Helping heal both body and soul
YOGA instructor Helen Cushing says physical wellbeing is a crucial step in helping war veterans overcome trauma.
Tasmania
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.
Lennon’s pokies play for Federal Hotels
FORMER premier Paul Lennon has been hired as a lobbyist by Tasmania’s monopoly pokies operator.
Man charged with armed robbery
A MAN has been charged over the alleged armed robbery of a pharmacy in Sandy Bay.
Singh in Labor Party dues blue
TASMANIAN senator Lisa Singh has been asked to pay the Labor Party $11,000 in party dues – but she says she does not owe anything.
Cure for wombat disease needs money
AN “absurdly simple technology” is all that is needed to treat the mange putting Tasmania’s wombat population at risk – it just needs funding.
Step ahead for Mt Roland cable car
MT Roland – the North-West’s sleeping tourism giant – is about to wake up with a cable car proposal moving to feasibility stage and a new winter festival to go ahead next year.
Barrington boasts nation’s top drop
THE Tasmanian town of Barrington is already acclaimed for the quality of its rowing course. Now it has won the right to brag about the quality of its tap water.
Government comes to gold mine’s rescue
THE Tasmanian Government will stump up half the $1.25m cost of remediation works at the Beaconsfield gold mine site while awaiting a federal funding decision.
Collins Class sub cruises into Hobart
AN Australian submarine named after a Tasmanian naval captain is set to dock in Hobart.
Ready, set, show, despite the go-slow
A TRICKLE eventually swelled to a surge today as revellers made the slower-than-usual trip to Glenorchy for the opening day of the Royal Hobart Show.
King Island arson victim fled in undies and jumper
A WITNESS will be flown from King Island to Burnie as the Supreme Court tries to determine if a drug addict who torched the island’s only pharmacy knew a woman was living in the flat upstairs.
Call for state to scrap anti-protest laws
A SENIOR UN human rights advocate has called on the State Government to rescind its anti-protest laws.
Supreme Court judge loses super shift case
THE RBF Board has won its appeal against the ruling that Justice Helen Wood was incorrectly moved from a more lucrative super scheme when she left the Magistrates Court for the Supreme Court in 2009.
Unique vista for building painter
BRIAN Burford’s office comes with some of the best views of the city.
Gun laws are Lambie’s ‘line in the sand’
TASMANIAN Senator Jacqui Lambie says she will never support any weakening of gun laws to allow the importation of a lever-action shotgun which can shoot more than five rounds.
Pollen count higher in northern Tasmania
HAYFEVER sufferers could be sneezing and sniffling for some time to come, with the season getting longer and more intense, says a leading Tasmanian allergy specialist.
Cut traveller tax even further: Labor
LABOR may vote in the Senate for the backpacker tax to be reduced further from the 19 per cent proposed by the Turnbull government.
Push for tough new assault laws
MAGISTRATES would be compelled to take a victim’s pregnancy into account when sentencing in assault cases under proposed new law changes.
Fun, play and prehistoric surprises
THE scones are back, the rides are at the ready and there are thousands of entries in everything from photography to equestrian events.
Wombat wipeout fears grow
A DEADLY disease sweeping through populations of wombats had the potential to rival the devastation caused by the devil facial tumour disease, an expert warns.
Water corporation out of dam bid
TASWATER looks set to pull out of a dam proposal for the state’s East Coast, a leaked internal document has revealed.
Nant whisky distillery in new hands
TASMANIAN whisky distillery Nant has been bought by a private equity group that also has interests in two other Tasmanian distilleries.
Very special guests blow into Shorewell
THE weather was cold but the welcome was warm as Governor-General Sir Peter Cosgrove and Lady Lynne Cosgrove paid their first visit to Burnie.
Students on a learning curve
WE have struggled to keep students in classrooms, but there is new hope that extending high schools to year 12 will help Tasmania arrest its alarming dropout rate. Will it pass the test? Or will politics send us back to the drawing board?
Cop facing negligent driving charge
A NORTHERN Tasmanian police officer has been charged with negligent driving following an alleged incident involving a group of cyclists.
Pair in custody over hotel hold-up
TWO men are in police custody after a Devonport hotel was held up at knifepoint.
Guilty verdict in welfare fraud case
A NATUROPATH who claimed welfare benefits while running a business from her Mt Nelson home has been found guilty of fraud.
A final test of nerves
ELIZABETH College Year 11 student Alex Walden-Baur has already drawn up a study timetable to help him prepare for his end-of-year exams.
‘We just want to know that he’s OK’
POLICE have appealed for public help to find a North Hobart man who has been missing for more than a week.
Bus breakdown blocks city traffic
A METRO bus breakdown in Hobart’s CBD has caused traffic delays for city traffic. WATCH THE VIDEO
Pot found in remand cell, court told
A FORMER ice addict remanded in custody for sentencing over a fire that destroyed an iconic King Island building is facing a new charge.
Police drive seat belt safety message
TASMANIANS are still dying or being seriously injured in crashes because they are not wearing seatbelts, police warn.
Association warns services could close
SIXTY-three early childhood education services could close if the school starting age is lowered, MLCs will be told in a briefing before the Government’s legislative changes are debated.
RACT delivers black spot plea
SIX Tasmanian traffic sites should be considered for federal funding under the Black Spot Program, the RACT says.
‘I am delighted he could do it’
SENATE President Stephen Parry has defended the employment of former Lyons MP Eric Hutchinson in his office on an annual salary of up to $127,265.
Pro-life protester in court challenge
TASMANIA’S nation-leading abortion laws are set to face a constitutional challenge from a pro-life campaigner convicted of protesting outside a termination clinic.
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