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

Incat Tasmania export ferry heads to Japan

Built at the Incat shipyard at Prince of Wales Bay, Hobart, the vessel was sea trialed late March, and will go into service later this month. with Sado Kisen, a long standing ferry operator in Japan. Akane will be Sado Kisen's first high-speed ... >> view original

Tasmania a land of 'dregs, bogans and third-generation morons', Leo Schofield ...

Asked if he had any plan to live in Tasmania again, he replied: "No, no, no, no, no, I'm very happy back in the bustling metropolis of Sydney, back in Potts Point where I've lived for many years anyway, and where there are many people happy to see me ... >> view original

Baroque and bogans battle over the menu at lunch with Leo Schofield

Leo Schofield, the charming man once known as "Mr Sydney", is unlikely ever to be called Mr Tasmania. He has recently returned to Potts Point after two years living in Hobart. He moved south because there were beautiful buildings everywhere. "What I ... >> 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

World Cup hero eyes Test return

Allrounder James Faulkner says it came as no surprise to him that he missed selection in Australia's Test squads for the tours of the West Indies and the UK later this year. And with Australia's fifth World Cup title secure, the allrounder says his ... >> 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

Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2015: Hannah Gadsby finds the funny ...

Comedian Hannah Gadsby grew up in Tasmania and moved to Melbourne seven years ago. She likes getting lost at Hanging Rock, protesting in Federation Square and she's eating her way through Box Hill's dumpling restaurants. When was your first visit to ... >> view original

Reclaim Australia clashes with opposing Socialist Party at rallies around the ...

A man at the Reclaim Australia rally in Hobart was arrested and charged with assault after his group clashed with the counter-rally supporting multiculturalism. Clare Fester, who is organising the counter-rally in Sydney, said Reclaim Australia is ... >> view original