Budget plays 'Russian roulette' with dementia, says Ita
Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Hobart :: Australia | updated 2013-05-14 21:26:51 -0700 | political-news
Dementia advocates had been seeking $200 million over five years for research to help find a cure for the disease. Ms Buttrose, who is president of Alzheimer's Australia, told the organisation's national conference in Hobart dementia research should be a...
Residents on alert as siege unfolds in Kingston
Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Hobart :: Australia | updated 2013-05-10 19:50:34 -0700 | travel-news
A short time ago special operations officers began moving towards the property in Swift Place, one carrying a bullet-proof shield...Neighbours say they heard gunshots coming from inside the home just before that. All the windows at the front of the...
Hobart doctor denies groping patient
Source: The Courier-Mail
Hobart :: Australia | updated 2013-05-07 01:12:33 -0700 | health-news
Dr Thomas Charles Foley has pleaded not guilty to one count of assault with indecent intent on a woman during a consultation last August. The GP of 37 years' experience told the Hobart Magistrates Court the consultation had been so...
Online contact leads to interstate sex offences
Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Hobart :: Australia | updated 2013-05-05 16:24:44 -0700 | political-news
It is alleged the man from Acton Park near Hobart had sexual conversations online in January, with someone he believed was a 13-year-old girl. It was actually a police officer from the WA Online Child Exploitation Squad posing as a...
Sports reject healthy living ad series
Source: Sydney Morning Herald
Hobart :: Australia | updated 2013-05-04 07:26:04 -0700 | sports-news
Peter Mathew A father has been blocked by the AFL and Cricket Australia from taking out advertisements promoting a healthy lifestyle, with the sporting authorities saying it would conflict with their sponsorships from alcohol and food companies.
Renting nearly impossible on welfare
Source: The Australian
Hobart :: Australia | updated 2013-04-28 17:22:07 -0700 | political-news
The Rental Affordability Snapshot report, based on a survey of 56,414 properties nationwide, shows less than 1 per cent were suitable for people on Newstart allowances, parenting payments and aged or disability support pensions. An affordable rental was defined as one...
Man jailed for raping 2yo girl
Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Hobart :: Australia | updated 2013-04-19 00:43:16 -0700 | political-news
Seven years in jail for raping 2yo girl Updated April 19, 2013 16:49:58 The family of a two-year-old girl raped by her mother's then boyfriend has clapped in court as a Hobart judge sentenced the man to seven a half...
Raytheon delivers second Phalanx Block 1B for Australia's Air Warfare Destroyer
Source: PR Newswire
Hobart :: Australia | updated 2013-04-18 22:08:12 -0700 | disasters-news
delivered the second Phalanx Block 1B Close-In Weapon System for installation on 's newest Air Warfare Destroyer, the . A previously awarded direct commercial sale contract calls for a total of three Phalanx mounts to be delivered to the Royal...
Evolucia to go to big show
Source: Herald Tribune
Hobart :: Australia | updated 2013-04-17 22:04:08 -0700 | business-news
Evolucia Inc., the local designer and marketer of high-efficiency outdoor and industrial lighting, plans to exhibit its products this month at Lightfair International, the largest lighting industry trade show in the world. The event runs from April 23-25 at the...
CSIRO looks set to cut 200 jobs
Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Hobart :: Australia | updated 2013-04-16 22:09:14 -0700 | political-news
Dr Megan Clark broke the news in an email sent to staff yesterday. "The reductions will be made across the organisation, in science and support, from the executive team down," she said in the email. Dr Clark said redundancies would...
Chinese tourists will need NBN: Rudd
Source: The Age
Hobart :: Australia | updated 2013-04-15 23:28:57 -0700 | sports-news
Former prime minister Kevin Rudd says Labor's national broadband network will be essential to satisfy Chinese tourists who already pump $4.2 billion annually into the Australian economy. Mr Rudd says China's emerging middle class want to be able to check...
Loosen natural resources policy: Tas group
Source: The Courier-Mail
Hobart :: Australia | updated 2013-04-14 20:33:56 -0700 | political-news
The Tasmanian Industry Group (TIG) also wants investment in responsible use of the state's natural resources to be encouraged, saying this is severely restricted. Releasing its key priorities in Hobart on Monday, the TIG calls for "further removal of avenues...
Swans extend perfect start to AFL season
Source: Taiwan News
Hobart :: Australia | updated 2013-04-13 15:59:09 -0700 | sports-news
The defending champion Sydney Swans remain unbeaten after three rounds and are in dominating form to start the Australia n Football League season. The Swans were slow starters on Saturday at Hobart on the island state of Tasmania, trailing by...
Swans unbeaten in AFL title defence
Source: Sydney Morning Herald
Hobart :: Australia | updated 2013-04-13 03:47:23 -0700 | sports-news
An astonishing 11-goal third-quarter blitz from Sydney stunned North Melbourne before the AFL premiers ran out 39-point winners at Bellerive on Saturday. The Swans stamped their credentials for back-to-back flags with a 20.11 (131) to 13.14 (92) victory after the...
Chopra back in the old routine
Source: CricInfo
Hobart :: Australia | updated 2013-04-12 12:54:12 -0700 | sports-news
Everywhere you look at Edgbaston, there seems to be a picture of Chris Wright and Keith Barker, grinning broadly, one hand each on the LV= Championship trophy...With 118 wickets between them, their strike bowling partnership was the key to many...
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