Schoolgirl beats the odds

Veronika Davie, of Honeywood, prepares for her first day at St Cuthbert's Catholic School with proud mum Kylee Davie. Pictures: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES IT'S the day that was never meant to come. Against all the odds Veronika Davie, 4, will start school...

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Abbott vows to unshackle state

Liberal Leader Tony Abbott tours the bushfire-ravaged town of Dunalley. Pictures: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES FEDERAL Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has taken a swipe at Tasmania's floundering economic position, vowing to remove the "red tape and green tape"...

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Two-year wait for Myer

SHOPPERS excited about Hobart's new $100m Myer complex are likely to be waiting well into next year before surging through the front door. Work is expected to start on the development in Liverpool St this month. The Hobart City Council will close the...

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Click to prepare for school

THE back-to-school period can be a hectic time for many Tasmanian parents. But a growing number of time-poor mums and dads are ditching traditional shopping trips and instead turning to the internet to make life easier, placing online orders for everything...

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Celebrating the Snake

ANNUAL Greek and Italian festivals have long been attracting strong crowds in Hobart. And now Tasmanians can immerse themselves in all things Chinese, with a new festival being held in North Hobart on Sunday. The Chinese New Year Festival will feature...

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Chopper sent to Midland crash

FIVE people were injured in a two-vehicle accident on the Midland Highway tonight at Antill Ponds, just north of St Peters Pass. Two of the injured were trapped in their vehicles and had to be cut out. The Westpac police rescue helicopter flew to the...

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Humans behind tiger's demise

HUMANS alone were responsible for the demise of Australia's extinct native predator, the Tasmanian tiger, or thylacine, a new study has found. Led by the University of Adelaide, the study has used new modelling to contradict a widespread belief that...

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A lesson in rapid recovery

CLASSES will begin at the new-look Dunalley Primary on February 13 – just weeks after the original structure was razed by fire. Education Minister Nick McKim today described the project to build a temporary school after the January 4 blaze as brilliant....

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MPs back election betting ban

Senator Nick Xenophon, left, and Tasmanian MHR Andrew Wilkie are calling for both major parties to back a Bill to end a pre-poll flutter. GAMBLING on elections is an invitation for corruption, say independent MPs Andrew Wilkie and Nick Xenophon....

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Whale wars on in earnest

ANTI-whaling activist group Sea Shepherd says it has intercepted the Japanese fleet in its annual Southern Ocean hunt "before a single harpoon has been fired". Sea Shepherd claims to have saved the lives of 4000 whales over the past eight whaling seasons...

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Woman sought over card theft

POLICE want help to identify a woman in relation to the alleged theft of several gift cards. Hobart detectives say the gift cards were stolen from a Sandy Bay home last year. The cards have since been used at the Cove Hill Coles supermarket in Bridgewater....

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All about trust, says Abbott

TONY Abbott has kick-started the election race, welcoming Labor's announcement of a poll date and declaring the campaign about trust. Repeatedly hailing his "positive plans" in front of a Liberal Party campaign backdrop, the Federal Opposition Leader...

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State 'awash in red ink'

TASMANIA'S economic indicators are "awash in a sea of red ink", the latest Deloitte Access Economics report says. While Deloitte says the state's economy isn't in crisis, it isn't OK either. Unemployment, at 7.3 per cent in seasonally adjusted terms,...

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Police seek fire witnesses

POLICE are searching for two potential witnesses to a Hobart fire that caused about $10 million damage to Bridge Brothers in Bathurst St. The two females shown in this video were walking through the Elizabeth St Mall towards Liverpool St and then up...

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Hotel heist hunt continues

POLICE have released photographs of the knife-wielding bandit who held up Moonah's Valern Hotel early yesterday. The armed robber, who entered the hotel's gaming area about 1.50am and demanded money, is described as 170-175cm tall, of medium to solid...

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Newsagency robbery charges

TWO youths have been charged with the armed robbery of a Sandy Bay newsagency on Friday. Police say two male offenders disguising their appearance with masks and hoods entered the Sandy Bay Road business at 4.30pm brandishing two knives and escaping...

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Armed robber strikes hotel

POLICE are hunting an armed robber who held up a Moonah hotel early this morning. The offender entered the Valern Hotel's gaming area armed with a knife at 1.50am and demanded cash before escaping with an undisclosed amount of money via the hotel's...

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Worse to come from floods

TWO police officers and bystanders had a narrow escape as a car drove out of a sea of foam in the Queensland floods. Watch the video above. Thousands of Brisbane and Ipswich residents face days of uncertainty as swollen waterways deliver huge floods...

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Cry for date with deference

PROTEST POINT: Supporters of a new Australia Day date rally in Hobart. Picture: LEIGH WINBURN TASMANIAN Aborigines have renewed their call for a new date for national celebrations to be held in Australia. Hundreds took to the streets of Hobart...

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Asta hits the Triple J-ackpot

SHOOTING STAR: Rosny College student Asta, is the first Tasmanian to hit the Triple J Hottest 100 countdown, at No.50. Picture: KAL YOUNG HOBART rising star Asta yesterday became the first Tasmanian musician to be voted into Triple J's annual Hottest...

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Hostel rip-offs probe

TASMANIA'S consumer watchdog is set to investigate the conduct of several backpackers' hostels after complaints of alleged rip-offs. Backpackers have warned Tasmania that scams being run by a few operators could harm the state's reputation as a destination...

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