope aces scholarship
SHE only took up the sport a year ago, but Kingston teenager Annika Scott has been chosen to spend some priceless one-on-one time with Australian tennis great Evonne Goolagong.
Kingborough considers Australia Day shift
A TASMANIAN council is considering renaming its annual Australia Day Awards ceremony and moving the date from January 26.
Council bid to settle Dorney House dilemma
SANDY Bay’s iconic Dorney House could soon be revitalised as Hobart City Council calls for expressions of interest to better use the heritage-listed property.
Call to buy back and ban Adler shotgun
GUN Control Australia is calling for a buyback of up to 7000 Adler shotguns that have already entered Australia and to have the eight-shot weapon banned.
School shows how to net a great lunch
HAVING to bring lunch money to school is a thing of the past for Princes Street Primary School students.
Power outages as wild wind whips state
CLOSE to 150 homes were without power in Tasmania early today after strong winds battered the state.
Censure over ‘shove it’ jibe
A WEST Coast councillor who allegedly told a council employee to “shove your f…ing iPad up your f…ing a…” has had a code of conduct complaint against her upheld.
Tassie’s economy flying high
THE Tasmanian economy is in good shape, new figures show.
Arson attacks putting lives at risk
FRONTLINE firefighters are risking their lives as they attend to more than one deliberately lit car fire a day on average in Tasmania.
New anti-whaling push
AUSTRALIA will call on the International Whaling Commission to take greater responsibility for how it deals with so-called scientific whaling — including Japanese whaling in the Southern Ocean — Environment Minister Josh Frydenberg says.
Fun, sun and just a bit of rivalry
IT may have been People’s Day yesterday, but man’s best friends did their best to steal the show.
Too little, too late for grieving partner
HOBART man Ben Jago’s world fell apart in January last year when his partner of five years, Nathan, unexpectedly took his own life.
Federal Judge caught in Nant scheme
TASMANIAN Federal Court Judge Duncan Kerr has been caught up in the scheme to buy whisky barrels from Nant.
Reprieve for tawny frogmouth family
A FAMILY of tawny frogmouths has received a second chance in life.
A festival for the saltiest of sea dogs
GRAB your peg leg and cutlass and get in the pirate spirit for Bellerive’s annual festival of all things nautical.
Damaging winds on the way, says BoM
BATTEN down the hatches — wind gusting up to 100km/h is set to blast through vast tracts of Tasmania.
Steam trains on the right track
VINTAGE carriages take passengers to remote and rarely visited mountains and rainforests in the West.
Chas Canden has walked a long road
CHAS Canden has lived a full life since suffering a brain injury that led to a range of problems in his younger days.
An inspiring outlook
WHEN Huon Valley art gallery owner Carlene de Tres and her partner John Abel moved to Tasmania, it didn’t take long for them to realise Huonville was the perfect fit.
Inspiration from a secret source
WHEN novelist Katherine Johnson heard about the two young boys who discovered Marakoopa cave 100 years ago, she knew she’d found inspiration for her next book.
Bothwell couple dubbed Living Legends
BOTHWELL beef producers John and June Pilcher have officially achieved “legend” status at the Royal Hobart Show.
Show opening takes the cake
IT wasn’t quite a cakewalk, with a few early hiccups and inclement weather threatening, but the opening day of the Royal Hobart Show was a sweet success.
Cakes of the Royal Hobart Show
Some of the tasty cakes entered into competition at the 2016 Royal Hobart Show.
Hot towel fire closes Huonville eatery
TOWER Pizza is off the menu in Huonville after a devastating fire that started in a pile of hot tea towels.
Murder accused says assets frozen
A MAN charged with the shooting murder of his estranged partner in New Town last year has told the Supreme Court he is struggling to fund a lawyer, despite being worth $2.4 million.
Council report draws near
GLENORCHY aldermen are expected to receive a draft board of inquiry report by next month, more than a year after the process began.
Step closer for school age reform
THE Legislative Council has given “in-principle” support to a proposal to lower Tasmania’s school starting age, but more consultation will be done before the Parliament makes a final decision on the reform.
Flash cars rally for a good cause
FAST fashion will fill Parliament Lawns this weekend when more than 100 cars are put on display at the Take Your Tops Off car show.
Activists cause bridge traffic mayhem
POLICE have issued a firm warning to activists who disrupt traffic and distract motorists following a protest on the Tasman Bridge that threw peak-hour traffic into chaos.
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