Hobart's Soldiers Walk completed as Tasmania remembers those lost in Great War - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Hobart's Soldiers Walk completed as Tasmania remembers those lost in Great WarUpdatedNovember 11, 2015 14:47:01 A moving Remembrance Day ceremony in Hobart has marked the completion of a long-standing project to honour soldiers killed in the Great War.The final six of 535 trees were planted to fully restore Soldiers Memorial Avenue, with each tree featuring a plaque dedicated to a fallen soldier from in and around Hobart.The walk, which runs through the Queens Domain, was started in 19..>> view originalHistory challenge: Hobart students Jack Carr, Angus Christie recognised for Kokoda research project - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
History challenge: Hobart students Jack Carr, Angus Christie recognised for Kokoda research projectPostedNovember 11, 2015 14:07:17 Two Tasmanian schoolboys have been named as finalists in the National History Challenge thanks to work done on their book Kokoda: How It Lives On In Us.Jack Carr and Angus Christie from the Hutchins School won the state's top history award earlier this week.They will now travel to Canberra for the National History Challenge awards at the end of the month.The two..>> view originalIt's the WACA's turn to be put under the Test spotlight
No guarantees: The WACA Ground is under scrutiny.Photo: Getty ImagesThe cricketing focus turns to the WACA from Friday - and it's not just on the pitch where eyeballs will be analysing performance.Increasingly, state associations and governments must justify why they should be awarded a Test. This is particularly the case outside of the big markets of Melbourne and Sydney, for those two cities still host the two most important and traditional matches of the summer and attract mass television rat..>> view originalBiggest names missing as West Indies announce Test squad for...
Video will begin in5seconds.Sleeping Lehmann vows 'sweet' revengePeter Siddle and Mitch Marsh may want to "ask QLD players what happens" when Darren Lehmann vows revenge, after the players prank their sleeping coach during a flight from Brisbane to Perth.PT0M59S620349Perth:Australian cricket fans will have to do their research before this summer's marquee Tests after the West Indies announced a Test squad that, as expected, excluded their biggest-name players - who instead will be in Australia f..>> view originalTasmanians get chance to farewell Lleyton Hewitt at swan song...
Tasmanians get chance to farewell Lleyton Hewitt at swan song exhibition match in HobartBy Damian McIntyrePostedNovember 11, 2015 11:08:30 Retiring Australian tennis player Lleyton Hewitt will play an exhibition match in Hobart next month.The former world number one will take on fellow Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis at the Domain Tennis Centre on December 18.Hewitt will retire after the Australian Open in January.David Drysdale from Lleyton Hewitt Marketing said it was a coup for the state."I..>> view originalUnion targets aged care home over removal of paid parental leave...
Union targets aged care home over removal of paid parental leave for workersUpdatedNovember 11, 2015 17:13:52 A union has criticised an aged care home on Hobart's eastern shore for removing paid parental leave entitlements, saying it will not do any favours to a sector dealing with a skills shortage.The Fair Work Commission has approved a protected industrial action ballot for workers at the Queen Victoria Homes (QVH) in Lindisfarne.The Health and Community Services Union (HACSU) said it rea..>> view originalHobart's iconic pub Knopwood's to close its doors - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Hobart's iconic pub Knopwood's to close its doorsUpdatedNovember 11, 2015 06:50:19 One of Hobart's most ingrained institutions, Knopwood's Retreat on Salamanca Place, will close next month, the current business owners have said.Knopwood's Retreat licensee and owner Kate Cawthorn said she was not given the option to renew the lease.The historic building has operated as a pub since it was founded as The Whaler's Return in the early 1800s by Reverend "Bobby" Knopwood.It has operated under a num..>> view originalNew Knopwoods owners promise just a few 'exciting tweaks' to the...
The new owners of the Knopwoods building say it will remain a traditional pub with the focus remaining on beer.TRADITION and beer will still run strong when iconic Hobart pub Knopwoods closes it doors and new owners move in next month.Ben Hickey, founder of the Tasmanian International Beerfest, has revealed he will be the new publican at the Salamanca watering hole – in time for the traditional pre-Christmas party.Mr Hickey said beer would still be the focus and the traditional crowd would feel ..>> view originalHobart councillors vote to exempt themselves from own drug testing - 9news
Hobart City Council aldermen are facing a backlash after voting to exempt themselves from its own workplace drug testing while insisting the regime apply to all other staff.The policy, which is still being drafted, would make council workers subject to random breath and saliva testing,the ABC reports.Lord Mayor Sue Hickey said aldermen have "other rules and guidelines to live by" and so should be exempted. "We're expected to go to an awful lot of public functions at which alcohol is ser..>> view originalTennis great Lleyton Hewitt to take on Thanasi Kokkinakis in Hobart on December 18 | HeraldSun
Lleyton Hewitt celebrates during the reverse singles match against Aleksandr Nedovyesov, of Kazakhstan, on day three of the Davis Cup World Group quarterfinal tie between Australia and Kazakhstan at Marrara Sporting Complex in Darwin earlier this year. Picture: GETTYHOBART has landed a tennis coup, with former world No.1 Lleyton Hewitt and rising star Thanasi Kokkinakis to meet in an exhibition match at the Domain Tennis Centre next month.Hewitt, who will retire after competing at his 20th Austr..>> view original
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