Op shop purchase of The Hobbit could be worth tens of thousands if verified as first edition Tolkien
A Tasmanian woman is trying to sell what she says is a 1937 edition of JRR Tolkien’s The…
Only private mental health clinic in southern Tas could close
The only private mental health clinic in southern Tasmania could be shut at the end of the month…
Hospital in the Home program helping young man with agoraphobia who ‘cut himself off from the world’
Tom French went from being a teenager who loved the outdoors to a young adult who could not…
Tasracing sacks chief thoroughbred steward for ‘conduct-related matters’ days into employment
Tasracing has sacked its newly appointed chief thoroughbred steward for “conduct-related matters” that occurred just days into their…
Art courier Laurie Burgess grows his collection as he travels Australia delivering to galleries
Laurie Burgess is not just any courier. About 20 years ago, he made the decision to move only…
Wildlife Photographer Pleads Guilty to Trespassing on Private Island to Photograph Rare Parrots
Orange-bellied parrot photographed in Melaleuca, Southwest Conservation Area in Tasmania, Australia by JJ Harrison (Wikimedia Commons/ CC BY-SA…
Calls to reform Australia’s pension age as labourers consider early retirement due to injury
In Australia, the pension age was lifted from 65 to 67 in 2023. For some manual workers, it’s…
Tasmania’s only large-scale private mental health clinic, the Hobart Clinic, to close inpatient site by end of October
Tasmania’s only large-scale private mental health clinic will be closing down its main site, after years of bleeding…
Tasmanian glass artist’s Vetrograph Rubinda acquired by Victoria and Albert Museum in London
It’s a humble setting — a shed at the fringes of an industrial Tasmanian suburb — but inside…
ACEN Australia’s 900MW Robbins Island Wind Project Secures Federal Green Light
ACEN Australia’s ambitious 900MW Robbins Island Wind project has received Federal Government approval, unlocking what is set to…
Vipp creates Brutalist concrete guesthouse in Tasmania
Vipp has unveiled a unique cantilevered guesthouse on Tasmania’s Bruny Island, a Brutalist gem purported to have the…
Photographer Captures the Hidden Light of Animals
A kangaroo, a quoll, and a cockatoo emitting biofluorescence when put under a UV flash. A chance encounter…