Splinter group splits deal

A SPLIT emerged in the environment movement yesterday when fringe groups repeated threats to continue protesting against native forest logging, despite the agreement that was supposed to end decades of forestry conflict. Still Wild Still Threatened...

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Roll up, roll up and have a ball

THERE'S a saying in petanque: it takes minutes to learn and a lifetime to master. But before you take it too seriously, a new petanque club is looking for people to come along to its Sandy Bay headquarters and enjoy its social side. That means a quiet...

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Forest deal law closer

After a marathon sitting and an unusual recall of State Parliament this morning, the forestry legislation passed through the Lower House about 11am today. TASMANIA'S historic legislation underpinning the forest peace deal has passed its first hurdle....

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Tassie has new tourism boss

TOURISM Tasmania has announced another Northern Territory tourism guru will take on its top job. Tourism NT chief executive John Fitzgerald has been appointed as chief executive of the state's peak tourism marketing body. In a strange twist, outgoing...

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Landmark Bill clears House

LANDMARK legislation underpinning Tasmania's forest peace deal has cleared its first hurdle. After a marathon sitting and an unusual recall of State Parliament this morning, the forestry legislation passed through the Lower House about 11am. The House...

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21 years for Stainforth murder

TWO violent drunks who bashed a man to death at Hobart's Stainforth Court last year have been sentenced to a maximum 21 years in prison. Jamie Peter Smart, 32, of Glenorchy, and Rhys Louis Gardner, 20, of Bellerive, went to Shayne Anthony Waller's public...

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Corruption penalty in pipeline

A FORMER Southern Water engineer will be sentenced next month for corruptly seeking a payment for helping a company win a tender. The charge against Anton Cristofer Colev, 35, of Kalgoorlie, was over the $3.2 million pipeline duplication project at...

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Late debate on peace pact

Forest industry chief Terry Edwards and wilderness campaigner Vica Bayley share a moment after the signing of Tasmania's historic forestry peace deal today. Picture: SAM ROSEWARNE THE historic deal designed to end 30 years of conflict in Tasmania's...

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Cray season cut short

Tasmanian Association for Recreational Fishing chief Mark Nikolai says tests have revealed an algal toxin is residing in the intestines of affected rock lobsters. RECREATIONAL fishermen fear the algal toxin already afflicting abalone and mussels...

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Christie keen to chat

Live blog with Deputy Lord Mayor Ron Christie HOBART Deputy Lord Mayor Ron Christie says the city has a big year ahead of it, with a bumper crop of festivals and visitors to the city. "In 2013, we will have 2.4 million visitors arrive in Hobart...

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Tears and cheers for Tobias

WITH three cheers and a few tears, Tasmanian sailor Tobias Fahey set off on his lone journey around the world today. After a flurry of last-minute preparations, he jumped aboard his yacht Sea Quest and set off down the River Derwent, passing the official...

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Sources say forest deal 'close'

A stack of logs on the wharf at Burnie. Picture: CHRIS KIDD SPECULATION is rife that the long-awaited deal on Tasmanian forestry is "very close" to being done. Sources say that under the Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) on forestry deal there...

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ABC shuts Tasmanian unit

ABC managing director Mark Scott has today announced the closure of the public broadcaster's Tasmanian production unit. UP to 17 jobs will go from the ABC's Hobart office after the public broadcaster today announced it was closing the local production...

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War of words over mining rally

THE fallout from Saturday's heated pro-mining rally continued today with the State Opposition claiming Premier Lara Giddings had been rattled by the hostile reception she received in Burnie. Ms Giddings fired back saying Opposition Leader Will Hodgman's...

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Baby seat safety alert

UP to 1200 Tasmanians are believed to be affected by a recall of faulty baby seats and capsules announced today by Australia's consumer watchdog. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission estimates more than 60,000 seats and capsules with faulty...

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Team to assess freight options

A NEW $1.5 million cross-industry taskforce has been set up to tackle Tasmania's freight woes. The Freight Logistics Co-ordination Team, funded from a $20 million federal assistance package for local exporters, will investigate avenues for Tasmanian...

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Burke extends trawler ban

The Abel Tasman berthed behind razor wire at Port Lincoln, South Australia, in September. Picture: IVON PERRIN A BAN on commercial fishing in Australian waters by the super trawler Abel Tasman will be extended for two years while the environmental...

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Arrest over Hobart assaults

TASMANIAN detectives have arrested a man in Melbourne over alleged assaults on two men on Hobart's waterfront in early September. Detective Sergeant Phil Curtis said the man, formerly of Launceston, appeared in the Melbourne Magistrates Court today...

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Arrest over home invasion

POLICE have arrested a man who allegedly punched a woman in the face during a violent home burglary in Bellerive earlier this month. The 30-year-old man was apprehended in a public park at Rosetta, in Hobart's northern suburbs, about noon yesterday....

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Tarkine row at boiling point

Circular Head deputy Mayor John Oldaker speaks at the Our Tarkine Rally at Burnie. Picture: CHRIS KIDD TEMPERS in the Tarkine are set to reach boiling point this summer if yesterday's pro-mining rally is anything to go by. The anger was palpable...

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Tourism ripe for funds

TripAdvisor has listed Hobart in its top 10 "destinations on the rise". LOCAL tourism officials say now is the time for the State Government to spend up big on marketing the state to travellers following some heavy duty accolades. Internet travel...

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