Giant tea cup to take Hobart by storm for the Cancer Council of Tasmania and other top stories

Giant tea cup to take Hobart by storm for the Cancer Council of Tasmania

A giant tea cup has been placed on the lawns of Hobart's Government House to raise funds for the Cancer Council of Tasmania. While Australia's Biggest Morning Tea (ABMT) is not until May 28, the large blue tea cup – visible to drivers heading west ... >> view original

Australian Masterworks exhibition in Hobart first of its kind in Tasmania

An art exhibition in Hobart showing 33 masterpiece paintings from famous Australian artists will be the first of its kind in Tasmania. The Australian Masterworks exhibition brings together major works from Archibald Prize-winners, William Robinson and ... >> view original

Police disrupt alleged ice, cocaine trafficking operation in southern Tasmania

Special Operations officers were called in to help arrest a 42-year-old man in a residential street in the greater Hobart area about 9:40am yesterday. At the same time they moved in on the properties, also arresting a 25-year-old Rokeby man and a 60 ... >> view original

Anzac Day 2015: Record crowds attend services around Tasmania

Tens of thousands of people have attended Anzac parades and services around Tasmania this morning. Crowds lined the streets as current and former servicemen and women, along with relatives marched through the Hobart and Launceston CBDs to the ... >> view original

Hobart set to celebrate first Punjabi New Year festival in Tasmania

A vibrant and colourful festival in Punjab, India will be celebrated in Sandy Bay this weekend for the first time in Tasmania. The Punjabi Cultural and Sports Society of Tasmania will be celebrating the Punjab New Year with the festival, Vaiskahi Dhol ... >> view original

Cold snap in Tasmania brings heavy snow and road warnings

"It's probably around about the 700-metre mark during the afternoon and will keep rising to about 1,000 metres during the evening. The general manager of the City of Hobart, Nick Heath, said snow was up to 30 centimetres thick on Pinnacle Road on the ... >> view original

ISIS message on Tas airport website

The Hobart International Airport website has been shut down after it was hacked and defaced with a statement supporting the radical Islamist group ISIS, also known as Islamic State or IS. Tasmania Police are investigating and have been monitoring ... >> view original

Kookaburras beat Pakistan 5-0 in last game of Hobart International Challenge ...

Kookaburras defeat Pakistan in final match of Hobart International ChallengeAustralian Olympic Committee >> view original

Sea level rise accelerating faster than thought

That recent slowdown puzzled researchers, because sea level contributions from melting ice in Antarctica and Greenland are actually increasing, says Christopher Watson, a geodesist at the University of Tasmania in Australia. So he and colleagues took a ... >> view original

Hundreds don bonnets at Hobart event in tribute to female convicts

Hundreds of women have gathered on Hobart's waterfront wearing old fashioned bonnets in an event commemorating female convicts transported to Australia. For almost a decade artist Dr Christina Henri has been working on the Bonnet Project to raise ... >> view original