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 wants more backbone

During 2014, SubPartners announced that it would construct a cable, APX Central, to connect Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Hobart and Sydney. However, if this report in the Hobart Mercury is accurate, the Hobart landing is conditional on a contribution ... >> view original

Nicole Kidman to film Lion in Melbourne with Rooney Mara and David Wenham

The loving duo find the youngster, who was sadly separated from his family after he boards the wrong train, living on the streets and go on to raise in their lavish home in Hobart, Tasmania. Going Down Under! David Wenham is set to star as Nicole's ... >> 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

Male student elected as women's officer at University of Tasmania resigns

He told 936 ABC Hobart he believed gender in the role was irrelevant and he was the best person for the role. After his election, a petition was started by the university's Women's Collective, calling for him to stand down. He described allegations ... >> view original

Eleventh hour nomination ends Farrell's unopposed run for Upper House

Labor's Craig Farrell appears to have some competition for his Tasmanian Upper House seat with another candidate declaring his candidacy on social media. Hobart man Alan Baker used his Facebook account to declare his plans to contest Mr Farrell's ... >> view original

Bogan flash mob planned for Brisbane Baroque festival as comeback to Leo ...

Mr Schofield left Tasmania and took his festival with him after failing to receive a big boost in State Government funding. Last week ... Organiser Maeve MacGregor from Hobart's Loud Mouth Theatre said she thought Mr Schofield's rant was amusing. "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

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

The real reason iiNet customers are facing internet speed slowdowns after ...

Fibre customers in Hobart, Tasmania, will also have to wait until about April 17 for a fix. While some of iiNet's backhaul fibre links have been reaching capacity for some time during peak periods, Netflix is understood to have been the tipping point ... >> view original