Minister, show some heart

PRESSURE is building on new Immigration Minister Tony Burke to move teenage asylum-seekers out of the Pontville detention centre as soon as possible. Labor senator Lisa Singh yesterday wrote to Mr Burke, urging him to place the centre's young unaccompanied...

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Crime up amid cuts

TASMANIA Police is predicting a jump in public place assaults and a drop in the number of crimes solved this financial year. The service's Operational Performance Targets report for 2013-14 reveals police management has lowered benchmarks in several...

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Public sector pay talks begin

NEGOTIATIONS begin today to decide the pay and conditions for 15,000 of the state's public sector workers for the next three years. With the State Budget predicting consumer price index increases of 2.5 per cent a year, unions have signalled that their...

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Sick walker flown to RHH

THE Westpac Police Rescue helicopter has airlifted a sick walker from the Overland Track. Tasmania Police Sergeant Paul Steane said the 21-year-old Launceston woman became ill while walking the 65km-long track in the Cradle Mt-Lake St Clair National...

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Bid to catch wood thieves

THE Parks and Wildlife Service has enlisted some high-tech help in the fight against the age-old scourge of illegal wood cutting. People engaging in the practice of illegally taking wood from the state's parks and reserves have been put on notice: beware,...

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Carey passes on life lessons

FORMER AFL star Wayne Carey has warned Tasmanian high school students of the dangers of giving in to temptations. Carey, who threatened to become as famous for his off-field scandals as his performances for North Melbourne, confessed to Kings Meadows...

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Crochet has Tassie hooked

CROCHET is making a comeback. A growing number of Tasmanians are taking up the hobby, keen to make blankets and clothing the way their grandmothers did and create the trendy crocheted toys, high-fashion outfits and designer homewares they see in up-market...

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Gourmet taste of cruising

AWARD-winning tourism operator Rob Pennicott is expanding his business to offer intimate luxury cruises to show the best of Tasmania's scenery and fresh produce. The first of three new yellow boats, each costing $450,000, has arrived in Hobart, with...

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Brrr-other it's cold down there

COLD COMFORT: Maya Taylor, 12, and her brother Michael, 8, from Ferntree Gully, Victoria, try out some Antarctic clothing. Picture: SAM ROSEWARNE FAMILIES rugged up to sample life in the freezer at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery's midwinter...

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Frank's birthday bonus

JOYOUS: Frank Gunn hangs out playing a Wii dancing game with his sister Rowena, 16, right, and her friend Tess Nettlefold, 17. Picture: RICHARD JUPE TODAY is party time for Hobart's Frank Gunn. The New Town teenager, born with Mowat-Wilson syndrome...

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Lotto luck pot of gold for Tassie

GOOD LUCK: Derwent Park Newsagency assistant Colleen Eyles and co-owner Glenn Commane at one of the luckiest places in Tasmania to buy a lotto ticket. Picture: SAM ROSEWARNE IT was one of the biggest TattsLotto events of the year, and newsagents...

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Paddock to plate

MODERN FARMERS: Daniel Leesong with his wife Melanie and children, from left, Eleanor, 8, Noah, 4, Flynn, 7 months, Charles, 7, and George, 4, at his Cambridge property which he plans to develop. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES A HANDS-on farm tourism...

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