Nurses on the brink
State secretary of the Australian Nurses Federation Neroli Ellis says Royal Hobart Hospital nurses are unhappy. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONESNURSES at the Royal Hobart Hospital say overtime pressures, threats from increasingly aggressive patients and obligations to work double shifts have them at breaking point.Two nurses, who do not wish to be identified, told the Mercury a vicious cycle of work-related stress was having an adverse effect on employees’ health, personal relationships and state of m..>> view originalTragic dad's car stolen
The silver Nissan Pulsar stolen from Claremont is thought to be Daniel Stirling’s car.JUST a month after his partner was killed in a tragic car crash in Hobart, Daniel Stirling has now had his own car stolen.The Mercury understands a 1992 Nissan Pulsar stolen from Claremont is the property of Mr Stirling, the partner of Sarah Paino, who was killed when her car was struck by an allegedly stolen vehicle on Davey St last month.Daniel Stirling has had his car stolen. Picture: Channel 7Tasmania Polic..>> view originalPetrol prices at seven-year low
NT motorists are enjoying a drop in unleaded fuel prices. PICTURE: Bloomberg NewsThe average retail price of unleaded petrol across the Territory last week was its lowest since October 2009. Treasury reports the weekly average price for the week ending Monday was 121.8 cents per litre.The majority of automotive fuel in the Territory is sourced from overseas through one import terminal at the Port of Darwin.The weekly average retail price differential for ULP in the Territory compared to the nat..>> view originalUK woman claims $40m damages
ONE of the largest damages claims in Tasmania's history - a claim for more than $40 million - has been filed in Hobart's Supreme Court. ONE of the largest damages claims in Tasmania's history - a claim for more than $40 million - has been filed in Hobart's Supreme Court.The lawsuit was filed by the mother of Holly Raper, a bedridden English woman confined to "a near vegetative state" after a quad bike crash on a King Island farm in December 2011.Ms Raper, of Lancashire in England'..>> view originalBush stayer aims for double
Young Racing Tasmania ambassador, Holly Mason with 2016 Hobart Cup winner, Up Cups ahead of the Launceston Cup. Picture: LUKE BOWDENHE was the bush-bred stayer that won the Hobart Cup and today Up Cups plans to give the $225,000 Launceston Cup a red hot go.The gelding old took out the Group 3 Hobart Cup on February 8 giving joint owners Brian and Justine Outtram, from Little Swanport, and Rick and Tina Polley, one of the most thrilling wins they have had as racehorse owners.“I don’t think too ma..>> view originalSand in gears of hammer thrower
Hammer thrower Huw Peacock at his current training facility at South Arm.ACROSS a cattle grid, up a dirt road and into vast dunes around South Arm.With his usual stomping ground of the Domain Athletics Centre out of action until April, this will be the training base of Commonwealth Games representative hammer thrower Huw Peacock for the next month.Although one of the most scenic locations to train for the hammer, with only a plywood plank — meaning Peacock’s movement has to be straight unless he..>> view originalAustralia v New Zealand second cricket Test: Australia sniffs win ...
Video will begin in 5 seconds. Australians furious at LBW decision Josh Hazelwood and Steve Smith give the umpires a verbal spray after an LBW appeal goes against Australia during the second cricket test against New Zealand. PT0M47S 620 349 Jackson Bird does not think he will feature in Australia's tour of Sri Lanka despite taking a maiden five-wicket haul that has the team poised to regain the No.1 Test ranking.The seamer, who was surprisingly downcast after what was on pape..>> view originalWhere is the fun and the creativity?
PUBLIC art on the streets of a city should speak volumes about its personality and the creativity of its people.Visitors can quickly judge a city’s fabric by its public art. It could be risk-taking, humorous and entertaining art scattered around streets, lanes and public spaces, or historical bronze statues whitewashed by pigeon poo at the other end of the scale.Where does Hobart sit on the public art scene? Is its personality represented on our streets, or have low budgets, absence of private i..>> view originalProperty market risk
CHANGES IN THE AIR: Landlord Mark Pekin at Kingston Beach.ONE-third of landlords will sell some or all of their investment properties if negative gearing is abolished, new research reveals.With both sides of federal politics putting changes to the tax deduction strategy on the table, negative gearing is firmly back in the spotlight.In LJ Hooker’s 2015 Investor/Tenant Survey, most landlords said negative gearing was vital for their investment strategy, ticking either the “very important” or “imp..>> view originalAussie selectors need to talk more Bull
QUEENSLAND cricketers have been largely ignored at the Aussie selection table for many years but a new group of promising young Bulls batsmen wants to change all that.Joe Burns and Usman Khawaja are the Queensland flag-bearers in the Test side but not too many Bulls have roared into Test caps in the last decade.Left-handed Bulls batsmen Matt Renshaw, 19, and Sam Heazlett, 20, are at the forefront of the next generation of potential Australian players.Already both have gone into the black books o..>> view original
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