For sale: coolest shed in town

Real estate agenct Neville Crowther expects serious bidding for this heritage-listed boatshed at Cornelian Bay. Picture: ROGER LOVELL SOME of the most tightly held properties in Tasmania are not in an upmarket area or come with a million-dollar...

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One week, 6 $1m sales

IT'S been a big sales week for Hobart, with at least six properties selling above the $1 million mark. Stanwell Hall, the home of Australian landscape painter, John Glover, has sold after just two days on the market. Listed with Charlotte Peterswald...

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Miranda's epic tree-sit ends

Miranda Gibson is back on terra firma after a marathon tree-sit in a remote Tasmanian forest. A SLOW and silent descent from a platform 60m up a giant, 400-year-old tree marked the end of Australia's longest tree-sit protest. And a simple...

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Hey South Oz, we are here

The new Brand South Australia logo is not everyone's cup of tea. SOUTH Australia has rubbed Tasmania off the map in a new branding logo featuring a stylised Australia without an Apple Isle. Likened to a bank logo, or even an origami version of...

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Metro bus stoppages still on

A man waits patiently at a bus stop during last Friday's Metro drivers' strike. DESPITE "fruitful" talks between Metro management and the bus drivers' union today, stop-work meetings are going ahead tomorrow and Friday. Passengers should expect...

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Fire threatens suburb's homes

Fire crews worked overnight to save houses from the blaze near Risdon Vale. FIREFIGHTERS using water bombers and bulldozers are working for the second day to contain a fire burning in rugged bushland near the Hobart suburb of Risdon Vale....

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State of the State speech

THE full text of Premier Lara Giddings' State of the State speech to State Parliament. Premier's Address 5/3/13 PREFACE -- THE JANUARY BUSHFIRES Mr Speaker, they say adversity brings out the best in people. Never has this been more true than in the...

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Premier details bushfire probe

Premier Lara Giddings delivering her State of the State address in Parliament today. Picture: SAM ROSEWARN THE scope of an inquiry into Tasmania's recent bushfire crisis has been revealed in Premier Lara Giddings' State of the State address. The...

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Kicking in for detained kids

The Pontville Immigration Detention Centre is now home to 136 unaccompanied minors but can accommodate up to 260 detainees. TASMANIA'S Commissioner for Children Aileen Ashford has painted a damning picture of life inside the Pontville Detention...

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Owner accepts collapse blame

Park Homes workers at Cambridge listen to union official Julian Cooke (black and red top). Picture: SAM ROSEWARNE RED tape and a cumbersome planning system have been blamed for the collapse of a leading Tasmanian building company. Park Homes went...

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Let's go for a million

GROWTH: The Liberals want to boost Tasmania's population to 650,000 by 2050, but the Housing Industry Association's Stuart Clues, inset, wants a higher target. TASMANIA should think even bigger and aim for a population of one million by the year...

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Good weather for clean sweep

CLEAN FUN: Jessica Ray and the Sandy Bay Rotary group cleaning the beach around lower Sandy Bay. Picture: KIM EISZELE WITH clear skies and the warm sun shining down on them, it felt more like a casual day at the beach for some Clean Up Australia...

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Polly proof of IT's integrity

TECH SAVVY: Local businesswoman Polly Venning is heavily reliant on technology for her work and in her social life. Picture: KIM EISZELE POLLY Venning has her finger in many pies professionally and socially and would not be able to run her busy...

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Firefighters do us proud

UNSUNG HEROES: CFA volunteers back burn on a property near Ellendale. IF there is one thing clear from Tasmania's horrific summer of fires, it's that the state relies heavily on its army of volunteer firefighters. About 5500 across the state put...

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