Queenstown, Australia News

The Tasmanian Road Safety Levy raises $11 million each year, to be spent solely on road safety measures and initiatives.

May 16 – Australia's tourism lobby groups are getting in behind a challenge to that nation's 17 percent hike in departure tax, which may squeeze New Zealand's biggest source of visitors.

May 15 – New Zealand's tourism industry lobby has called on Prime Minister John Key to challenge a 17 percent hike in departure taxes in Australia, the nation's biggest source of overseas visitors.

AUSTRALIANS are the most reluctant tourists to return to Christchurch after its devastating earthquake, says the city's tourism head.

RESEARCH has shown Tasmania requires an investment in public housing and a rise in income support payments to enable people to cover basic living expenses.

The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners Tasmanian Faculty chairman David Knowles says a lack of access to healthcare is having a widespread impact.

HYDRO Tasmania has again been blasted by West Coast Mayor Darryl Gerrity after it announced its cloud seeding program for 2012 starting yesterday.