Smoke hazard for Hobart area and other top stories.

• Smoke hazard for Hobart area

  

  A FEW simple tricks can not only improve your memory, but also enhance your ability to plan for the future

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• $1b foreign funds bonanza

  

  Foreign investment in Tasmania, including Hobart, is skyrocketing.FOREIGN interest in Tasmanian real estate has skyrocketed with a record $1 billion worth of proposed investment.The Foreign Investment Review Board gave overseas buyers approval to spend $1.06 billion on Tasmania’s real estate in 2014-15, up from just $30 million the previous year.The board’s annual report — which shows how much foreign investment was approved but not necessarily spent — reveals almost $97 billion worth of real es..

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• Hospital mould photo

  

  Mould on demountable buildings at the Royal Hobart Hospital.SERIOUS issues with mould infesting a building central to the redevelopment of the Royal Hobart Hospital were discovered six weeks ago, a damning new picture shows. On Friday Health Minister Michael Ferguson said he had contacted Royce Fairbrother, whose company is part of the managing contractor team for the Royal Hobart Hospital redevelopment, to express his “extreme disappointment” after the construction of the temporary facility had..

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• Inside Risdon Prison gangs

  

  The Risdon Prison complex.IF you thought Tasmania’s bitter north-south rivalry stopped at the gates of Risdon Prison you would be mistaken. Riots, brawls, assaults, payback and drug dealing all play out along the parochial divide that permeates the rest of Tasmania.Tensions between southern and northern-born inmates “goes back to the day dot”, a former correctional officer said.But insiders have told the Sunday Tasmanian that as Risdon’s gangs became more about drugs and less about tribal loyalt..

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• Kristy Hinze sails in troubled waters

  

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• The hug that changed a nation

  

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• Slice of Huon Island up for sale, the latest Tasmanian island on the ...

  

  If you fantasise about the idea of living in isolation, but enjoy the comfort of being able to ask your neighbours for a spare cup of sugar, then this island home could be for you. Australia’s southernmost state continues to list large parts of its picturesque countryside for sale, with Ray White Southern Tasmania this week listing yet another Tassie island property. The latest listing offers a chance to build a dream home on Huon Island, a 47 hectare piece of stunning countryside just off the ..

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Linc Energy placed in administration 'to avoid penalties' .	Royal Hobart Hospital: AMA urges quick fix to latest upgrade issues .
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' .