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

Kids exposure to secondhand smoke tied to clogged arteries

... effects of passive smoking on children are not limited to respiratory or developmental health, but can have a long-term impact on cardiovascular health, said senior author Costan G. Magnussen of Menzies Research Institute Tasmania in Hobart, Australia. >> view original

Council mergers 'inevitable' as Hobart City Council approves economic ...

Hobart's Lord Mayor has said local council amalgamations in Tasmania are "inevitable" after Hobart City Council voted in favour of an economic assessment of voluntary amalgamations and shared services with other councils. The city council voted nine to ... >> view original

Jake Doran signs with Tasmania for opportunity, not money

The move has also sparked interest from Big Bash League franchises Melbourne Stars and Hobart Hurricanes, who are understood to be desperate to poach the 18-year-old left-hander from Sydney Thunder. Doran joins a long list of NSW top order batsmen ... >> view original

Body of Canberra hiker expected to be air-lifted to Hobart

Authorities retrieving the body of a Canberra bushwalker who fell to his death on Tasmania's Mount Ossa are confident they will be able to fly the body to Hobart today after being forced to camp overnight in a national park. The 59-year-old man died on ... >> 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

Tasmanian Government defends salmon industry while backflipping on marine ...

On 936 ABC Hobart, Mr Midgley was asked if Mr Hastwell's claims could be true. "I don't know. Yesterday was the first time this issue had been bought to the attention of the panel," he said. Mr Midgley said the panel would have to look into the matter. >> view original

Tassie teen smashes record with 260kg swordfish catch

A Tasmanian teenager has smashed records by hauling in a 263kg swordfish after a six-hour rod and reel battle. Kyle Longmore, 16, was taking part in the Coles Bay Classic fishing competition off Tasmania's east coast on Saturday when he hooked the ... >> view original

Tasmanian recreational fishermen and environmentalists protest against another ...

Seafish Tasmania lost its bid to operate a supertrawler in 2012, but has received preliminary approval to fish in a smaller 95 metre ship, the Geelong Star. The Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) has held a forum in Hobart 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