Hobart

Celeb gardener appeals 'extreme' bail (AAP)

By Paul Carter, AAP November 20, 2009, 11:29 am Celebrity gardener Peter Cundall and others charged after being arrested during a Hobart anti-pulp mill protest have been banned from entering the city's waterfront area as a...

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Early Research Into The Role Of Vitamin D Suggests It May Ease Symptoms Of MS

Australian researchers have presented findings at a national scientific conference for medical research in Hobart, Australia that suggests vitamin D may play a role in preventing relapses in people with multiple sclerosis (MS).

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Student jailed for hatchet murder plot (AAP)

By Paul Carter, AAP November 19, 2009, 12:16 pm A model high school student has been sentenced to eight years in jail in Tasmania for the attempted murder of his classmate's ex-girlfriend. The 15-year-old Hobart boy, who...

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Intent on building Australia

Emeritus Professor Lance Endersbee, a great proponent of Australian engineers and engineering, whose expertise was deployed by the United Nations, has died of complications from cancer at his home in Frankston. He was 83.

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Redbacks to re-focus on Shield, T20

South Australia captain Graham Manou says his side will concentrate more heavily on its Sheffield Shield and Twenty20 commitments after its one-day hopes all but ended on the weekend. The side crashed to its fourth consecutive...

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Disability report highlights 'hands on' need

Tasmanians in the state's west have the highest levels of need. (AFP: Denis Charlet) A new report has revealed more Tasmanians with a disability need help with day-to-day activities than elsewhere in Australia. The Institute of...

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Berriedale houses to be crushed, recycled

A public housing estate north of Hobart is to be recycled, in a bid to reduce landfill. Concrete and bricks from the Berriedale Estate will be crushed and used in the foundations of 28 new public housing units on the same site....

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Molik seeking momentum for Australian Open (ABC)

Australia's Alicia Molik says she is aiming to play in all four tennis majors next year. The 28-year-old came out of retirement in April and will return to the women's tour at the Hobart International in January. Molik won her...

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Belcher filly retrurns to racing with a bang

One of last season's better performed harness racing three-year-old fillies Loves A Beach returned to racing with a bang in Hobart on Monday night. The Paul Belcher-trained filly showed good early speed to fond the front fro...

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$15 million for Princes Wharf revamp

The shed hosts the annual Taste of Tasmania food festival. (ABC News: Phil Long) One of Tasmania's busiest sheds is to be made environmentally friendly. The Princes Wharf Shed Number One on Hobart's waterfront is being revamped...

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