Ambos issue timely advice

No one wants to spend the new year in the back of an ambulance. THINK before you drink is the resounding message from Ambulance Tasmania chief Dominic Morgan as the state prepares to ring in 2013. Mr Morgan said ending up in the back of an ambulance...

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Our own instant millionaire

A DEVONPORT man will enter 2013 as a millionaire after winning $1.4 million in TattsLotto's $30 million Megadraw at the weekend. The man was one of two Tasmanians to collect winnings in the Megadraw. The other lucky man was from the Launceston suburb...

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Bikie boss in Tassie buy up

THE boss of one of Australia's most notorious bikie gangs has been buying up property across Tasmania. The Mercury can reveal Sydney-based Rebels Motorcycle Club national president Alessio Emmanuel "Alex" Vella has bought several properties in the state...

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Energy honeymoon over

THE honeymoon period for Aurora customers is to come to an end, with electricity disconnections set to more than double in Tasmania in the next 12 months. Aurora had given Tasmanian customers a four-month amnesty on disconnections as they rolled out...

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Springs resort concept reborn

A computer-generated image of the Mount Wellington Springs proposal. HOBART'S Lord Mayor Damon Thomas is championing the long-abandoned vision of an eco-resort at The Springs on Mount Wellington. The Hobart City Council hopes to secure federal...

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A bit of sparkle for ill children

FAIRY godmother Fairy Sparkle waved her magic wand and lifted spirits on a special visit to the Royal Hobart Hospital paediatric ward yesterday. The Humpty Dumpty Foundation ambassador's first visit to the RHH coincided with the arrival in Hobart of...

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Ready, set, Taste

Prue O'Shanesy, of Josef Chromy Wines, and Isaac Vitesnik, of Mountain Pepper Pizza, show their tasty wares. Picture: SAM ROSEWARNE TASMANIA'S most popular food and wine festival will open its gates at 11am today, with about 300,000 people expected...

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Wild Oats smashes own record

IT'S six of the best for Wild Oats XI after the supermaxi took line honours in a new race record in the Rolex Sydney-Hobart this morning. Rated one of the world's fastest supermaxis, Wild Oats crossed the finish line at 7.23am to claim its sixth line...

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Bird strikes early on debut

JACKSON Bird has made an instant impression in his Australia Test debut at the MCG, grabbing two impressive top-order scalps against Sri Lanka. The 26-year-old struck in the fourth over of the Boxing Day Test when Dimuth Karunaratne lunged forward and...

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Blaze threatens Dolphin Sands

A SCRUB fire is burning out of control at Dolphin Sands, north of Swansea, on Tasmania's East Coast. Residents of Dolphin Sands Rd have been urged to activate their bushfire plans, with the Tasmania Fire Service sending 10 units to tackle the blaze....

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Wild Thing out of Syd-Hobart

FURIOUS Wild Thing skipper Grant Wharington was left to rue what might have been after controversially being banned from this year's Sydney to Hobart yacht race. The flamboyant and highly-experienced yachtsman was booted out of the famous bluewater...

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Yachties go the extra miles

INTERSTATE yachties on their way to the Launceston-to-Hobart race will spend much of Boxing Day on a bus after their morning flight into Launceston was cancelled. About 200 passengers were affected when the morning Jetstar flight from Melbourne, due...

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Bruny delays likely

Long queues for the Bruny Island ferry at Easter. COMMUTERS bound for Bruny Island are advised to expect delays during the busy festive period. Shane Gregory, from the Department of Infrastructure, said motorists traditionally had a longer wait...

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Santa visits tree sitter

Santa helps environmental activist Miranda Gibson celebrate her second Christmas in a tree in southern Tasmania. WHILE most Tasmanians will gather around a Christmas tree today, conservationist Miranda Gibson will still be up one – a 400-year-old...

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The inside running on Tassie

Alice Hansen enjoying cheese and wine at Villa Howden. Picture: LUKE BOWDEN HOBART author and travel journalist Alice Hansen is eating, sailing and even abseiling her way around Tasmania in an effort to provide visitors to the state with the best...

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Rink on ice after one day

Mawson's Skate, on Hobart's waterfront, was shut after operator Richard Crawford deemed the temporary skates for the rink were unacceptable. HOBART'S newest tourist attraction had to shut up shop yesterday, just one day after opening. Mawson's...

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Action plea on light rail

SUPPORTERS of Hobart's proposed light-rail system have renewed calls for action following the release of the business case review yesterday. Aecom's review of ACIL Tasman's 2011 business case found it was an essentially fair and sound appraisal of the...

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Festive real estate boom

WITH fewer open homes and active agents, Christmas and New Year can be a tricky time to buy or sell a home. But with a slight market improvement across the state over the past three months, Real Estate Institute of Tasmania president Adrian Kelly says...

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Flowing with festive cheer

Revellers packed Salamanca Place last night. THOUSANDS of Hobart revellers started putting the "merry" into this year's Christmas holiday period last night. There was a bumper and boisterous crowd at Salamanca for the traditional Christmas break-up...

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Snapshot shows healthy state

THE latest snapshot of Tasmania is in, and the news is mostly good. We are richer and smarter than two years ago. We call ourselves optimists, but we can be a little tight with the purse strings. We don't trust governments, but we reckon we lead full...

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Driving passion for justice

LEADER: Gavin Mooney was passionate about social justice. Picture: RICHARD JUPE GAVIN Mooney moved to Tasmania from Western Australia looking for the good life, and was in no doubt that he had found it. The nation's leading health economist and...

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Couple murdered in paradise

Dr Del Weston was found dead. Inset: Officers at the scene of the alleged double murder in Bennetts Rd, Mountain River, this morning. THE nation's leading health economist and his academic partner are dead after being murdered at their idyllic Mountain...

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Trial over teen's road death

A NEW Norfolk man will face trial next year over the road death of a schoolgirl in the Derwent Valley last February. Bradley John Chaplin, 27, has pleaded not guilty to negligent driving, driving without due care and attention, speeding, and driving...

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Smoking bans extended

TASMANIAN smokers will be further stigmatised with the State Government banning smoking at a raft of festivals and events next year. Government banning smoking at a raft of festivals and events next year. The Government is making no apologies for the...

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Worker hurt in Bicheno blast

A MAN in his 60s has been badly injured in an industrial accident near Bicheno, Tasmania Police say. Officers were sent to the scene on the state's East Coast this afternoon after reports of an explosion. The incident occurred about 2pm in a quarry...

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My sister didn't have to die

A COUPLE might still be alive today if police had acted to impose a family violence order against their alleged killer, says Melissa Wilton, right, the sister of the dead woman. The family of the woman slain in a double killing and attempted suicide...

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Police suspect parental dispute

Police officers are continuing to search a home at Hamilton after a double murder yesterday. Picture: KIM EISZELE POLICE believe a 59-year-old man suspected of a double murder at Hamilton was motivated by a dispute over his one-year-old child. ...

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Body found in Howrah dunes

SES volunteers comb the Howrah site where the body of a man was found by a member of the public earlier today. Picture: LUKE BOWDEN THE body of a man believed to be in his 60s has been found in sand dunes at Howrah, on Hobart's Eastern Shore. Police...

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Disability aid push

WITH just six months until the launch of the National Disability Insurance Scheme in Tasmania, pressure is mounting on the State Government to sign a deal for a fully implemented scheme. In Tasmania the NDIS will provide funding to 15 to 24-year-olds...

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Man, woman feared murdered

A NINE-YEAR-OLD girl called police after the apparent shooting murders of her mother and her mother's partner northwest of Hobart this morning. Police said the bodies of  the woman, 31, and the man, 34, were found at a property on Hamilton...

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Adoption hits low

ADOPTION is fast becoming a thing of the past, with just six Tasmanian families successfully adopting a child in the past year. National adoption rates are at the lowest level in 25 years, with 333 adoptions Australia-wide in 2011-12, the latest figures...

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Disability aid push

WITH just six months until the launch of the National Disability Insurance Scheme in Tasmania, pressure is mounting on the State Government to sign a deal for a fully implemented scheme. In Tasmania the NDIS will provide funding to 15 to 24-year-olds...

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Morning of the king tide

LAPPING: The water was high at the boat sheds at Cornelian Bay yesterday. Picture: KIM EISZELE YESTERDAY'S high tide might have been a king tide but it wasn't a monster one. The combined gravitational pull of the moon and the sun guaranteed a higher...

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Clean, green the way to Asia

PRIME Minister Julia Gillard has urged Tasmania to use its clean, green image to take advantage of the Asian century. Talking to the Mercury for the last time before the Prime Minister takes a break for Christmas, Ms Gillard urged Tasmania to play to...

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TIS gives help to 90

A FIELD of 90 athletes including Olympians and 25 newcomers were rewarded for their talent in Hobart yesterday when they received 2013 scholarships from the Tasmanian Institute of Sport. TIS director Paul Austen said it was an exciting time for the...

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Family molester jailed

A 79-YEAR-OLD pensioner has been jailed for abusing three generations of young girls from his own family over 45 years from the 1950s. The southern Tasmanian man, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, appeared in Hobart's Supreme Court yesterday....

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Photograph a king tide for science

WALKING ON WATER: Penguin sculptures at Macquarie Wharf during a previous high tide in Hobart. Picture: Sam Rosewarne BEACHGOERS and photography buffs are being urged to register and capture images of tomorrow morning's king tide in the name of...

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Gill signs with Dees

NORTH Hobart's star recruit Nick Gill can't wait to get back on the ground where he starred for Sandringham and Port Melbourne in VFL games against the Tassie Devils in the early 2000s. The former Melbourne, North Melbourne and Adelaide Crows utility...

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Walk Hard's star rises

GREYHOUND Walk Hard has the potential to earn star status at the Group 1 Tattsbet Hobart Thousand tomorrow night. He'll win, but only if he can reproduce the trial time he recorded last Saturday in a heat of the series. Walk Hard, prepared in Victoria...

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Athlete of Year finalists

SPLITTING the six finalists to see who will be crowned the 2012 Tasmanian Athlete of the Year will be no mean feat when the winner is announced tonight. The Apple Isle continues to produce world-class athletes who perform on the international stage...

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Cash for jobs -- at a cost

THE State Government will slide further into debt in a bid to create hundreds of jobs and leverage much needed new investment. Premier Lara Giddings yesterday announced the Tasmanian Jobs Package she hopes will deliver 3300 jobs and create about $375...

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Tough times cut Federal's profit

Greg Farrell at Federal's flagship property Saffire, on Tasmania's East Coast. A TOUGH year for domestic tourism and new regulations in gaming have hit the Federal Hotels group, the owner of Tasmania's two casinos. Federal Hotels parent Mulawa...

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First home grants to double

It is understood a key plank of the State Government's jobs plan will be the reintroduction of a first home-builders grant, doubling the $7000 already available to those entering the housing market. Image: THINKSTOCK NEW homeowners will be the big...

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Crusader on the move

Paul Watson, pictured here in Hobart last year, is planning to rejoin the war against whaling this season. ANTI-whaling crusader Paul Watson will not be deterred from his mission this whaling season, even if it means getting caught in Interpol's...

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Seeking warmer waters

TROPICAL fish are venturing as far south as Tasmania in response to ocean warming. Recent tropical sightings include turtles, a yellow-bellied sea snake, a green moray eel, tiger shark and a mahi-mahi dolphinfish. The unusual sightings have been documented...

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Ideas plan to lift Tassie

WHISKY and food trails, attracting more international students and bringing old industrial sites back to life are some of the ideas contained in three regional economic plans for Tasmania. The regional plans were released last month, following 38 community...

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Ambo boost call to aid responses

AMBULANCE crews must be boosted to improve Tasmania's emergency response times, says an internal report released yesterday. The report calls for an urgent increase to crews and stations to bring down the emergency waiting times in Hobart and Launceston....

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