Power bill relief

THE State Government says power price hikes will be a thing of the past for 260,000 Tasmanian households and small businesses. Deputy Premier Bryan Green said Aurora Energy's customer base would be sold off to competing retailers, in a move expected...

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Fears fire aimed at activist

TREE-sit protest supporter Bob Brown yesterday called on police to investigate the cause of the bushfire that forced Miranda Gibson from her tree. The former Australian Greens leader said it could be a case of "intended homicide" if it was deliberately...

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Carr champions women's rights

FOREIGN Affairs Minister Bob Carr will use his International Women's Day address in Hobart tonight to talk about Australia's work in advancing the rights of women overseas. Earlier today, Mr Carr addressed girls from various Hobart schools at Ogilvie...

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Roe to uphold athletic integrity

TASMANIAN sports administrator Brian Roe will head Athletics Australia's new Ethics and Integrity Unit. The unit will deal with the fallout from the Australian Crime Commission's Organised Crime and Drugs in Sport report, which was released last month....

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Conditions ease in fire fight

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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New Chief Justice appointed

JUSTICE Alan Blow OAM has been announced as the next Chief Justice of Tasmania's Supreme Court. Justice Blow will replace retiring Chief Justice Ewan Crawford in April. Attorney-General Brian Wightman made the announcement today. "Justice Blow is...

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McKim's stately reply

Greens MP Nick McKim outlining his party's vision to State Parliament today. Picture: RICHARD JUPE AN edited version of Tasmanian Greens Leader Nick McKim's State of the State reply speech. 2013: A watershed yearKey progressive policies and reforms...

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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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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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Grudge drives arson attempt

A MAN with a longstanding grievance against his lawyer tried to torch a magistrate's car outside her house, the Supreme Court has heard. Peter Stephen Bomford, 59, Chigwell, today pleaded guilty in the Hobart court to attempting to unlawfully set fire...

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Second Metro strike averted

IT will be business as usual for Metro buses tomorrow, with planned industrial action called off and talks resuming between the company and the drivers' union. The Rail, Tram and Bus Union has accepted Metro's invitation to meet for talks at Campbell...

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