Upbeat outlook on house prices
RISING Hobart house prices have made industry experts optimistic about the year ahead.
Lots of lotto luck in Tassie
TASMANIAN lotto players scored more than $8 million in division one prizemoney over the past year.
Elena after back-to-back Hobart titles
DEFENDING Hobart International champion Elena Vesnina has nothing but fond memories of Tasmania as she looks to create history this weekend.
Cheers to a cut in power bills
POWER price cuts that started yesterday are not enough, says the state's leading welfare agency.
Smaller Falls Festival a big hit
FALLS Festival revellers have won praise for their good behaviour over the three-day event.
Editorial: All eyes on Myer site
IT is more than six years since fire destroyed Hobart's biggest department store and the city is still waiting for work to begin on a replacement.
Passengers rescued from trapped ship
UPDATE: ALL 52 passengers have been airlifted from an icebound vessel in Antarctica and are safe on board an Australian supply ship.
No GP fee for families, pensioners
THE man who proposed a $5 fee on bulk-billing doctors to the government's razor gang has backed down after four days of criticism.
Massive boost in home prices
AUSTRALIAN home prices jumped almost 10 per cent in 2013, boosted by a record-low cash rate.
Is the ghost of 1914 rising again?
A CENTURY ago, the balance between old and new worlds was shattered by a gunshot. The Great War spanned the globe. Is history now on the brink of repeating?
CNN makes epic geography fail
AMERICAN news channel CNN managed to offend all of New Zealand when it listed Auckland as an Australian city during NYE coverage.
New Year's twins born a year apart
THEY'RE twins. But thanks to a quirk in their birth times Gabriela and Sophia don't share the same birthday, or even the same birth year.
Wind causes Causeway chaos
A king tide and strong winds combined to create chaos in South Eastern Tasmania.
1:28Antarctic ship rescue delayed again
The rescue of passengers from a ship stuck in an ice field off Antarctica has been delayed yet again.
1:41Victoire overall winner
Darryl Hodgkinsons 50-foot Cookson/Farr design yacht Victoire is the overall winner of the 69th Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. Video: Rolex Sydney Hobart
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Faulkner favoured to edge out Bailey
THE "romance" of trouncing England 5-0 with an unchanged team is in danger of being mugged by a grassy pitch which has James Faulkner in line to play.
Elena after back-to-back Hobart titles
DEFENDING Hobart International champion Elena Vesnina has nothing but fond memories of Tasmania as she looks to create history this weekend.
Ice cold Shah faces the axe
ENGLISH import Owais Shah is fighting for his purple future after a disastrous day for the Hobart Hurricanes yesterday.
Victorians grab Burnie Gifts
RAIN played havoc with Burnie's annual New Year's Day sports carnival program yesterday.
Council in $2m land compo row
BURNIE Mayor Steve Kons believes the council's former general manager should take the financial heat for a failed property deal.
Council push on Myer building
THE Hobart City Council is seeking an assurance from the developer of the new Myer building that it will proceed with the $130 million project.
Smaller Falls Festival a big hit
FALLS Festival revellers have won praise for their good behaviour over the three-day event.
Green win vindication for couple
BENTWOOD Coffee has been awarded the 2012 Falls Festival Green Trader Award for Caterers.
Arts and culture boost Falls Fest
FOR many patrons, what makes the Falls Festival a distinctly different event is not the range of music.
Stellar line-up to rock in New Year
MUSIC revellers will celebrate New Year's Eve with international, Australian and local performers.
Hot food the go for Taste patrons
PATRONS are seeking a warm meal and something to clear their bleary eyes at the Taste of Tasmania today.
No drama in having fill of fun
FALLS fans will leave Marion Bay today, many with sore heads and sunburn, but happy after one of the most trouble-free Falls festivals in recent history.
Tassie in party mood
SEVENTEEN people were arrested around the state during New Year's Eve celebrations last night.
Allergy guide for safe eating
A YOUNG Tasmanian has created a new tool to help others suffering from food allergies.
Editorial: All eyes on Myer site
IT is more than six years since fire destroyed Hobart's biggest department store and the city is still waiting for work to begin on a replacement.
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Antarctic rescue mission success
UPDATE: ALL 52 passengers from a Russian research vessel icebound in Antarctica have been safely transported to the Aurora Australis.