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

Childhood Obesity Linked to Adult Knee Pain

... pain in men (relative risk [RR] 1.72, 95% CI 1.11-2.69) and that childhood weight and body mass index (BMI) were associated with stiffness and dysfunction, according to Benny Antony, Menzies Research Institute Tasmania, University of Tasmania ... >> view original

Hobart's Victoria Gunpowder Magazine to become first heritage building handed ...

The gunpowder was not made in Tasmania, it was imported from England on boats and stored on the site close to the sea and near the railway lines. The preservation of the brick interior and brick vaulted ceilings is funded by the State Government, but ... >> view original

Prolific Voges key in Shield final

The Sheffield Shield final begins on Saturday at Bellerive Oval in Hobart, but without a Tasmania player in sight. This is, remarkably, a home match for Victoria against Western Australia, the MCG being unavailable due to its World Cup duties. The ... >> view original

Tasmanian whisky cleans up again at World Whisky Awards

When it comes to the world of whisky, Tasmania is rapidly defining itself as a global leader. At the World Whisky Awards held overnight in London, the Sullivans Cove distillery was named Craft Distiller of the Year, and for the third consecutive year ... >> view original

Australian ship makes emergency return to Antarctic station

Once he is aboard the 'Aurora Australis', the ship will take 12 to 14 days to cover the 4,800 nautical miles to the city of Hobart on Australia's southern island state of Tasmania. The Davis Station crew were not expecting to see another ship for about ... >> view original

Tasmanian police pursue charges against anti-abortion protester

Police have launched a second attempt to charge an anti-abortion protester under Tasmania's Reproductive Health Act. John Graham Preston was due to enter pleas today in the Hobart Magistrates Court to two counts of engaging in prohibited behaviour ... >> 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