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Track to the future

Written By Unknown on Sabtu, 16 Februari 2013 | 19.55

Bob Brown addresses the light rail forum held at MONA yesterday, which won a State Government commitment to push for a Glenorchy link. Pictures: SAM ROSEWARNE THE State Government will create a high-powered taskforce to push the case for a light...
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Time for another party

HOBART sizzles this weekend with a mid-summer fiesta of singing, dancing, music, and films in the streets -- and a run across the Tasman Bridge. Events include Festa Italia for Italian food and wine lovers, the Clarence Jazz Festival for jazz aficionados,...
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Tropical species moving in

DIVERS and fishermen along Tasmania's East Coast have started to find green rock lobsters. Until recently Tasmania's rock lobster population has always been the red-coloured southern rock lobster species. It appears that rapidly warming waters off...
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Inside the pod in the sky

Written By Unknown on Jumat, 15 Februari 2013 | 19.55

TOP SIGHT: The city view from one of the bedroom windows. Picture Leigh Winburn ROOFTOP celebrations were the inspiration for tourism entrepreneur Brett Torossi's latest venture. The Mercury had an exclusive preview of Hobart's Avalon City Retreat,...
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Push for light rail link

TRACK TO THE FUTURE: A light rail service, such as the one through Sydney's Haymarket area, pictured, could make Hobart feel more like a big city. A GROWING list of heavyweights is throwing support behind a northern suburbs light rail development....
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Cock-a-doodle stew

MONA chefs want to stop roosters from being dumped on roadsides -- by turning them into lunch. Mona Market (MoMa) food curator Michelle Crawford said the move would stop unwanted roosters dying from dehydration or dog attacks. MoMa stallholder Stuart...
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Our world-beating wave rider

Written By Unknown on Kamis, 14 Februari 2013 | 19.55

TASMANIAN surfer Marti Paradisis has beaten a daredevil line-up to win Surfing Life's Oakley Big Wave Awards. His breathtaking ride off Pedra Branca rock, off South-East Cape, also earned prizes for Andrew Chisholm,who photographed the feat, and Mikey...
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Timber workers face log jam

Contractors Nick Bennetto, left, and Jason Weller inspect the logs being stored at the Port of Burnie that have now split. Picture: CHRIS KIDD THOUSANDS of tonnes of logs, including blackwood, myrtle and sassafras, have been left to split on the...
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New push for sea highway

Bass Strait forces an extra impost on travel and export that no other state has to deal with. Image: Google Maps A 20-YEAR fight to have Bass Strait treated as part of the national highway system will play out on the national stage next month. ...
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Safe return for missing woman

Written By Unknown on Rabu, 13 Februari 2013 | 19.55

POLICE found a missing 66-year-old Blackmans Bay woman alive and well last night several hours after she was last seen. The woman, identified only as Helen, suffered from dementia, police said, and was reported missing after last being seen at 5.30pm....
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Students back at burnt school

The Dunalley Primary School was razed on January 4 as the devastating bushfires tore through the region. Picture: TOBY ZERNA THIS morning the bushfire-ravaged community of Dunalley made a major step on the road to recovery as children returned to...
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Man denies sexual assaults

A DERWENT Valley man has denied raping a woman and indecently assaulting a woman and a child in a home at New Norfolk last year. The 63-year-old man -- who cannot be named for legal reasons -- is accused of rape and two counts of indecent assault. ...
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Inquiry hears of altercation

Written By Unknown on Selasa, 12 Februari 2013 | 19.55

WITNESSES have told a coronial inquest how Westbury man Nicholas Whiteley had been chased around his home by a police officer before he was shot in November 2010. The Launceston inquest before Coroner Robert Pearce heard that Longford Constable Ian...
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Man pleads guilty to assaults

A YOUNG father-of-two was affected by drugs when he stabbed, punched, stomped on and choked his partner and bashed her with a baseball bat in repeated attack over a number of days, the Supreme Court has heard. Michael Jason Hinds, 20, of Rokeby, today...
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Ringleader's theft competition

A YOUNG man went on a car stealing spree to demonstrate to a friend he was a better thief, the Supreme Court has heard. Shayden James Cohen, 18, of Moonah, pleaded guilty to 26 charges including multiple counts of car theft, unlawfully setting fire...
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Cup fans vanish in the crowds

Written By Unknown on Senin, 11 Februari 2013 | 19.55

Fashions on the field finalists line up for judging. Pictures: RICHARD JUPE A SIGNIFICANTLY reduced racetrack crowd, down 5000 on last year's Hobart Cup, has been blamed on a weekend "crowded" with events. Tasmanian Racing Club chief executive...
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Blaze baffles firefighters

THE unpredictable nature of the Molesworth fire -- suspected to have been deliberately lit -- has confounded firefighters. Residents have been warned it will continue to burn out of control in steep terrain for the next few days. The fire has threatened...
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Gotye grabs three Grammys

Gotye has won three Grammys today, for Record of the Year, Best Alternative Music Album and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance. Picture: AFP AUSTRALIA'S global chart-slayer Gotye has won an historic hat-trick of Grammys -- but seemed more overwhelmed...
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Hunt on for star nurses

Written By Unknown on Minggu, 10 Februari 2013 | 19.55

THE search is on for Tasmania's top nurses and midwives. Nominations for the 2013 HESTA Australian Nursing Awards are open now and will close on February 28. Categories include Nurse of the Year, Team Innovation and Outstanding Graduate with a prize...
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Single life rules OK

MY Kitchen Rules' Ali and Samuel, of Tasmania, have not wasted time coming clean on their relationship status. The Hobart contestants are seriously single and claim they are just friends. They say they are waiting for "the one" to share the kitchen...
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Rockers' barnstorming show

BARNSTORMING: Jimmy Barnes on stage yesterday. Picture: ROSS MARSDEN HOBART is set for a red-hot injection of classic tunes today, as the Aussie Rock Extravaganza rolls around Tasmania. The Red Hot Summer Tour's Aussie Rock Extravaganza featuring...
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