Track to the future

Bob Brown addresses the light rail forum held at MONA yesterday, which won a State Government commitment to push for a Glenorchy link. Pictures: SAM ROSEWARNE

THE State Government will create a high-powered taskforce to push the case for a light rail link through the city's northern suburbs.

Sustainable Transport Minister Nick McKim yesterday told a forum of backers gathered at MONA he had ordered a new business case for the link, which he wants to put before the Federal Government's funding process by May.

But in a letter to the meeting, Mr McKim said he would be pushing for a Hobart to Glenorchy link, rather than the proposed Hobart to Bridgewater line.

Mr McKim said shortening the route would increase the cost-to-benefit ratio, which would make it easier to attract critical federal finding.

Participants at yesterday's forum released a joint statement saying light rail had the potential to transform the city and revitalise real estate development, including housing in the northern suburbs, and improve transport options along the corridor.

A delegation is expected to visit Canberra in mid-March to lobby for funding for the project.

Ben Johnston, from the Hobart Northern Suburbs Rail Action Group, believes it will cost $100 million to convert the existing rail corridor to be able to take passengers from Bridgewater to Hobart in under half an hour.

"At the moment your options are bus or car and it's slow, uncomfortable and inefficient," he said.

The state's three major political parties, as well as Denison independent Andrew Wilkie and his Labor and Green opponents at the upcoming federal action, have backed the proposal.

Mr Wilkie said the availability of the rail line gave Hobart the chance to develop a new mass transit system.

"If we do not take this opportunity, the line will quickly deteriorate and the corridor soon disappear, even though it's the obvious route for a light rail system which would take the pressure off the road network, kick start an urban renewal and connect the communities and facilities along the length of the electorate in a clean and affordable manner," Mr Wilkie said.

Liberal party sustainable transport spokesman Matt Groom said the government had dragged its feet on getting the project off the drawing board.

"We consider this to be an important project, it's one which the government needs to make sure it properly assesses," Mr Groom said.

"We are committed to ensuring the northern suburbs have better public transport options".

Dr Gary Glazebrook, from the Institute for Sustainable Futures at the University of Technology in Sydney, said the development had the potential to increase land values along the route.

"The experience from around the world is that light rail projects cause an uplift in land values along the land corridors."

david.killick@news.com.au

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Tropical species moving in

DIVERS and fishermen along Tasmania's East Coast have started to find green rock lobsters.

Until recently Tasmania's rock lobster population has always been the red-coloured southern rock lobster species.

It appears that rapidly warming waters off Tasmania's East Coast have enabled members of the green-coloured eastern rock lobster species to muscle in.

University of Tasmania Institute of Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) senior research fellow Greta Pecl said the green lobsters had been visiting Tasmanian waters for some years.

But Redmap, an IMAS initiative that invites the public to report and send in photos of unusual marine life sightings, last year turned up the first evidence that the eastern lobsters had made Tasmania's East Coast seabeds their home.

A green lobster community with at least 35 individuals of various ages was found occupying an East Coast den.

They, along with the pest centrostephanus rodgersii sea urchin species, are among the first in a new wave of emigrants to Tasmania, consistent with climate change predictions.

Dr Pecl and colleague Neil Holbrook said more scientific study would be needed before it was proven that climate change had a hand in such colonisation.

They say it is beyond doubt that the East Australian Current has extended south by about 350km during the past 50 years to reach Tasmanian waters.

The powerful current pushes seawater south from the tropics at speeds of 5km/h. Its southerly extension has created one of the world's fastest-warming ocean hot spots along Tasmania's East Coast.

The current was made famous in the animated film Finding Nemo. It helped the characters Marlin and Dory to complete their long swim south, from the tropics to Sydney Harbour, where they were reunited with the wayward Nemo.

In real life, the current has enabled fish such as marlin, yellow-tailed kingfish, snapper, yellowfin tuna and dolphin fish to swim all the way to Tasmania.

But most of those fish have been strays, or visitors. Their species haven't yet made a permanent move to Tasmania.

Copula Sivickisi, a close relative of the box jellyfish, appears to be the state's most recently discovered visitor. A single jellyfish was last month dropped off alive at the CSIRO in Hobart.

Dr Pecl said there was also growing evidence that the gloomy octopus were setting up homes in Tasmanian waters.

The East Australian Current is providing East Coast divers, fishers, as well as armchair enthusiasts who visit the Redmap website, with a "preview trailer" on what climate change could bring to Tasmania.

Also beyond doubt, says Nathan Bindoff, an IMAS research program leader and a Climate Futures for Tasmania project author, is the fact that climate change exists.

Professor Bindoff said that since the 1960s temperatures had been rising at about 0.1 of a degree a decade, and rising greenhouse gas levels could account for all of that.

He said the warming rate was forecast to accelerate, to make Tasmania as much as three degrees warmer by the end of the century.

Will there be invasion forces of land-based insect, bird and mammal species lined up along the Victorian coastline to stage D-day-style assaults on Tasmania as the state warms?

At this stage scientists have identified just a few potentially hostile invaders. An obvious candidate is fruit fly, which could stow away in incoming fresh food or vegetable matter.

Fruit fly has the potential to wipe millions of dollars off the value of Tasmanian fruit industries simply by landing here.

"There are still some years before fruit fly can settle permanently in Tasmania," Prof Bindoff said. "They could land here, but would be unable to get through the cold winters."

Models used by the Framework for Action on Climate Change have mapped out an area of Tasmania's far North-East that could support fruit fly during some winters starting about 2036.

The model shows that semi-permanent zone spreading south and west along the coast during the century's second half, and by 2071 the far North-East and Flinders Island could become permanently fruit fly-friendly.

Prof Bindoff said termites were another potential -- and unwanted -- emigrant later this century.

University of Tasmania School of Zoology professor Chris Johnson said many of the exotic species with the greatest potential to make their mark on Tasmanian landscapes as climate change progressed could have already arrived.

Prof Johnson said the change that Tasmanians would probably notice most, as the state's climate warmed, would be an increased frequency of extremely hot days, and associated catastrophic fire risks.

He said there were no guarantees that habitats such as wet eucalypt forests could revert back to their original states as fire pressure increased.

Prof Johnson said there could be opportunities for exotic animals such as deer to trample or eat down regrowth, which could radically change the look and feel of the forest that grows back.

He said increased disturbance could also favour animals such as feral cats and rodents at the expense of native marsupials.

Prof Johnson said exactly how landscapes, and the animals within, would respond to increased fire as well as rain and flooding pressure was impossible to predict without studies and models, but there was a high probability that a lot of Tasmania's natural vegetation types could be permanently changed.

"It is hard to see how something like that is not going to happen," he said.

Aedes camptorhynchus is another little-known critter already in Tasmania with the potential to attract a lot more attention in the long term.

It is a mosquito species that carries the Ross River virus.

Climate change models foreshadow more extreme rain events, associated with increased evaporation from oceans.

In coastal Tasmania such soakings could be favourable to the mosquitoes. It could create ideal conditions for virus spread, if the mosquitoes are a short flying distance away from areas populated by people and native animals which act as virus reservoirs.

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Inside the pod in the sky

TOP SIGHT: The city view from one of the bedroom windows. Picture Leigh Winburn

ROOFTOP celebrations were the inspiration for tourism entrepreneur Brett Torossi's latest venture.

The Mercury had an exclusive preview of Hobart's Avalon City Retreat, ahead of the official opening today by federal Tourism Minister Martin Ferguson.

The pod was built in a warehouse and lifted by crane into position on top of a seven-storey Macquarie St office block last month.

"I used to sit on this roof on a chair on New Year's Eve and that's how I learnt to love the view," Ms Torossi said.

She is in the running for Best Unique Accommodation at the Australian Tourism Awards tonight, for her property Rocky Hills Retreat in Swansea.

She worked with award-winning architect Craig Rosevear on the East Coast development and revived the partnership for her latest project.

"When we did Avalon (Retreat on the East Coast) it kind of pioneered top-end accommodation in Tasmania," Ms Torossi said.

"People said we were crazy for charging $500 a night.

"Now Tasmania has places like the Henry Jones Art Hotel, the Islington (Hotel) and Saffire, and a reputation for top-end accommodation."

The $800-a-night city retreat has almost 360 degree views. The entire front wall is floor-to-ceiling glass with a full-length veranda overlooking St David's Park and Hobart's waterfront.

It has two bedrooms, two bathrooms -- one with a custom-made Huon Pine bathtub, and a panoramic outlook of the southern end of Mt Wellington, South Hobart and Tolmans Hill from one room, with a large northern deck taking in the CBD and beyond.

There's a 10-seater table and fully stocked custom-made kitchen.

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Rare timber pile freed up

THE State Government has stepped in to ensure that concerned sawmillers can now access blackwood, myrtle and sassafras logs destined for export at very low return to Forestry Tasmania.

Resources Minister Bryan Green says local sawmillers will be allowed to inspect and buy logs in the Forestry Tasmania yard on the Burnie wharf before they are shipped out.

The 15,000 tonnes on site was to leave for China for pulp and veneer next week.

The stockpile of splitting sun-ruined logs contains blackwood, myrtle and sassafras, which contractors with overseas orders are desperate to access.

Mr Green said that in the past sawmillers had decided the actual export logs did not meet their required specifications but the Government and Forestry Tasmania were keen to maximise the economic return on all logs harvested.

Forestry Tasmania would not say how much the Chinese customer had paid for the shipment.

Mr Green said Forestry Tasmania had reiterated its open offer that any sawmiller was welcome to inspect and buy any potential export logs.

"I have also been assured that Forestry Tasmania will arrange access to the yard for inspection of the logs," he said.

Contractors wanting to inspect the logs on the Burnie wharf and buy them should contact Forestry Tasmania's North-West District manager immediately.

Mr Green said that from now on Forestry Tasmania would set aside a regularly scheduled day when any sawmiller could inspect potential export logs.

The company will also write to all sawmillers with a registered sawmill, or other people who have previously bought blackwood logs, reminding them of the standing offer to inspect and buy the export logs.

Greens forestry spokesman Kim Booth yesterday wrote to Forestry Tasmania chairman Bob Annells, inviting him to go to Burnie to see the logs firsthand and talk to frustrated timber contractors.

Mr Booth also wants to hold a sawing trial on some of the logs, which are now too split to salvage, to demonstrate that they are not forest residue fit only for chipping.

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Students back at burnt school

The Dunalley Primary School was razed on January 4 as the devastating bushfires tore through the region. Picture: TOBY ZERNA

THIS morning the bushfire-ravaged community of Dunalley made a major step on the road to recovery as children returned to the rebuilt local primary school.

A temporary school has been rebuilt on the site of the former school, which was destroyed in the January 4 bushfires. The school has been rebuilt in just four weeks with construction crews working around the clock.

Elizabeth Knox from the school association said parents had gathered for a morning tea to celebrate the occasion. She said there was a sense of joy at the school's reopening.

"It's been a very important part of the recovery process for the community to see the school being rebuilt," she said. "It's just a real relief that things are back on track."

Volunteers have played a significant role in ensuring the school has been ready to receive students, by collecting and distributing learning materials and other school essentials.

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Man denies sexual assaults

A DERWENT Valley man has denied raping a woman and indecently assaulting a woman and a child in a home at New Norfolk last year.

The 63-year-old man -- who cannot be named for legal reasons -- is accused of rape and two counts of indecent assault.

He has pleaded not guilty to all of the charges.

The Supreme Court in Hobart today heard the alleged incidents happened after a night of drinking at the home on January 21 last year.

Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Daryl Coates SC told the jury that the two women, the girl and a young boy were sleeping in a room at the house.

He said the accused man entered the room and touched one of the women on the breast and indecently assaulted the 13-year-old girl.

After they left he then raped a 35-year-old woman on a bunk nearby, he said.

During the attack, the man allegedly said "Third time lucky" to the woman, Mr Coates said.

In his opening address, defence lawyer Steve Chopping said his client denied all of the allegations.

He said his client admitted having intercourse with the second woman, who he said had consented.

The trial, before Justice Shan Tennent, is expected to continue for three days.

david.killick@news.com.au

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Ringleader's theft competition

A YOUNG man went on a car stealing spree to demonstrate to a friend he was a better thief, the Supreme Court has heard.

Shayden James Cohen, 18, of Moonah, pleaded guilty to 26 charges including multiple counts of car theft, unlawfully setting fire to property, stealing and driving while disqualified.

Crown Prosecutor Yolanda Prenc said Cohen drove a stolen bobcat into a shed at Southern Waste Solutions at Derwent Park in March last year causing $15,000 worth of damage.

He then stole a front-end loader and drove it into a cribroom, causing $40,000 worth of damage.

Cohen was the ringleader of a quartet of youths who went on a spree stealing and torching cars in July last year.

Over the course of a single night, the youths stole cars from Hobart, Claremont, New Town, Glebe, Moonah and Lenah Valley, stealing from some and setting fire to those they were able to drive away.

When arrested on July 19, Cohen admitted being "the boss" of the gang and admitted all of the offences.

He said he had been in a competition with one of the other men to demonstrate he was a better thief.

Defence lawyer Tim Mills said his client's offending was largely as a result of alcohol and boredom.

Justice Shan Tennent will sentence Cohen on February 22.

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Hopping mad in the suburbs

THE wild rabbit population in and around Hobart has increased significantly because of dry weather.

The Hobart City Council has been inundated with calls about the number of rabbits seen in suburbs from Sandy Bay to New Town, on the Queens Domain and in the city.

General manager Nick Heath said council officers were working with the Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and the Environment to control the population boom.

State invasive species branch manager Craig Elliot said dry weather had caused large numbers of rabbits to appear in back yards, gardens and reserves.

Colonies of rabbits have been spotted on the lawns of Government House and large numbers have caused havoc in garden beds at the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens on the Queens Domain.

Cyclists have been dodging rabbits on the inner-city bike track and backyard vegetable growers have been forced to erect rabbit-proof fences to protect their patches.

Margate Hardware assistant manager Shannon Lawless said there had been an increased demand for rabbit wire in the past six months.

Mr Lawless said rabbit wire was thicker and heavier than chicken wire and was a good deterrent.

Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens horticultural coordinator David Reid said the rabbits were causing significant problems.

Mr Reid said they were devouring vegetables and salad greens in the garden beds.

"There has been an explosion in [the number] of rabbits over the last three years," Mr Reid said.

"They're out during the day and the night – the kids love them."

State environment officers were working with landowners to determine the best ways to control the influx, Mr Elliot said.

Methods included poisoning the pests and shooting them.

One deterrent used in suburban areas is calicivirus, however its application is restricted to trained state environment staff only.

Studies have found the virus poses no risk to humans or other animals.

jennifer.crawley@news.com.au

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Gotye grabs three Grammys

AUSTRALIA'S global chart-slayer Gotye has won an historic hat-trick of Grammys -- but seemed more overwhelmed that his childhood idol Prince loved his song.

The Purple One presented Wally "Gotye" de Backer and his duet partner Kimbra with the coveted trophy for Record Of The Year for the unstoppable viral hit Somebody That I Used To Know.

It is the first time an Australian has won the prize since Olivia Newton John with I Honestly Love You in 1975.

"I have got to say I felt a bit delirious; it was a surreal experience; he had his typically wry smile on," Gotye said.

Grammys red carpet

The down-to-earth pop star, who said he wouldn't be celebrating with champagne as he is suffering a stomach virus after touring India, used his acceptance speeches to pay tribute to all musicians.

And while he has spent much of the past 18 months touring the globe, he also wanted to thank the loyal Australian fans who have supported his career from its early indie days.

"It's a long, long way from that Los Angeles stage but I have really felt a strong sense of goodwill from Australia and not felt any sense of backlash," he said.

For those who aren't on Team Gotye and never want to hear the song again, de Backer said he had thought about retiring it from his live set.

"Maybe I could drop it from the set from now on -- or send a hologram," he joked.

De Backer heads home in a couple of days and said the experiences of the past year had fuelled his excitement for his next musical endeavour.

"I am so energised to play with the instruments I've found and push myself to do something different," he said.

"I feel similar to when I was working in a cafe in my early 20s when I couldn't wait to get home and get stuck into songs."

Among the other multiple Grammy winners were imminent Future Music festival tourists fun., rockers The Black Keys, country pop crooner Carrie Underwood and rap kings Jay-Z and Kanye West.

While there was plenty of action on the stage with a plethora of performances, it was the front-row couples who caught the cameras, with Chris Brown and Rihanna stealing plenty of air-time.

Read more and select your favourite red carpet fashion at news.com.au

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Shock as Pope stands down

POPE Benedict XVI says he will resign on February 28 because his age prevents him from carrying out his duties, an unprecedented move in the modern history of the Catholic Church.

He is the first pontiff to do so in nearly 600 years and the decision sets the stage for a conclave to elect a new Pope before the end of March.

The 85-year-old Pope announced his decision in Latin during a meeting of Vatican cardinals.

"After having repeatedly examined my conscience before God, I have come to the certainty that my strengths, due to an advanced age, are no longer suited to an adequate exercise of the Petrine ministry," the Pope told the meeting.

"In order to govern the bark of Saint Peter and proclaim the Gospel, both strength of mind and body are necessary, strength which in the last few months, has deteriorated in me to the extent that I have had to recognise my incapacity to adequately fulfil the ministry entrusted to me," he said.

"For this reason, and well aware of the seriousness of this act, with full freedom I declare that I renounce the ministry of Bishop of Rome, Successor of Saint Peter, entrusted to me by the Cardinals on 19 April 2005, in such a way, that as from 28 February 2013, at 20:00 hours, the See of Rome, the See of Saint Peter, will be vacant and a Conclave to elect the new Supreme Pontiff will have to be convoked by those whose competence it is," he said.

In his own words: The Pope's resignation

A group of cardinals will soon go into lockdown in the Sistine Chapel to elect a new pope.

Pope Benedict had hinted in a book of interviews in 2010 that he might resign if he felt he was no longer able to carry out his duties.

The last Pope to resign was Pope Gregory XII, who stepped down in 1415 in a deal to end the Great Western Schism among competing papal claimants.

Prior to Pope Gregory XII, the only other pope to have resigned citing he felt unable to fulfil office was Celestine V in 1296 who stepped down just months into his appointment to office saying he was not physically capable to continue and he yearned a simpler life.

Benedict called his choice "a decision of great importance for the life of the church".

The move sets the stage for the Vatican to hold a conclave to elect a new pope by mid-March, since the traditional mourning time that would follow the death of a pope doesn't have to be observed.

There are several papal contenders in the wings, but no obvious front-runner, as was the case when Benedict was elected pontiff in 2005 after the death of Pope John Paul II.

The Pope's brother, Georg Ratzinger, says the pontiff had been advised by his doctor not to take any more transatlantic trips and had been considering stepping down for months.

Many religious observers noted Pope Benedict was in the Vatican at his predecessor Pope John Paul II's side as the latter slipped over many months toward death.

It was seeing the John Paul decline from almost having a global rock star attraction to being unable to continue in office but remaining in office as was tradition.

Many believe this had preyed on his mind that no one again would want to see a church in effect without a functioning pope.

Benedict came to the role at a relatively late age although then not in poor health, many recognised this had changed over recent times.

Talking from his home in Regensburg to the news agency dpa, Georg Ratzinger said his brother was having increasing difficulty walking and that his resignation was part of a "natural process".

"His age is weighing on him," the 89-year-old said of his 85-year-old brother. "At this age my brother wants more rest."

Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi in a hastily arranged press conference said all were taken by surprise by the announcement but clearly Pope Benedict XVI also felt he no longer had the "rigour, clarity and energy" to go on.

"The Pope caught us a bit by surprise," he said of the sudden announcement.

Last night it was revealed his doctor had told him he was no longer fit for transatlantic travel. It was at this point he began to think about stepping down.

Tributes were coming in from around the world last night for him, many expressing respect for what was a very difficult decision.

Contenders to be his successor include Cardinal Angelo Scola, archbishop of Milan, Cardinal Christoph Schoenborn, the archbishop of Vienna, and Cardinal Marc Ouellet, the Canadian head of the Vatican's office for bishops.

Longshots include Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York. Although Cardinal Dolan is popular and backs the Pope's conservative line, the general thinking is that the Catholic Church doesn't need a pope from a "superpower".

Given half of the world's Catholics live in the global south, there will once again be arguments for a pope to come from the developing world.

Cardinal Antonio Tagle, the archbishop of Manila, has impressed many Vatican watchers, but at 56 and having only been named a cardinal last year, he is considered too young.

Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson of Ghana is one of the highest-ranking African cardinals at the Vatican, currently heading the Vatican's office for justice and peace.

All cardinals under age 80 are allowed to vote in the conclave, the secret meeting held in the Sistine Chapel where cardinals cast ballots to elect a new pope. As per tradition, the ballots are burned after each voting round; black smoke that snakes out of the chimney means no pope has been chosen, while white smoke means a pope has been elected.

The pontiff had been due to attend World Youth Day in July in Rio de Janeiro; by then his successor will have been named and will presumably make the trip.

Benedict himself raised the possibility of resigning if he were simply too old or sick to continue on, when he was interviewed in 2010 for the book Light of the World.

"If a pope clearly realises that he is no longer physically, psychologically and spiritually capable of handling the duties of his office, then he has a right, and under some circumstances, also an obligation to resign," Benedict said.

-- with AP and AFP

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Single life rules OK

MY Kitchen Rules' Ali and Samuel, of Tasmania, have not wasted time coming clean on their relationship status.

The Hobart contestants are seriously single and claim they are just friends.

They say they are waiting for "the one" to share the kitchen with.

Meeting the other contestants on Thursday night's show Ali, 28, was quick to deny suggestions they were "together".

Ali recently separated from her partner of 14 years.

"That was our big decision, before we had kids," she said recently.

"Being on your own for the first time, when you've been with someone since you were 13, is very painful."

Samuel is also single.

"I'm 34 and a lot of close friends are engaged, married, have children, so the next girl I am with, I will be looking for those things," he said.

Meantime, they are content to "cook with each other".

For Ali, the love of food came from travelling with her academic parents.

"We travelled all through Europe for months on end and mum and dad were really passionate about food."

Samuel says his nan taught him to cook.

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Rockers' barnstorming show

BARNSTORMING: Jimmy Barnes on stage yesterday. Picture: ROSS MARSDEN

HOBART is set for a red-hot injection of classic tunes today, as the Aussie Rock Extravaganza rolls around Tasmania.

The Red Hot Summer Tour's Aussie Rock Extravaganza featuring Australian music icon Jimmy Barnes, his Cold Chisel bandmate Ian Moss, April Sun in Cuba hitmakers Dragon, and '90s stars Chocolate Starfish drew thousands of fans to Launceston's Country Club Tasmania lawns yesterday, with tickets to the afternoon gig selling out weeks ago.

The bands will also perform on the lawns at Wrest Point from 1pm today.

Tickets are still available for $85.60 at tixtas.com.au.

Meantime, hundreds of politicians, academics, former state leaders and industry heads celebrated the 40th anniversary of Wrest Point Casino at a gala reception last night.

It was a night of nostalgia and celebration with tributes paid to the Tasmanian people who in 1968 voted for the construction of Australia's first legal casino.

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Hunt on for star nurses

THE search is on for Tasmania's top nurses and midwives.

Nominations for the 2013 HESTA Australian Nursing Awards are open now and will close on February 28.

Categories include Nurse of the Year, Team Innovation and Outstanding Graduate with a prize pool of $30,000.

HESTA chief executive Anne-Marie Corboy said the awards were a chance to recognise outstanding nurses for their tireless dedication and the care they provide every day.

To submit a nomination visit hestaawards.com.au.

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Single life rules OK

MY Kitchen Rules' Ali and Samuel, of Tasmania, have not wasted time coming clean on their relationship status.

The Hobart contestants are seriously single and claim they are just friends.

They say they are waiting for "the one" to share the kitchen with.

Meeting the other contestants on Thursday night's show Ali, 28, was quick to deny suggestions they were "together".

Ali recently separated from her partner of 14 years.

"That was our big decision, before we had kids," she said recently.

"Being on your own for the first time, when you've been with someone since you were 13, is very painful."

Samuel is also single.

"I'm 34 and a lot of close friends are engaged, married, have children, so the next girl I am with, I will be looking for those things," he said.

Meantime, they are content to "cook with each other".

For Ali, the love of food came from travelling with her academic parents.

"We travelled all through Europe for months on end and mum and dad were really passionate about food."

Samuel says his nan taught him to cook.

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