Bell Bay in fight for survival

A DARK cloud hangs over the future of Bell Bay Aluminium smelter, with an economic storm looming similar to the one that flattened the state's woodchip industry. About 500 workers' jobs are in jeopardy, despite the smelter benefiting from a generous...

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Disaster data made easy

KNOWN as "ERIC", a new computer tool that will help authorities react better to emergencies was officially launched yesterday. Developed by the CSIRO, the Emergency Response Intelligence Capability collects data and displays it on a map-based interface...

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Gifts from sublime to ridiculous

WHAT more could a future king of England want? The Northern Territory's gift to the newborn Prince George of Cambridge is a baby crocodile named George, while Tasmania is sending some leather booties and making a donation to charity. NT Chief Minister...

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Cop accused of lying sacked

A POLICE officer accused of making a false statement over a 2011 triple shooting in Devonport has been sacked. The 45-year-old Launceston constable had been suspended on full pay since October 2011 pending an investigation into allegations he gave a...

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Hobart marina plan to set sail

MARINA PLAN: The proposed extension of the Derwent Sailing Squadron marina. Image: BURBURY CONSULTING AN expanded floating marina to be built near Wrest Point will help satisfy a growing demand for yachting berths in Hobart, the Derwent Sailing...

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Fine over illegal abalone

A PROMINENT Tasmanian abalone exporter has been convicted and fined more than $7000 in the Hobart Magistrates Court on two counts of taking undersized shellfish. Mark Shane Daft, 50, of Tas Live Abalone Pty Ltd, had pleaded guilty to the charges that...

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Accused ruled fit for trial

A MAN accused of the hammer murders of two academics at Mountain River last December has been found fit to stand trial, a court has heard. Nicolau Francisco Soares, 27, of Western Australia, is accused of killing his mother, Delys Weston, 62, and health...

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World welcomes future king

THE United Kingdom has welcomed a future king with the announcement that Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge have a baby boy. He was born at 4.24pm local time (1.24am AEST) and weighs 8 lbs 6oz or 3800 grams. Prince William was present at the...

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Tassie's winter peak

OCCUPANCY BOOST: Dark MOFO Festival provided a 24.4 per cent boost in occupancy rates. THE verdict is in. Hobart's two signature winter events, the Festival of Voices and newcomer Dark MOFO, have transformed the city's cultural landscape and been...

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National push on public holidays

MOVES to reduce the number of public holidays could threaten the viability of some of the state's iconic events, organisers say. The Australian Industry Group has reopened the public holiday debate saying they should be capped at 11 as part of a raft...

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Hopes to salvage Viking boat

ONE of the biggest drawcards from February's Australian Wooden Boat Festival is now languishing at Franklin in need of some TLC. The 11-tonne pine and oak Viking boat Rusich made a 13,500 nautical mile journey from the Volga to the Derwent for the festival....

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Fading snaps tell migrant tales

FOR the past 38 years, Nicola Goc has been enchanted by her mother-in-law's tales of migration from Poland after World War II. A cherished biscuit tin full of old black and white photographs offers a pictorial essay of the emotion-charged pilgrimage,...

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