Doin' it Langman style ...

SEAN Langman's affinity with the water started from the day he was born on a boat on Sydney Harbour. Everything he has done since has revolved around the water -- work, sport and lifestyle. Given that, it was an easy decision for the 50-year-old Sydney...

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Super trawler leaving Australia

THE super trawler Abel Tasman is to leave Australian waters without catching a fish. After a massive community and political campaign against the ship, its Tasmanian operators have confirmed it has been sold, its Australian registration abandoned and...

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Chicken 'carnage' at Kingston

A DOG has been shot dead by a property owner after it killed 39 chickens and four turkeys near Kingston today. Other chickens drowned as they tried to escape. Kingborough Council said compliance officers found a "scene of carnage" when they were called...

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Jail time for 'mindless' crime

THE actions of a Kingston man who torched his neighbour's unit have been described as "mindless and stupid" by a Supreme Court judge. Father-of-two Darrell John Smith, 35, was earlier convicted in the Hobart court of arson, attempted arson and breaching...

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Arsonist says penalty too harsh

A MAN given Tasmania's second-longest jail sentence for arson in the past 40 years says he was punished too harshly for attacking his wife and burning down the family home. Adam Robert Groenewege, 33, of Ulverstone, was convicted of arson and assault...

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Check cheques, police say

POLICE have warned businesses to be vigilant when accepting cheques after a 32-year-old woman was charged with a number of fraud offences. Tasmania Police Fraud and e-Crime detectives yesterday charged the Campania woman with 23 counts of obtaining...

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Crown appeals dealer's term

THE two-year jail sentence handed to a Hobart man caught with a smorgasbord of drugs and $400,000 cash was manifestly inadequate, the Director of Public Prosecutions has told the Court of Criminal Appeal. Commerce graduate and carpenter Norton Dudley...

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Blackflash claims the Cup

BRIGHTON-trained stayer Geegees Blackflash ($7) has scored a memorable two-length victory in today's Launceston Cup. The John Luttrell trained galloper was perfectly ridden by Victorian jockey Peter Mertens in the $225,000 Group Three AAMI Cup (2400m)...

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Taskforce tallies bushfire bill

The old lock-up at Dunalley survived the January 4 bushfire but many of the surrounding buildings did not. Picture: MATT THOMPSON JANUARY'S devastating bushfires destroyed or seriously damaged 415 buildings, a report tallying the impact of the disaster...

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Sandy Bay fire 'suspicious'

A fire crew at the Sycamore Close units in Regent St, Sandy Bay. Picture: RICHARD JUPE AN overnight fire in a Sandy Bay unit is being treated as arson. Police said the fire caused about $50,000 damage to the Sycamore Close unit at 39 Regent St....

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Hugh's hopes dashed at Oscars

AUSTRALIA'S Hugh Jackman has missed out on the Best Actor Oscar. As expected, Daniel Day-Lewis claimed the gold statuette for his performance as US president Abraham Lincoln in the Steven Spielberg-directed biopic, Lincoln. It is the third Oscar of...

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Our lost history

ABORIGINAL HERITAGE TRAIL: Cape Grim THE addition of a long stretch of the West Coast to the National Heritage List has delighted Tasmanian Aborigines because of its "indigenous values". While environmental activists are dismayed more of the Tarkine...

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Cruise control

ALL ABOARD: Cliff and Amy Senkbeil, of Sandy Bay, at Stewarts Bay before heading off on their Tasman Island Cruise. Picture: NIKKI DAVIS-JONES TASMANIANS are doing their bit to help communities hit hard by last month's bushfires by holidaying in...

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