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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Wild weather for weekend

A SEVERE weather warning has been issued for southern Tasmania this weekend. The State Emergency Service today warned residents to expect low-level snowfalls, extreme high tides later today and tomorrow and damaging westerly winds this afternoon and...

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Man charged over house fire

A MAN is facing an arson charge after a house fire at Devonport. Fire crews were called to the Kelly St property about 5pm yesterday after a blaze broke out, with damage confined to the kitchen. Nobody was home at the time. Devonport CIB today said...

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Final farewell for Hodgman

THE extraordinary life of lawyer, and former Liberal MP Michael Hodgman has been celebrated at a packed memorial service at Hobart's Federation Concert Hall. About 1000 people, including the Governor Peter Underwood, the Premier Lara Giddings, Hobart...

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Gerrans nabs Le Tour lead

ORICA-GREENEDGE grabbed the spotlight for the second consecutive day at the Tour de France after dominating Stage 4's team time trial and giving Simon Gerrans the yellow jersey. The Australian outfit, which made its race debut last year, picked up its...

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Gerrans wins Tour stage 3

SIMON Gerrans hit the target again and collected Orica-GreenEDGE its first Tour de France stage win. The whole operation was textbook perfect. It was a win borne of pure class and selfless team commitment. Simon Clarke was in the early breakaway so...

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RBA keeps rates on hold

INTEREST rates have been left on hold at 2.75 per cent at the Reserve Bank's monthly board meeting. The steep fall in the Australian dollar since mid-April from $US1.05 to US92c took the pressure off the RBA to act straight away. But economists said...

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Hunger strike sparks alarm

The immigration detention centre at Pontville. REFUGEE ADVOCATES have slammed the Federal Government's policy of detaining unaccompanied teenage boys at Pontville after it was revealed a 16-year-old Afghani detainee is on a hunger strike. The Immigration...

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Wild winds cause havoc

Roofing iron wrapped around power lines in Sunderland St, Moonah. Picture: KIM EISZELE THOUSANDS of premises around Hobart lost power this afternoon as winds up to 110km/h whipped across southern Tasmania. Aurora Energy said about 3600 customers...

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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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