Instagram #Empty Trend Comes to Tasmania's MONA and other top stories

Instagram #Empty Trend Comes to Tasmania's MONA

The latest institution to embrace the movement and popular Instagram hashtag #empty is the Museum of Old and New Art (MONA), in Hobart, Tasmania. We can all agree that the art museum experience would be much more enjoyable without the crowds, but ... >> view original

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

Violent Femmes discuss their first new songs in 15 years

In January 2012, Ritchie booked the Dolls for MONA FOMA, a music festival presented by the Museum of Old and New Art in Hobart, Tasmania, where Ritchie has lived since 2008. When an act was needed at the last minute, the Dolls suggested they play the ... >> view original

Elective surgery waiting lists: Panel to address Tasmanian patients awaiting ...

... Elective Day Surgery Centre, in order to help tackle the far-too-long waiting lists." The latest progress report into Tasmania's public hospitals released last week showed a 42 per cent increase in elective surgery waiting lists at the Royal Hobart ... >> view original

Schofield apologises 'unreservedly' to Tasmania for bitter putdowns

He said, despite his remarks, his enthusiasm for Tasmania should not be doubted. He said he struggled to shake the resentment he felt over the Hobart festival's demise and acknowledged his words touched a raw nerve in Tasmania. "I should have been as ... >> view original

Medical Analysts Interested in Favorable Diabetes Remedy 'Blueberry Tea'

Diabetes is the quickest developing interminable malady on the planet, and with a populace of a little more than 500,000 individuals, Tasmania has very nearly one fifth of its occupants living with or at danger of diabetes. By 2025 it is assessed that ... >> view original

Tasmania: Australia's scenic, historic island (Part One)

Tasmania seems secluded from most of Australia, probably because the island is physically separated from the rest of the country. Yet flights to Hobart, its capital, are frequent from Australia's major cities. Our flight from Sydney took slightly less ... >> view original

Tasmanian realtor accused of falsely advertising 'waterfront', 'riverside ...

The Hobart Magistrates Court heard the Huonville real estate firm advertised a house in Franklin as a riverside property in July last year. Following a complaint from the general public, Consumer Affairs Tasmania investigated and found it was separated ... >> view original

Hobart to host international men's hockey tournament in May

Tasmania will host an international men's hockey tournament in May, with national teams taking to the field in Hobart for the first time since 2011. With the help of a $60,000 grant from the State Government, the Tasmanian Hockey Centre secured a four ... >> view original

Tasmania's Dark Mofo 2015 lineup announced

Last year, Dark Mofo attracted more than 130,000 people to events across 10 days in Hobart on the island state of Tasmania. This year, Dark Mofo is also spreading around the state, with performances from around 250 artists hailing from a dozen ... >> view original