Quality Batman the exception when it comes to superhero films Jul 20, 2008
Posted by: Derek of Launceston 12:14am today. We welcome your comments on this story. (Melbourne Herald Sun)
Farmers help Midlands mental health program Jul 20, 2008
Julian Krieg set up a mental health program for farmers in Western Australia and has told the association's Launceston conference that this kind of contact is vital to prevent suicide. "We spend an awful lot of money trying to reduce road trauma, we need to remember that for every two people that die in road trauma three people will take their own lives in Australia and 80 per cent of those are males. "So it's because the blokes are not dealing with some of those internal hurts and pains that... (ABC Online)
Property owners hold out against Gunns' land access hopes Jul 17, 2008
At a rally yesterday in Launceston, anti-pulp mill campaigners said more than 20km of the 38km pipeline needed to carry 72 megalitres of water daily to the Gunns mill could not be built because of landholder opposition. Gunns is offering landholders a 30 per cent mark-up "bonus" on the value of their land for the right to bury the water pipeline in a 20-metre wide strip easement across 33 properties. (NEWS.com.au)
Tassie tops for diabetes Jul 15, 2008
Also yesterday, Ms Wells opened a new Diabetes office in Launceston which will be staffed by five people, including a dietician ... In opening the Launceston office, Liberal Senator Guy Barnett deplored the lack of facilities on the North-West Coast. (The Mercury)
Split network and broadband: Google Jul 3, 2008
July 03, 2008 11:32am AEST. SEARCH giant Google has joined Australia's national broadband debate, telling the federal Government's expert panel that the provider of Australia's new high-speed internet network must not operate both the network and a retail broadband businesses. (NEWS.com.au)
Last turn of that phrase but n'er the spade Jun 19, 2008
He moved to Tasmania in 1955, took up landscape gardening and lives in the Tamar valley, north of Launceston, where he has been a campaigner against the planned $2 billion Gunns pulp mill. He plans to continue a weekly radio talkback show in Tasmania. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
2) Gideon Haigh: what the baggy green really means Jun 17, 2008
Having consulted his diary of the journey, Booth was able to report that he was presented with his cap in the Launceston hotel room of Australian team manager Sydney Webb QC on 14 March 1961. "It's a bit hard to remember back that far," he commented. (Guardian Unlimited -- Sport)
Woman heads Upper House Jun 10, 2008
The member for Montgomery Sue Smith replaced Launceston MLC, Don Wing in the position at a ceremony at Parliament House this afternoon. She says Tasmania is leading the country in female representation in the Upper House, which has the highest percentage of women of all Houses of Parliament in Australia. (ABC Online)
Gunns reloads in cash hunt May 31, 2008
" A spokesman for federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett said the financing of the mill was entirely a matter for Gunns. Share this article 00004000 Also in News Font size: Email article: Print article: Have Your Say Latest Comments: something fishy going on here Posted by: malcolm of werribee 10:47am today One of the many reason for me in leaving Tasmania was because of the irrisponsible clearfelling of Tasmania's old-growth forests. It was with great sadness that I heard that the Labour... (NEWS.com.au)
Down Under With Ciara Michel: Part Three May 30, 2008
We stayed in Hobart and Launceston, both quite small and quiet. We went on a pretty adventurous wine tour one of the days, and to a kangaroo and Tasmanian devil sanctuary another day. (Hurricanesports.com)
Forest company considers appeal against subdivision rejection May 13, 2008
Forest Enterprises Australia (FEA) is considering its options after the Launceston City Council quashed its plans to establish a tree plantation at Lilydale. The proposal to turn part of a property into a eucalypt plantation was opposed by the Lilydale Protection Group. (ABC Online)
Disability advocates hopeful of resolution May 12, 2008
19-year old Lucas Dyson and his parents have been seeking a key to Mr Dyson's shared unit in Launceston, which is to be managed by a new service provider, Abel Australia. Disability Services will not issue a key, mainly for safety reasons as keys can be stolen, lost or copied. (ABC Online)
Plantation plan draws Lilydale protest May 11, 2008
The organisers of a community rally at Lilydale, near Launceston, say about 300 people have gathered to voice their concern about plans for a forestry plantation near the town ... "We're still trying to contact and talk to FEA as a group, we're also trying to encourage the Launceston City Council to either postpone their decision so that mediation can take place," Mr Kilpatrick said ... "But if FEA doesn't approach the table, basically it's going to become a decision for Launceston City... (ABC Online)
AFL set to overlook Tasmania Apr 16, 2008
Welcome to The Sydney Morning Herald. April 16, 2008 - 7:28PM. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Government rescue package for car parts maker Apr 7, 2008
3million rescue package for a Launceston car parts manufacturer. The ACL Bearing Group cut its workforce from 400 to 300 last year and its sister company cut 300 jobs in February after Mitsubishi Motors' Adelaide factory closed. (ABC Online)
Govt urging restraint in whaling clash Mar 8, 2008
He said two Australians, 33-year-old Ralph Lowe from Melbourne and Ashley Dunn, 35, a cameraman from Launceston, had also been injured. "At the time the shot was fired, the Japanese whaling vessel Nisshin Maru was moving parallel to the Steve Irwin in stormy seas," he said. (Sydney Morning Herald)
Outrage as Tas considers funding Gunns pipelines Mar 3, 2008
Titled 'Gay's Pain', John Gay explains how even going to dinner in his home town of Launceston is made hard by local opponents of the mill disrupting his meal. But some local landowners have threatened to go further, saying they have refused Gunns' requests to build a vital water pipeline through their land. (ABC Online)
BridgeClimb named Australia's top attraction Mar 1, 2008
With that in mind, Smart Traveller points you in the direction of two new walking guides: one to Brisbane; the other to old Launceston ... A Walk In Old Launceston follows in the footsteps of their successful A Walk In Old Hobart, which was launched last year ... The guided tour covers six kilometres of historic sites in Launceston and is wheelchair-friendly. (Sydney Morning Herald)
A terrible, beautiful history of hope Feb 16, 2008
Be it the suppression of fiddling and dancing in Hobart pubs in the 1840s or the popularity of the Tasmanian Aborigines' most prized decoration, red ochre, among whites in Launceston in the 1830s, Boyce constantly makes us see the past anew. We are given not an invasion nor a happy history of noble pioneers, but a messy, inescapably human response to extraordinary times and places, out of which emerged a new people. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Jetstar fares get cheaper without baggage Feb 12, 2008
The one-cent fares will be available on six routes - Sydney to Melbourne, Sydney to Gold Coast, Melbourne to Launceston, Melbourne to Hobart, Melbourne to Newcastle and Brisbane to Newcastle. The fares will go on sale to Jetstar's email newsletter subscribers next Tuesday at 8pm. (The Age, Australia -- Breaking News)
Katich puts on a show Jan 28, 2008
In Launceston, a double-century opening stand by Jimmy Maher and James Hopes did not stop Queensland having anxious moments before winning their one-day clash against Tasmania. Chasing 281, Hopes (115 off 81) and Maher (114 off 108) put on 211 in 28 overs before Queensland lost a staggering 8-56 - including five wickets in 14 balls - before finally falling over the line in the 47th over. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Living it up country style Jan 26, 2008
So far PS has heard a country version of Tom Jones's panty-throwing classic It's Not Unusual by a middle-aged blonde festooned in fringeing and flashing lights; a 10-year-old Aboriginal girl from outback Queensland giving a heartfelt rendition of Stand By Your Man, as her extended family watched encouragingly; and a hirsute bloke going by the name Madjak, who is from Launceston and performs with his snowy white Santa Claus beard pulled up over his face. Shows by the Japanese cowboy Montz... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Winehouse visits clinic as video threatens Jan 23, 2008
Jim Rea barrister at law, Launceston, UK. Its only through suffering that great art emerges. (Times Online)
Tasmanians quick to support their Punter Jan 9, 2008
TASMANIAN cricketers and politicians have leapt to the defence of the Australian captain, Ricky Ponting, after criticism that the boy from Launceston was unfit to lead Australia's cricket team ... The Examiner, Launceston. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Devil of a deal: Tasmania air/car/hotel, $1,679 Jan 6, 2008
It also covers five nights' accommodations divided between Hobart, Cradle Mountain-Lake St. Clair National Park, and Launceston ... For the last leg of the trip, you'll drive another two-and-a-half hours to Launceston. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Hour-by-hour forecast Jan 3, 2008
Australia - Launceston. Australia - Laverton. (Florida Today)
Lion Nathan gets clearance on Boags purchase Jan 2, 2008
Lion Nathan gets clearance on Boags buy. January 02, 2008 05:52pm. (NEWS.com.au)
Winston Churchill's relative jailed over drugs Dec 20, 2007
Winston Churchill's relative jailed over drugs - Telegraph. Winston Churchill's relative jailed over drugs. (Telegraph.co.uk)
Legal bid looms as rail service faces axe Dec 13, 2007
Pacific National carries containers between Burnie, Launceston and Hobart, including zinc from the Zinifex smelter in Hobart. Infrastructure Minister Jim Cox, who had not been told of the plans, warned that clauses in an agreement between the federal and state governments prevented closure. (NEWS.com.au)
Complete weather forecast Dec 7, 2007
Jackson, MS 39201 Last Updated: 12/07/07 07:45:24 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 74% Barometer: 30. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Beer deals: flat out like a lizard drinking Dec 6, 2007
" While Coca-Cola expands its stable of beers, one of Foster's announced that Cascade drinkers will get one fewer swigs, with the size of the bottle falling 45 millilitres to 330 millilitres, with no corresponding fall in price. Consumer groups took a swipe at the company for a price rise "by stealth". The reduction amounts to a 12% price rise. Such is the rise in the boutique beer market that another small player, Barossa Valley Brewing, will announce its second brand, Organic Ale, which... (The Age)
'Sorry' cost Turnbull Libs job Nov 30, 2007
"In the streets of Launceston where we grew up, my father said to me, 'Son, in the absence of family influence, the only way that you're ever going to be a better person and live in a more confident Australia is if you work and study as hard as you can at school'.". And so, through school and university in Adelaide he grew to become a medical doctor, the head of the AMA and finally, a cabinet minister. (Sydney Morning Herald)
New Liberal leader Brendan Nelson speaks on Iraq, Kyoto Nov 29, 2007
" Dr Nelson thanked former deputy Liberal leader and outgoing treasurer Peter Costello, who had been expected to replace John Howard as leader. "I thank his family for the sacrifices they made for him so he could serve our party and importantly our country," he said. Dr Nelson said he had come to liberalism and to the leadership of the Liberal party through an "unorthodox route". "I was born in Melbourne and as an infant my family moved to Launceston," he said. "My dad was a Labor man and my... (Melbourne Herald Sun)
AMP looks to buy Asian infrastructure Nov 26, 2007
But it has also been extending its investments into infrastructure in the past few years and now has stakes in airports including Melbourne, Brisbane and Launceston, tolls roads such as the Lane Cove Tunnel, and educational assets such as the Sydney University Village. It is this experience that Mr Dunn believes AMP can export. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Tiger accuses Qantas of 'low act' Nov 26, 2007
It will launch its first services from Melbourne to the Sunshine Coast, Darwin, Launceston and Perth next week. Share this article (). (NEWS.com.au)
Another down day - this could be the new trend Nov 23, 2007
7 billion Tasmanian pulp mill, while protesters opposing the project gathered outside the company's Launceston headquarters. Shares in Gunns rose 3c, to $3. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Stocks dragged down by US worries Nov 22, 2007
Welcome to The Sydney Morning Herald. Skip directly to: Search Box, , , Text Version. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Jetstar ups the ante with 5c fares Nov 22, 2007
Other destinations to follow over the coming months include Perth, Darwin, Alice Springs, Launceston, Hobart, Adelaide, Canberra and Newcastle. The Singapore-backed airline is starting services in Australia with five aircraft operating from its Melbourne hub but Mr Davis has said more will be introduced if Tiger's initial services are successful. (The Australian)
Great-grandson of Churchill guilty in £7m drugs racket Nov 21, 2007
He emigrated to Australia aged 18, studied marine biology at the University of Launceston, Tasmania, and then spent some time in the film industry. At one point he worked as a pearl farmer in Indonesia. (Guardian Unlimited -- UK)
Jetstar offers 5c fare bonanza Nov 20, 2007
The fares will only be offered on eight Jetstar routes including Sydney to the Gold Coast, Melbourne to Hobart, Melbourne to Launceston, and Brisbane to Mackay, and for flights in the winter low season. Only members of Jetstar's Jetmail e-mail registration program will be offered the ultra-low fares, Mr Westaway said. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Jetstar to sell five cent airfares Nov 20, 2007
Tonight Tiger will undertake a final "proving" flight from Melbourne to Launceston. If the flights go off without a hitch, Tiger could expect to have its Air Operators Certificate by Thursday. (Sydney Morning Herald)
Whincup leads into home straight Nov 19, 2007
So, remarkably, after two wins and a second in the three races at the track near Launceston, Whincup not only took the round but finds himself the title favourite. The Ford driver claimed the honours ahead of another two Falcon drivers, the Ford Performance Racing pair Steve Richards and Mark Winterbottom, with Holden Racing Team veteran Mark Skaife the highest-placed Commodore driver in fourth position. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Outrage as whaling fleet heads for Antarctic Nov 18, 2007
Their vessel, Robert Hunter, has completed repairs at dry dock in Launceston and is returning to Melbourne before heading for the Antarctic on December 1. The whaling fleet strenuously tries to evade protesters and in previous years it has taken many weeks to track down. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Positive lead from New York Nov 18, 2007
On Thursday, timber giant Gunns holds its AGM in Launceston, where protesters are likely to denounce the planned $1. 7 billion pulp mill in the north of the island. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Ponting's dare: follow our lead Nov 16, 2007
Ponting is so passionate about Test cricket he remembers the first Test hosted in Hobart, between Australia and Sri Lanka in 1989, right down to the dates when he rushed home from high school on his BMX in Launceston to watch his uncle, a mullet-haired Greg Campbell, bowl for Australia. "I turned 15 during that game," Ponting said. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Jobs fears in Boag's return shout Nov 9, 2007
The brewery employs about 50 production workers in Launceston with about 70 marketing and administration staff in Hobart ... Unions representing workers at the J Boag & Son Brewery in Launceston will meet the new owners early next week ... Please, Grant of Launceston, don't even joke about the closure of beer making facilities. (NEWS.com.au)
It's easier to buy prestige Nov 9, 2007
Now it comes down to whether the Kirin connection means that it might have paid slightly over the odds for the Launceston brewer. Lion says that the year after next this acquisition should be earnings accretive and the year after that it should meet all its performance criteria. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Lion Nathan snaps up Boags for $325m Nov 8, 2007
"Our intention is to invest in the business and to grow it," he said from Launceston, where Boag's is brewed. "Certainly, there will be no job loss around the brewery and we will keep brewing in Tasmania.". (The Age)
San Miguel bales out for $3b Nov 8, 2007
"Boag's fits into Lion Nathan, and it's a nice tidy acquisition," he said from Launceston, Boag's home town. "Our intention is to invest in the business and to grow it.". (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Tiger announces three new routes Oct 29, 2007
October 29, 2007 - 11:22AM. Budget carrier Tiger Airways is expanding its reach into the Australian market, and insisting cheap fares are sustainable. (Sydney Morning Herald)
It's not Flemington but Hayes is giving Kibbutz crack at vase Oct 27, 2007
" Last autumn, Hofmeister won the Mornington, Launceston and Albury cups, and if that form cannot be found, Smerdon said, "He may go for a spell. " EI INJECTIONS FOR ALL: The Australian Racing Board has given in-principle approval to a nationwide vaccination against equine influenza. It is proposed the Australian Rules of Racing make it "mandatory for all horses involved in racing and breeding to be vaccinated as a condition of participation in the industry". ARB chairman Bob Pearson said in a... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Tasmanian wombats off to Japan Oct 27, 2007
Henna and Hector were raised at Trowunna Wildlife Park in Launceston after they were found orphaned in 2004. Dreamworld is facilitating their transfer as part of a pre-existing agreement between Launceston City Council and its sister city Ikeda. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
'A volcano waiting to erupt' Oct 25, 2007
" The research team led by Prof Bowman will also evaluate the importance of fire and climate in controlling tree growth, resolve uncertainty about past impact of Aboriginal burning and improve understanding of CO2 enrichment on the global carbon cycle. The results will inform forest managers and create policy debate about rainforest conservation, the role of fire in forest management, the likely impact of increased CO2 on forest productivity, national carbon accounting and the consequences of... (The Mercury)
ACCC won't oppose Macquarie Media buy Oct 17, 2007
Mr Samuel said the acquisitions were likely to result in a substantial lessening of competition in Bundaberg, Port Lincoln, Spencer Gulf, Launceston, Burnie and Devonport. And as part of the undertaking, MMG would sell the 4BU radio station in Bundaberg, commercial radio stations in Port Lincoln and the Spencer Gulf in South Australia, a radio station in Launceston, and one of two radio stations in both Burnie and Devonport, as well as both commercial radio stations in Queenstown and Scottsdale... (The Age)
Labor vows to fix gaps in laws Oct 8, 2007
An estimated 5000 protesters gathered near the mill site on the beach at Low Head, north of Launceston, where the mill would discharge effluent into Bass Strait. The Australian Greens leader, Senator Bob Brown, yesterday said Mr Howard had last week sent Tasmania "a cup of poison and tomorrow he is coming with a begging bowl. He wants our votes". (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Vision Ltd: Turnbull yes to mess for 50 years Oct 6, 2007
" Note the binding date of the length of the approval. Fifty years. Gunns Ltd now has watertight legal standing from the Australian people, courtesy of a government and a prime minister so thoroughly on the nose with voters they're headed for imminent electoral defeat, to go on destroying, for the next half century, what remains of Tasmania's magnificent old-growth forests for woodchipping fodder for a $2 billion pulp paper mill in the Tamar Valley, south of Launceston. You think the language... (Sydney Morning Herald)
Australia approves Tasmanian pulp mill Oct 5, 2007
"This issue is of such a dimension it could cost me my seat," Michael Ferguson, the Liberal Member for Bass, said from Launceston before the announcement. "The community is split on this.". (International Herald Tribune)
Whirr of axes grinding echoes in ears of Bass contestants Oct 5, 2007
IN 2004, when John Howard and the timber industry sucked all the political oxygen out of Bass with his triumphal forests package, Labor's incumbent, Michelle O'Byrne, left Launceston for the day ... A politically attractive former mayor of Launceston, Janie Finlay, had to ring local radio yesterday to deny she would run, after a talkback caller set the hares running. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Gunns Wins Australian Approval for $1.8 Billion Wood Pulp Mill in Tasmania Oct 4, 2007
Shares of the Launceston-based company rose 51 cents, or 16 ... This issue is of such a dimension it could cost me my seat,'' Michael Ferguson, the Liberal Member for Bass, said in an interview from Launceston before the announcement. (Bloomberg -- Australia & New Zealand)
Climate, not terror most worries Aussies Oct 3, 2007
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Climate change report 'a wake up call' Oct 2, 2007
Climate change report 'a wake up call. Predictions that temperatures could climb one degree Celsius across Australia by 2030 should be a wake-up call to the major parties to act swiftly on climate change, the Australian Greens say. (The Examiner Newspaper, Australia)
Rates tipped to stay on hold Oct 2, 2007
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is tipped to leave interest rates on hold when it meets on Tuesday as global credit market angst, stemming from troubled US sub-prime mortgages, dominates their thinking. An election, widely expected by late November, would also weigh against any moves to push rates up. (The Examiner Newspaper, Australia)
One person flunks dinky-di test Oct 1, 2007
Twenty-six people became the first to sit the controversial new Australian citizenship test, with many finding the exam easier than expected. Only one person, in Brisbane, failed the test on its first day of operation, the federal government said. (The Examiner Newspaper, Australia)
Elton paves way for success Sep 30, 2007
" The 10-show tour stops in Townsville, the Barossa Valley, Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne, Launceston, and the NSW Hunter Valley. "It is truly an exciting occasion to take an icon, Sir Elton John, to parts of Australia who never get to see acts like this," promoter Michael Chugg said. "This is a rare opportunity to hear one of the world's greatest pop musicians, with one of Australia's most exciting emerging talents. "These are going to be very special shows.". (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Second vaccine shipment arriving Friday Sep 30, 2007
A second shipment of equine influenza (EI) vaccine has been expedited and will arrive in Sydney on Friday. The original arrival date was set for October 9 but authorities worked to speed up the delivery of the 130,000 vials of the vaccine to ensure there would not be a repeat of Friday's frustration when it took 10 hours longer than expected to get the inoculations underway. (The Examiner Newspaper, Australia)
