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.
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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.
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