Tennis West snares Hurricanes boss and other top stories.

• Tennis West snares Hurricanes boss

  

  HOBART Hurricanes general manager Michael Roberts has been appointed Tennis West CEO and Hopman Cup general manager.Roberts has an impressive CV, having worked for the Hurricanes, Cricket Tasmania, Tennis Tasmania and Richmond Football Club.The former winner of the Tasmanian Sports Administrator of the Year has a diverse background and well-established reputation within the industry.“Michael brings with him a wealth of knowledge across a diverse range of fields,” Tennis West president Wayne Firn..

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• Alternative therapist also claimed welfare: court

  

  A WOMAN wrongfully claimed a disability support pension for 14 years despite operating an alternative medical practice from her Mt Nelson home, a court has heard.Jane Ellen Gluschke, 57 has been charged with 11 counts of obtaining a financial advantage by deception and four counts of defrauding the Commonwealth between 1994 and 2010.She has pleaded not guilty to all of the charges.media_cameraJane Gluschke has been charged with 11 counts of obtaining a financial advantage by deception and four c..

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• Survey #1: Hobart

  

  Details Category: What's New Published on Tuesday, 11 October 2016 10:30 It’s Hobarts first survey since 2014, where on the commercial side it’s SCA’s two brands Hit100.9 and Heart 107.3, against Grant Broadcasters 7HO FM but it is the ABC that again dominated the market. But by how much?Snapshot: While losing over three points from their 2014 result, 936 ABC Hobart maintains the lead with a 20.8% slice. Next we see SCA’s hit100.9 surge close to five points to take out the top Commercial FM ..

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• Weather hits Tasmania

  

  THE state was hit with chaos and destruction as high winds and fallen trees cut the power supply, boats were beached, roofs blown off and snow fell on Mt Wellington and the Central Highlands.Motorists were urged to drive to the conditions after a series of crashes on slippery wet roads had traffic banked up for kilometres coming into Hobart during morning peak hour.The Tasman Bridge was gridlocked early in the morning.In one of the more serious crashes, two drivers had to been freed from their v..

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• Gale force winds in Hobart slash Channel Race fleet

  

  Galeforce northerly winds gusting to 50 knots on the River Derwent and in the D’Entrecasteaux Channel played havoc with Hobart yachts in their first long race of the season, forcing half the fleet to retire from the Channel Race. Out of 39 starters only 19 boats completed the course, most of the retirees being forced out with sail and rigging damage. The 19 finishers battled their way up the river into 30-40 knot headwinds with heavily reefed sails, some reduced to red storm sails more often se..

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• Noela Foxcroft talks about getting first starring role in new ABC TV ...

  

  Noela Foxcroft talks about getting first starring role in new ABC TV comedy Rosehaven Posted October 11, 2016 12:47:47 Noela Foxcroft landed her first starring role in a TV series in her 80s, proving you are never too old for your 15 seconds of fame."I got the word that I had the part [of Mrs Marsh in Rosehaven] and I had no idea really what it was about," she told Louise Saunders on 936 ABC Hobart.Rosehaven is a new eight-part ABC TV comedy series set in Tasmania, wr..

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• Volunteer of the Year explains why she does it

  

  Ms Gaynor Hobart, of Watanobbi , was the winner of the Adult and overall Volunteer of the Year, Central Coast, at the Central Coast Volunteer of the Year Awards, held on October 5, at Shelley Beach Golf Club. Ms Hobart took out both categories for her extensive dedication to the Central Coast Riding for the Disabled, Somersby, where she has volunteered for seven years. Ms Hobart has worked tirelessly to better the services and experience of disabled peoples who attend riding classes at the Some..

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• Housing affordability has improved in the past quarter in all but two ...

  

  Nationally housing has become more affordable in the past quarter.Michelle HeleNews Corp Australia NetworkNATIONALLY housing affordability improved slightly during the September quarter on the back of two interest rate drops.Even though some financial institutions didn’t pass on the full rate cut, the latest Housing Industry of Association Affordability Report revealed affordability had improved in six of the eight capital cities.With house prices on the way down in Darwin, it experienced the bi..

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• Gloves on for Rosehaven debut

  

  IT was the moment of truth for comedians Luke McGregor and Celia Pacquola as a Hobart audience gathered for the premiere of Tasmania-based comedy Rosehaven. North Hobart’s State Cinema screened the first two episodes of the eight-part ABC comedy last night.McGregor said he was satisfied with the final product.“I feel like there’s nothing else we could have done to make it better,” he said.The main stars of the show filmed in New Norfolk and Geeveston said there were plenty of benefits to making ..

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• Should the AFL start a second division?

  

  Should the AFL start a second division? Roar Rookie 16 Have your say Should there be promotion and relegation in the AFL? If so, where would the teams be? (AAP Image/Paul Miller) Related coverage Recently I’ve written a few articles about A-League expansion and establishing a second division, but today I came across an article about creating a second division in the AFL. Since I don’t know much about the subject in the AFL I won’t go into too much depth about this but I will hav..

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