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Hobart's proposed 117m Art Tower could become Tasmania's tallest building

Hobart's low-rise skyline could be transformed by a 117m “Art Tower”, set to be Tasmania's tallest building if completed, as proposed, by 2017. Plans for the climbable tower – a semi-transparent steel structure lit by a mesh of white-LED lights – were ... >> view original

Dark Mofo: Art festival draws people onto Hobart's streets to celebrate winter

Hobart's Dark Mofo festival has taken over the port city, with tens of thousands coming out for the celebrations. The festival has opened and features grand-scale art works, a feast and light and sound shows across a range of venues. Executive producer ... >> view original

Calls for stamp duty to be axed

Property Council of Australia Tasmanian director Brian Wightman says Tasmania needs urgent property tax reform. STAMP duty costs for Hobart homebuyers have grown more than 500 per cent in real terms, prompting calls for urgent property tax reform. >> view original

Hobart's Dark Mofo winter arts festival sets pulses racing

He may not be a believer in crystals and shamanism, but he appreciates their appeal, as well as the numbers that Abramovic can attract to his home town (as witnessed by the queue that ran down the block for her sole public appearance in Hobart ... >> view original

Search continues for missing Tas man

Police have searched nearly every property in a northern Tasmanian township for a 20-year-old man who went missing a fortnight ago. Inspector Scott Flude says there are only a handful left to be inspected by more than 250 officers and volunteers ... >> view original

Wild at Heart: take a road trip David Lynch style at Dark Mofo in Tasmania

The event begins with an optional self-guided tour, whereby visitors will be given a map and recommended off-beaten-track pit stops as they make their way from Hobart or Launceston to Cradle Mountain. And on Tuesday morning, a tour of nearby Dove Lake ... >> view original

Dementia shouldn't mean the end of sex

When I worked as a psychiatric consultant for several nursing homes, I saw many patients in the later stages of dementia. What often surprised me about these individuals was how much of their humanity and personality remained vividly intact. An elderly man ... >> view original

Unvaccinated travellers and children drive measles cases to record high in 2014

The number of people being diagnosed with measles in Australia hit a 16-year-high last year as scores of travellers brought the potentially fatal disease into the country and unvaccinated children fell victim to it. Health Department data shows a total of 340 ... >> view original

The link between how we move and how we think

When US neuroscientist Dr Wendy Suzuki took up regular gym classes to lose weight and get fitter, she discovered an unexpected bonus – her brain seemed sharper. As she worked on writing grant applications to fund her research at New York University, ... >> view original

BlastGen: New IVF technology 'beating' pregnancy struggles with traditional ...

A revolutionary new in vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment is helping South Australian women become pregnant. Researchers in Australia and Japan said the technology could give new hope to women who previously struggled to achieve a pregnancy using IVF. >> view original