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SAMfarmers Not Allowed to Bury/toprch Burned Trees

Insurance, come hell or high water

KATE BOOTH: Recent natural disasters have exposed that many homeowners have inadequate insurance cover.

Clearfelling leatherwood makes no sense

LINDSAY BOURKE LINDSAY BOURKE: Tasmanian forestry practices destroying icon honey industry.

Lowering prices not answer to global hunger

JAN DAVIS JAN DAVIS: It is time to start thinking outside the square about the price of food.

Big weekend ahead for the South

EDITORIAL EDITORIAL: IT is billed as the world’s toughest half marathon — a withering 21.4km of unrelenting incline from sea level to 1270m.

Seize opportunity in city traffic fix

REX GARDNER REX GARDNER: Why are Hobart’s streets clogged up in peak hour? Simple answer: There are too many cars. Solution? Less cars.

Fish farm science is clear that big rise in production is dangerous

LAURA KELLY LAURA KELLY: Latest research raises serious doubts about salmon expansion.

Cheap party politics hinder climate action

PETER BOYER PETER BOYER: LAST Friday’s entry into force of the 2016 Paris Agreement raises pressure on all Australian governments to put in place long-term plans to cut carbon emissions.

Recognising the moment

EDITORIAL EDITORIAL: NO more excuses Tasmania, this is it — the Second Test between South Africa and Australia in Hobart is one of the most anticipated cricket clashes in the world. It is huge.

A study in economic, social benefit

GREG BARNS GREG BARNS: The University of Tasmania is on the right track moving into cities.

Good planning can take sting out of projects

EMMA PHARO EMMA PHARO: Key to better outcomes is to properly involve community.

Attack displayed poor knowledge of science

PETER WILSON PETER WILSON: Taking on journalists who present hyperbole as fact and beat up the story.

EDITORIAL EDITORIAL: PRIME minister Malcolm Turnbull visited Hobart on Friday — the first time he has been to the state’s capital since the Liberals’ disastrous showing at the July 2 Federal Election.

Hotel proposal a tall order

CHARLES WOOLEY CHARLES WOOLEY: EVEN scarier than the towering alien architecture of the near future might be the coercive means necessary to foist those high-rise hotel extravaganzas on our cityscape.

Back to basics for Libs

MATT SMITH MATT SMITH: Tasmania’s next election will be won by capturing the hearts and minds of voters seen to occupy the middle ground — the space between the socially progressive Left and the conservative Right.

Swimming upstream on fish farms

MARK RYAN MARK RYAN: striking back at highly critical media reports, which he says failed to tell the full, and more positive, story about salmon farming in Tasmania.

Get onya bike and ride to health, wealth

GARRY BAILEY GARRY BAILEY: incorporating cycling in the functioning of cities makes sense

Only a full Royal Commission can offer justice to bank victims

HELEN POLLEY: the banks have avoided proper scrutiny over damaging practices.

Naturally, our scenic beauty wins

EDITORIAL: Nature is yet again front and centre of Tasmania’s economic revival, especially when it comes to the boom in the tourism sector.

The mendacity of hope

RANDALL DOYLE RANDALL DOYLE: The United States is experiencing a historic and unprecedented Balkanisation of its society.

We, the people, can choose to lead the way

KYM GOODES KYM GOODES: Changing the world starts in our own backyard.

We should chase the big dream

TASMANIA should be unapologetic and dogged in its efforts to try to get a team in the A-League. This state deserves its own guernsey in the national competition, and it should demand it.

I did not try to sue church for money or gain

MARTINE DELANEY MARTINE DELANEY: My legal challenge was never about silencing opposition. It was about respect.

About time we kicked an A-League goal

NICK McKIM: Why Tasmania’s bid to join the A-League should be a winner.

Dragons, subs and metastasis

MIRIAM FLETCHER BREAST cancer survivor MIRIAM FLETCHER marked the 10th anniversary of her diagnosis with a recent trip to China.

Very hard to swallow

EDITORIAL: THE mere mention of the fact that staff in Tasmanian ministerial offices have wages above $260,000 a year is hard to swallow for the tens of thousands of Tasmanians struggling on or below the poverty line.

Footy, meat pies and ... academia

RICK MARTON RICK MARTON: There are very good reasons why the public was not brought into the tent on the UTAS Stadium deal for Launceston.

Governor sailing close to the breeze

PETER BOYCE: Vice-regal office carries in-built constraints.

National brand bid deserves more thought

JAN DAVIS JAN DAVIS: selling Aussie produce overseas under one logo has its issues.

We need to get this right

TASMANIA’S aquaculture sector holds great promise as one of the industries which will help provide the state’s economy a secure and sustainable future.

New FBI probe sinks Hillary’s high

RANDALL DOYLE RANDALL DOYLE: American voters moving closer to electing Donald Trump, in the wake of crime bureau joining campaign fray.

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Agrarian Kitchen owners Rodney Dunn and Severine Demanet to open New Norfolk eatery in March

RODNEY Dunn’s love for fresh Derwent Valley produce is without doubt the key driver of his new restaurant development.

Where there’s smoke ... there’s probably a fuel-reduction fire

RIDGEWAY and areas of Tasmania’s East Coast are the latest focus of fuel-reduction burns.

Buyers galore in boom time for Tasmanian housing market

IF you have a property on the market, REIT boss Tony Collidge has some great news for you.

Huon putting on a real show ... since 1946

VIV Bennett worked on the first Huon Show 70 years ago and is still as keen to ensure the biggest one-day agricultural event in Tasmania runs smoothly.

Joel Matthew Maddox seeks cut in sentence over unprovoked attack on stranger in New Norfolk

AN unemployed thug who nearly killed a stranger in an unprovoked attack with the victim’s own letterbox wants a softer sentence.

In-ground sensors set to detect parking fines in Hobart

IN-GROUND parking sensors would detect the exact moment a vehicle arrives and immediately notify parking inspectors when motorists exceed their time limits, under plans being pursued by the HCC.

More property acquisitions may be needed to make way for new $535m Bridgewater Bridge

MORE homes may have to be compulsorily acquired to make way for a new Bridgewater Bridge, the man tasked with preparing its business case says.

Owl pal Jimmy Giggle to co-host Carols by Candlelight in Hobart

ABC Kids host Jimmy Giggle — also known as Jimmy Rees — has made a fleeting visit to Hobart’s Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens ahead of his Carols by Candlelight gig.

‘I don’t see 220 names, I see 220 stories’

Memorial to Tasmanian athletes who served in World War I finds a new home at the State Library

JUST in time for Remembrance Day, a long-forgotten World War I Honour Roll has found a new home.

Fears for state’s environmental, heritage and urban values aired at public forum on proposed planning scheme

COMMUNITY concerns about a lack of protection for Tasmania’s environmental, heritage and urban values in favour of development have been raised at a public forum on the proposed statewide planning scheme.

Pair pleads not guilty to murder of Newnham man Aaron Matthew Monaco

TWO people accused of murdering a Launceston man pleaded not guilty when they appeared in the Launceston Magistrates Court.

Sydney sailor safe after East Coast ordeal

Sailor, 62, safe after air rescue from stricken yacht off Binalong Bay

A SOLO yachtsman has been rescued from his stricken vessel in waters off on Tasmania’s East Coast.

Culture Club promoter pulls plug on band’s Hobart gig

POOR ticket sales are behind a promoter’s decision to pull the plug on Culture Club’s Hobart gig.

Police seek man over alleged incident in Hobart’s Franklin Square

POLICE say they have identified a man they are keen to chat with over an alleged incident in Hobart’s CBD.

Uber to hit Tassie roads before Christmas

Infrastructure Minister Rene Hidding announces Uber due to hit Tasmanian roads before Christmas

RIDE-sharing service Uber is free to begin operating in Tasmania and is expected to be up and running by the end of the year.

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Melbourne Cup luncheon in Hobart

Hobart marks Melbourne Cup day with a luncheon at Wrest Point in Hobart .

Tasmanian Peaks Challenge

Second Bicycle Network Tasmanian Peaks Challenge.

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