Quirky $200 Million Art Venture Proves Just the Ticket for Tasmania and other top stories

Quirky $200 Million Art Venture Proves Just the Ticket for Tasmania

HOBART, Australia — For most of its existence, Tasmania was known as a faraway island at the bottom of Australia, a grim 19th-century redoubt where British colonial officers imprisoned convicts in the harshest of the empire's jails and killed much of ... >> view original

Road accident data reveals Hobart roundabout as Tasmania's top crash site

Crash data showing a high number of accidents on Hobart's historic Railway Roundabout suggests it could be struggling with modern traffic demands. Independent analysis of 10 years' worth of data showed this was Tasmania's number-one crash site, with ... >> view original

Gambling Millionaire David Walsh's Kooky Tasmania Museum MONA Clocks 1 ...

The remote Australian island of Tasmania is experiencing new-found popularity thanks to Hobart's Museum of Old and New Art (MONA), the brainchild of millionaire collector David Walsh. Historically, the island was known for housing one of the British ... >> view original

Memorial for Canadian convicts sent to Tasmania rededicated in Hobart

A memorial for almost 100 political prisoners sent from Canada to Australia's penal colonies following an 1830s rebellion has been rededicated in Hobart. The large granite monument was removed in 2004 and has been updated with more accurate historical ... >> view original

Tasmanian Government referred to anti-corruption watchdog over sawmill payouts

He told 936 ABC Hobart he decided to hand back about $500,000 earlier this year. Mr Watson said, in his judgment, there were enough timber volumes available in Tasmania from privately owned forests to make his business viable again. "It gives us the ... >> view original

Violent Femmes releases single

After 15 years without an album, Violent Femmes has released a new single, “Love Love Love Love Love.” This single is off of Violent Femmes' upcoming EP album, "Happy New Year," which was recorded on New Year's Eve in Hobart, Tasmania. The band is ... >> view original

Clarke plans to continue one-day career after World Cup

Australia's Michael Clarke waits for play to restart against Scotland during a rain delay at their Cricket World Cup match at the Bellerive Oval in Hobart, Tasmania, March 14, 2015. Credit: Reuters/Hamish Blair ... >> view original

Tasmania's best wilderness retreats: breathing the purest air on the planet

For spectacular coast, a carnival of wildlife (including Australia's only white wallabies) and a burgeoning food scene, stay on Bruny Island in the four-star cottages of Tasmania's leading birder, biologist Dr Tonia Cochran. Hobart is an hour away ... >> view original

Former Rebels bikie Nicholas Mark Stebbins sentenced to 12-and-a-half years ...

The Supreme Court in Hobart had previously heard Stebbins was part of an organised group that imported drugs to Australia and Tasmania, and often used the digital currency Bitcoin to send money to China to pay for the drugs. In sentencing, Justice ... >> view original

'Worst stadium deal in sport': Brayshaw

In 2015, the Kangaroos will play a further three matches in Hobart, facing Richmond, West Coast and St Kilda at the 16,000-capacity ground. In going to such measures, Brayshaw believes other clubs should stop targeting North Melbourne when discussing ... >> view original