Retail reprieve for mussels

THEY say timing is everything, and the timing of Spring Bay Mussels' algal toxin discovery and global product recall could not have been worse. It follows an export ban on diseased Tasmanian abalone earlier in the year, and comes in the same week authorities...

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Twisters, hail, rain hit Hobart

TORNADOES, torrential rain and thick hail rampaged across the state yesterday. The wild weather forced the evacuation of a childcare centre and a call centre but most of the state escaped relatively unscathed. The South and East were hardest hit, with...

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Ban the plastic

Hobart City Council Alderman Bill Harvey with compostable cups and packaging. Picture: ROSS MARSDEN ENVIRONMENTALISTS are pushing for a ban on the use of polystyrene and non-biodegradable plastic plates and cutlery by Hobart cafes and takeaways....

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New youth arrest concerns

NEW powers that would allow police broader scope to arrest young people have been compared with anti-terror laws. Critics fear the proposed changes to the Youth Justice Act will create confusion. Current laws say police should opt for cautions and...

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Outcry over spend-up call

PREMIER Lara Giddings has been roundly criticised on the Mercury's website and Facebook page for suggesting Tasmanians need to spend their savings in local stores to help boost the economy. On Tuesday Ms Giddings urged all Tasmanians who could to get...

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Locals ramp up fight over Oval

A GROUP of Bellerive residents is preparing to campaign against the latest expansion plans for Blundstone Arena. Cricket Tasmania wants approval for a $30 million redevelopment, with work starting by early next year to be ready for the 2015 World Cup....

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Basher free after time served

A MAN who kicked an elderly stranger in the face has walked free from court after a judge ruled the three months he had already spent in custody was an adequate sentence. Luke Ashley Woods, 26, of Devonport, had earlier pleaded guilty to assaulting...

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Vincent wins mayoral race

Kerry Vincent, Sorell's new mayor, campaigning for a Bendigo Bank branch in the sprawling south-eastern town in 2010. SORELL has a new mayor, with local businessman Kerry Vincent to head the council until the 2013 poll. The results of the recent...

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Union warns on jobs, service

A FULL retail market for Tasmanian electricity will lead to inferior service and job losses, the union representing call centre workers has warned. The Australian Services Union has warned the State Government's plan to privatise the retail arm of state...

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Melbourne Cup preview

MERCURY racing writer Damien Seaton takes a look at your best Melbourne Cup options. Melbourne Cup top five tips: (20) LIGHTS OF HEAVEN (Luke Nolen) she looked very dour in Caulfield Cup after settling seventh. She was held-up at a vital stage at the...

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Bid to save rebeached whale

Park ranger Shelley Davison with the rebeached whale on New Year Island. Picture: DPIPWE WILDLIFE officers and volunteers are hoping 15 whales and dolphins that made it back out to sea after a mass stranding on a Bass Strait island at the weekend...

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State cheated of $120m tax

AUSTRALIAN businesses avoided paying so much GST in the past year that Tasmania missed out on $120 million -- equivalent to half the state's Budget deficit. Tasmania's share of the overall GST take was undermined by shonky businesses across the nation...

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Drip-fed welfare

ONE in six Tasmanian children lives in a family where no one works and Federal Government agencies lay the blame for the lost generation on welfare "largesse". However, a leading Tasmanian social welfare agency says that far from enjoying an easy life,...

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A tragedy of nature

SAD SIGHT: Rescuers do what they can to help the dolphins that had not perished on the beach. About 67 pilot whales and 20 dolphins were stranded. Picture: MARGARET BARNES ALMOST 90 whales and dolphins have died in mass strandings on King Island....

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