Friday, April 15, 2016

Royal Hobart Hospital: AMA urges quick fix to latest upgrade issues and other top stories.

  • Royal Hobart Hospital: AMA urges quick fix to latest upgrade issues

    Royal Hobart Hospital: AMA urges quick fix to latest upgrade issues
    Royal Hobart Hospital: AMA urges quick fix to latest upgrade issues Posted April 15, 2016 09:55:06 Working at the Royal Hobart Hospital "building site" has become more stressful amid problems with temporary buildings, the Australian Medical Association (AMA) says. Key points: AMA says Royal Hobart Hospital staff work on "building site"Panel damage has led to water, mould damage in some demountablesCompany promises quick fix, blames supplier Fairbrother, a partner in..
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  • Supertrawler inquiry in Hobart - Yahoo7

    By Andrew Drummond - AAP on April 15, 2016, 4:10 pm Factory trawlers are depleting fish stocks and killing protected species in Australian waters as part of an industry that is not being properly managed, a Senate committee inquiry has been told.But while sector representatives admit it is inevitable that dolphins and seals will sometimes get caught in nets, they insist it's important that the practice be allowed to continue.A hearing in Hobart on Friday focused on the impact of trawlers ta..
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  • What? Australians google “vegan” more than anyone in the world?

    Aussies love their meat so news that Australia has topped Google’s worldwide searches for the word “vegan” may come as a surprise. According to Google Trends, Australia ranks ahead of New Zealand and then Canada. It turns out that in all those “vegan” searches in Australia, it’s Tasmanian residents leading the charge with Hobart topping the list (Newcastle, the Gold Coast, the Sunshine Coast and Canberra round out the top five locations).  Why all the love for not eating or using animal based p..
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  • fisheries managers accused of secrecy over factory trawlers

    fisheries managers accused of secrecy over factory trawlers
    Australia's fisheries managers accused of secrecy over factory trawlers Posted April 15, 2016 13:28:34 Conservation groups want Australia's Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) to release details about factory and super trawlers operating in Australian waters. Key points: Conservation groups say there's no transparency about trawlers' operationsSeafish Tasmania says no dolphin incidents for a yearGeelong Star trawler operations to continue The groups have told a Se..
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  • Police patrols step up after rock attacks

    Police patrols step up after rock attacks
    Generic pictures of Metro bus in Hobart. Picture Nikki Davis-JonesPOLICE are increasing patrols of Metro bus routes in the Bridgewater-Gagebrook area after two more rock attacks.Metro chief Stuart Wiggins said rocks were thrown at a bus in Fisher Drive about 9pm on Wednesday and the service was cancelled for the night on advice from police.And another Metro bus was attacked last night in the area.Senior firefighter Adam Meredith said he feared for the life of his crew when a large rock was throw..
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  • Tree Change Dolls artist Sonia Singh talks about life after internet ...

    Tree Change Dolls artist Sonia Singh talks about life after internet ...
    Tree Change Dolls artist Sonia Singh talks about life after internet fame Posted April 15, 2016 11:37:11 When Hobart woman Sonia Singh posted photos of her Tree Change Dolls on the internet, she had no idea they would attract worldwide attention."It was just a little craft project and it really took off," Ms Singh told Ryk Goddard on 936 ABC Hobart."It spread all around the world in just a couple of days ... it just got bigger and bigger."Ms Singh's recycled plastic d..
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  • Aidan DevineNews Corp Australia Network

    Aidan DevineNews Corp Australia Network
    Aidan DevineNews Corp Australia NetworkINVESTORS in search of properties that will deliver high capital growth in the years ahead may find a safe bet on the outskirts of Melbourne.These regions accounted for the bulk of high growth property markets in Hotspotting.com.au’s latest Top 10 Best Buys report, which forecasts the 10 best locations for property investors seeking capital growth.The Epping region in the north, Sunshine in the west and the City of Casey in the south-east are the prime inve..
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  • When you're a Stranger

    When you're a Stranger
    A DARK and horrifying weekend is on the horizon with the Stranger With My Face International Film Festival taking over Hobart’s Salamanca Arts Centre.Stranger With My Face festival director Briony Kidd, right, with film-makers Megan Riakos, left. from Sydney and Ginanti Rona Tembang Asri, from Indonesia. Picture: KIM EISZELEFocusing on horror films directed by women, the fourth Tasmanian festival runs until Sunday with the screening of many international and Australian premiere films.The Attic L..
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Sydney family mourns death of second son in eight months after redback spider bite .Basslink executives assure Tasmanian Premier of Bass Strait cable repair 'on time' .
ferry solution to Hobart traffic woes wins initial backing .Nine Entertainment appoints Greg Barnes as new chief financial officer .

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