Tag: TAS
Anger over lack of interest in fuel price hearing
Tasmania's main monitoring body has described the lack of local interest in a proposed Senate committee hearing into fuel prices as poor.[MORE]
New era for Forestry Tasmania
Forestry Tasmania is selling its new Sustainability Charter as a new era in public accountability, but the Greens are concerned it's environmentally friendly in name only.[MORE]
Tasmanians face drugs trafficking charges
Two Tasmanians have been charged with trafficking ecstasy, as a result of a joint operation between local police and the Australian Federal Police.[MORE]
Country students may be belting up
Seat belts will soon be commonplace on Tasmanian country school buses.[MORE]
Premier dares unions to vote
The Premier, David Bartlett, has dared unions to allow public servants a secret ballot on the government's pay offer.[MORE]
Drug syndicate accused front Melbourne court
Six men have appeared in the Melbourne Magistrates Court accused of being involved in a major international drug syndicate.[MORE]
Bartlett admits his workload is unsustainable
Premier David Bartlett has acknowledged his workload is unsustainable since he has taken over Paula Wriedt's portfolios.[MORE]
Tasmanian man arrested over $440m drug bust
An East Coast man has appeared in a Launceston court in connection with a massive seizure drug bust.[MORE]
Mine improvements before fatal collapse
An engineering consultant has told the Beaconsfield mine inquest he saw major improvements in ground support a month before the fatal rockfall that killed miner Larry Knight.[MORE]
Five years jail for convicted Gagebrook rapist
A southern Tasmanian man has been jailed for five years over the rape of a teenage mother.[MORE]
17 arrested in 'world's biggest ecstasy bust'
AFP arrests 17 people in four states after finding 4.4 tonnes of ecstasy in shipping container.[MORE]
Toddler critical, mother in shock
There's been no change in the condition of a two-year-old girl who was run over in the driveway of her home yesterday.[MORE]
Call for witnesses
Police have appealed for witnesses to an accident in Hobart involving a bus and a pedestrian, who was critically injured.[MORE]
Wriedt still to reveal plans for future
One of the Cabinet colleagues of Tasmanian Minister Paula Wriedt hopes she'll announce her plans for the future soon.[MORE]
Toddler in critical condition after being hit by car
A southern Tasmanian woman is being treated in hospital for severe shock after running over her young daughter in the family driveway early this evening.[MORE]
Ambulance Service defends health services in Ouse
Tasmania's Ambulance Service has hit back at claims that health services in the Central Highlands are inadequate.[MORE]
Job cuts feared as Gunns loses Fed funding
It is feared there could be more job losses in Tasmania's north-east after the Federal Government's decision to cancel a multi-million dollar assistance package for the timber company Gunns.[MORE]
Cannabis trafficker jailed
A southern Tasmanian man has been jailed for nine months for trafficking cannabis he grew in a shed.[MORE]
Man hit by bus critical
A pedestrian hit by a bus in central Hobart earlier today is in a critical condition.[MORE]
Gunns loses federal funding
The Federal Government has cancelled AusIndustry funding being paid to Tasmanian timber company Gunns as assistance for the Auspine sawmill at Scottsdale.[MORE]
Parcel backlog denied by Australia Post
The union representing Australia Post workers says a backlog of Launceston-bound parcels is due to two contractors trying to do the work of four.[MORE]
Beaconsfield inquest hears of engineers' concerns
The Beaconsfield mine inquest has seen an external engineer's report warning about conditions on the level where a miner was killed and two others trapped.[MORE]
Hiring figures up as unemployment rate stays steady
New figures show sharper-than-expected increase in the number of people hired last month.[MORE]
Gay discrimination claim against blood bank
Gay man accuses Red Cross of discrimination for refusing to allow him to donate blood.[MORE]
Munnings witnesses to be re-interviewed
Police searching for a missing north-west Tasmanian woman will re-interview witnesses in the case.[MORE]
