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

However, if this report in the Hobart Mercury is accurate, the Hobart landing is conditional on a contribution worth AU$20 million from the Tasmanian government. Hence the need for a feasibility study: AU180,000 to consultancy Advisian who will work ... >> view original

Health system report reveals 41.9pc increase in people waiting for elective ...

The latest report on Tasmania's health system has revealed an almost 42 per cent increase on last year in the number of people waiting for elective surgery at Royal Hobart Hospital. The quarterly report also revealed more than 8,600 people were waiting ... >> 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

SBP's intervention helps PHF resume camp for Olympic qualifiers

“After a short break, the training camp of national senior probables preparing for participation in the four-nation tournament in Hobart/Tasmania from May 2-10, Test Match Series against South Korea in Incheon from May 16-25 and the FIH Hockey World ... >> 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

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

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

Leo Schofield has apologised for touching a “raw nerve” with derogatory ...

“Today should have marked a third triumphant outing for Hobart Baroque and demonstrated conclusively its value to Tasmania. “This nostalgic anniversary exacerbated feelings of regret, which found negative expression in a lengthy personal reminiscence ... >> view original

Fingal Valley Football Club, one of Tasmania's oldest, folds due to tough ...

"Unfortunately, it's the way of the world, the way Tasmania is going at the moment with our young people having to go to Launceston or Hobart or interstate for jobs or for school," he said. Mr Woods recalled a time when the club was never short of numbers. >> view original