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

Tasmania: Australia's scenic, historic island, Part 1

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

Q&As With Afrojack, Avicii and David Guetta

AFROJACK | Nick van de wall. At a towering 6-foot-9, 27-year-old Afrojack, born Nick van de Wall, stands out in the crowd, and not just for his height. The Netherlands native is one of Las Vegas's best-known resident DJs, drawing huge international ... >> view original

The southern lights in Indigenous oral traditions

A recent surge in solar activity caused spectacular auroral displays across the world. While common over the polar regions, aurorae are rare over Australia and are typically restricted to far southern regions, such as Tasmania and Victoria. But ... >> view original

Incat Tasmania's Latest Ship on the way to Japan

The latest delivery from Australian shipbuilder Incat Tasmania Akane, an 85 metre high speed Wave Piercing Catamaran Ferry, Incat hull 068, will arrive in Japan early April. Built at the Incat shipyard at Prince of Wales Bay, Hobart the vessel was sea ... >> 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

Peter Nevill wins Steve Waugh Medal

Nevill scored 764 Shield runs throughout the season at an average of 76.40, including a sensational career-best 235 not out against Tasmania in Hobart. He also took 29 catches and a competition-high five stumpings. It caps off a cracking week for ... >> view original

A challenged democracy: wicked problems and political failures

This article is an edited extract from a presentation by the author to a University of Tasmania Conference-Symposium 'Political Elites in Crisis', held at Parliament House, Hobart, in March 2015. The University of Melbourne Provides funding as a ... >> view original

Seriously ill Antarctic expeditioner arrives in Hobart

The man, described as a highly skilled tradesman, fell ill at Davis Station more than a fortnight ago, just days after the icebreaker had left for Hobart. The ship turned back and in a rescue described by the Australian Antarctic Division as a "mammoth ... >> view original

Australia back-up Test wicketkeeper Peter Nevill wins Steve Waugh medal

... to take over from Brad Haddin behind the stumps when the 37-year-old veteran does ultimately retire from Tests, scored 764 runs at an average of 76.40 this Sheffield Shield season, with the highlight a spectacular 235 not out against Tasmania in ... >> view original