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Taste of Tasmania: Hobart City Council votes to introduce cashless cards at ...

"The Taste of Tasmania has really become quite expensive over the years, and only the ratepayers of Hobart have been paying for it. "So we have been looking at ways of reducing the amount of money expended by just the ratepayers of Hobart.". >> view original

Outlaw bikie in Tas wanted by immigration

A crackdown on illegal gang activity in Hobart has led to the arrests of 14 people including a former bikie president. Over 200 thousand dollars cash was seized in the raid as well as firearms and drugs. A former bikie gang president arrested during ... >> view original

Hobart man accused of setting partner on fire remanded in custody

A 45-year-old Hobart man accused of dousing his partner with petrol and setting her alight has been remanded in custody. Michael John Price appeared in the Hobart Magistrates Court this morning after his arrest on Friday night to face charges of ... >> view original

Nude swim: Hundreds brave the cold to skinny dip in Hobart's River Derwent for ...

Hundreds of people have braved the chilly waters of Hobart's River Derwent for the city's annual nude swim to mark the winter solstice. With temperatures hovering around 1 degree out of the water and 11 degrees in, the solstice swim brings to an end 10 ... >> view original

Naked swimmers brave the winter solstice cold at Hobart's Dark Mofo festival ...

More than 700 people took a nude dip in the icy waters of the River Derwent in Hobart, Tasmania to mark the winter solstice and the end of the annual Dark Mofo arts festival, organised by the Museum of Old and New Art. The water temperature was just ... >> view original

Taste of Tasmania will be free — but Hobart food and drink festival will ...

A CASHLESS card will be introduced for the Taste of Tasmania, but patrons will not be charged an entry fee. The Hobart City Council voted in a closed meeting last night to use a cashless card system, which will operate like a credit card for the ... >> view original

Rally in support of convicted Tas killer

HOBART woman Susan Neill-Fraser is in jail for the 2009 killing of her partner Bob Chappell, but a community group continues to argue her innocence. It's offering a $40,000 reward for information leading to her release and will hold a rally on Saturday. >> view original

Tasmania still waiting on Cadbury funds

Tasmania's Premier Will Hodgman continues to lean on the federal government for millions of dollars in promised tourism funding, originally directed at Hobart's Cadbury chocolate factory. Mr Hodgman on Tuesday said he was in regular contact with ... >> view original

High-profile Tasmanian fisherman cleared of trafficking rock lobster

In the Supreme Court in Hobart on Tuesday, Judge Shan Tennent agreed there was no case to answer and ordered the jury to return a not guilty verdict. Mr Eather has been involved in high-profile events with chefs including Kylie Kwong and Neil Perry. >> view original

US and China open annual dialogue with 'candid, to-the-point' talks

WASHINGTON The United States and China held "candid and to-the-point" talks at the start of three days of cabinet-level meetings aimed at managing the highly complex relationship between the world's two biggest economies, a senior U.S. official said. >> view original