Market celebrates top drops

IT'S whisky a go-go in Tasmania with the liquid gold quickly gaining an international reputation. The state's thriving whisky industry will be showcased at Hobart's CBD farmers' market tomorrow. Farm Gate Market will pay homage to the spirit as part...

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Bell Bay in fight for survival

A DARK cloud hangs over the future of Bell Bay Aluminium smelter, with an economic storm looming similar to the one that flattened the state's woodchip industry. About 500 workers' jobs are in jeopardy, despite the smelter benefiting from a generous...

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Disaster data made easy

KNOWN as "ERIC", a new computer tool that will help authorities react better to emergencies was officially launched yesterday. Developed by the CSIRO, the Emergency Response Intelligence Capability collects data and displays it on a map-based interface...

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Woolstore buys Hadleys Hotel

HOBART'S grand old Hadleys Hotel has been bought by the operators of the award-winning Woolstore Apartments. Receivers were appointed in January last year, not long after Hadleys completed a $30 million extension including luxury apartments, conference...

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Record haul for Give Me 5

HOBART radio duo Kim Napier and Dave Noonan are "over the moon" after raising a record amount for sick kids at the Royal Hobart Hospital. The Heart 107.3 team's month-long Give Me 5 for Kids campaign raised $255,077.33. The impressive tally was for...

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Protest hits Spirit of Tasmania

ABOUT 100 dock workers and supporters blockaded the Spirit of Tasmania in Melbourne tonight to protest against staff sackings. The protesters successfully stopped freight trucks loading cargo onto the Spirit of Tasmania, with the boat setting sail from...

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Missing man found

A GLENORCHY man feared missing has been found safe and well in the Mt Wellington area. Earlier today police issued a public plea for help to find Geoffrey Alan McIntyre, 57, who went missing yesterday. He was last seen in the Merton area of Glenorchy...

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Gifts from sublime to ridiculous

WHAT more could a future king of England want? The Northern Territory's gift to the newborn Prince George of Cambridge is a baby crocodile named George, while Tasmania is sending some leather booties and making a donation to charity. NT Chief Minister...

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Cop accused of lying sacked

A POLICE officer accused of making a false statement over a 2011 triple shooting in Devonport has been sacked. The 45-year-old Launceston constable had been suspended on full pay since October 2011 pending an investigation into allegations he gave a...

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Greens push Two Valleys link

A map showing the route of the Two Valleys link road. A SEALED forestry road linking the Huon and Derwent valleys would create a 140km visitor loop and inject valuable tourism dollars into regional Tasmania, the Greens said today. Rosalie Woodruff,...

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Services limited by flood

THE Service Tasmania shop in Hobart will reopen for limited operations at 9am tomorrow after being shut for several days because of flood damage. The Macquarie St shop was inundated at the weekend. DPIPWE information and land services manager Kate...

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Brown warns on devil impact

Green group Save The Tarkine, which took the court action that halted the project, held a mock funeral for the Tasmanian devil to coincide with the minister's visit. Pictures: CHRIS KIDD FORMER Australian Greens leader Bob Brown is demanding new...

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Heartfelt congrats from GG

GOVERNOR-GENERAL Quentin Bryce has sent Australia's heartfelt congratulations to the royal family on the birth of the new prince. The Duchess of Cambridge gave birth to a baby boy overnight, Australian time. Prince William was present for the arrival...

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Found: one fan-forced ferret

ANIMAL rescue officers are looking for the owners of a ferret that popped out of an overhead kitchen exhaust fan in a Sydney home. The owner of the Bondi unit had initially called a pest removal company yesterday, thinking a possum was stuck in her...

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Man denies tourist sex attack

A 35-YEAR-OLD man has pleaded not guilty to sexually assaulting a Victorian tourist after New Year's Eve celebrations. Mathew Luke Johnson, of Hobart, is facing one count of aggravated sexual assault over the alleged attack in the Parliament House car...

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'Jesus weeps' over policy

A SENIOR Anglican bishop has told the Prime Minister "Jesus weeps" over the Papua New Guinea asylum seeker policy. The Bishop of Tasmania, John Harrower, has taken to Twitter to question Kevin Rudd's decision to refuse boat arrivals a chance of settling...

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Rains bring welcome relief

Farmers have welcomed recent heavy rains. FARMERS have stretched out their arms and may have even danced in the rain. The welcome rains have topped up dams, moistened dry soils and might even have a positive effect on livestock markets. Dave Jones,...

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Royal baby on the way

Prince William and Kate, Duchess of Cambridge. Picture: AP THE Duchess of Cambridge has gone into labour.Palace officials say Prince William's wife, Kate, has been admitted to the hospital in the early stages of labour.Royal officials said that...

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Embrace wisdom of the ages

TASMANIA needs to shake off the idea that an ageing population is a problem, says the curator of the Disruptive Festival of Ideas. The four-day event -- part of the Festival of Voices -- finished yesterday with an "unconference" that gave the audience...

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Hopes to salvage Viking boat

ONE of the biggest drawcards from February's Australian Wooden Boat Festival is now languishing at Franklin in need of some TLC. The 11-tonne pine and oak Viking boat Rusich made a 13,500 nautical mile journey from the Volga to the Derwent for the festival....

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Fading snaps tell migrant tales

FOR the past 38 years, Nicola Goc has been enchanted by her mother-in-law's tales of migration from Poland after World War II. A cherished biscuit tin full of old black and white photographs offers a pictorial essay of the emotion-charged pilgrimage,...

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