Hobart set to celebrate first Punjabi New Year festival in Tasmania and other top stories

Hobart set to celebrate first Punjabi New Year festival in Tasmania

A vibrant and colourful festival in Punjab, India will be celebrated in Sandy Bay this weekend for the first time in Tasmania. The Punjabi Cultural and Sports Society of Tasmania will be celebrating the Punjab New Year with the festival, Vaiskahi Dhol ... >> view original

Group claims IS message on Tas website - Yahoo7

"The group claiming responsibility for the hacking appear to non-discriminately target organisations who use web hosts such as the one used by Hobart International Airport," a police statement said. Hobart Airport's website remains disabled on Sunday ... >> view original

Tasmania Police raid on Hobart business nets 250 guns

POLICE have confiscated more than 250 firearms from a Hobart business as part of an investigation into the sale of guns and other items in contravention of the Firearms Act 1996. Police also seized several hundred kilograms of ammunition in the raid on ... >> view original

Stream: Violent Femmes' Happy New Year EP

Violent Femmes, who reunited in 2013 after a brief split, recorded the record in Hobart, Tasmania this past New Year's Eve following a show at the Sydney Opera House. The alt rockers previously teased the release with “Love Love Love Love Love” back in ... >> view original

State of imprisonment: Tasmania escapes 'law and order' infection

This is reflected in the Tasmanian Corrections infrastructure: Risdon Prison Complex (which includes medium- and maximum-security units), Ron Barwick Minimum-Security Prison and Mary Hutchinson Women's Prison, all on the same general site in Hobart. >> view original

Global experts to meet in Tas over sea ice

A TWO-DAY workshop in Hobart in May will discuss the serious problems posed by expanding sea ice to vessels travelling in many parts of the Southern Ocean as they carry out research and conduct vital supply missions to Antarctic stations. "The aim of ... >> view original

Heston Blumenthal's Australian adventures

As a few hundred of us gathered on the quayside in Hobart, the Tasmanian capital, we were offered oysters – wild Angasi, Sydney rock and Pacific – accompanied by House of Arras Blanc de Blancs. At the Glenorchy Art & Sculpture Park, where we arrived by ... >> view original

Artefacts dating back to Tasmania's first European settlers uncovered

Archaeologists have found dozens of artefacts which date back to the first years of European settlement in Hobart. Gun flint, clay pipes and arrowhead bricks have all been uncovered at the Montpelier Retreat site, which is soon to be developed. The ... >> view original

Dev Patel, right, the actor playing Saroo Brierley in Lion, with director ...

Ms Goodwin said she was excited to see Tasmania and Tasmanian stories being showcased to the world, and to see the local screen industry benefiting. Lion will focus more international attention on Hobart and Tasmania when it premieres in 2016. >> view original

Trawler Geelong Star under stricter controls after dolphin and seal deaths

Stricter controls will be applied to controversial fishing trawler Geelong Star after four dolphins and two seals were killed in its nets on its first outing in Australian waters. The 95-metre-long vessel, which is operated by Seafish Tasmania, caused ... >> view original