Tasmania, Australia News

SIX people have been charged and three remain in custody over a dispute allegedly involving two firearms in Hobart's north on Saturday night.

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CREATIVITY that celebrated the human form and the history of paper in Burnie was the focus of last night's Wearable Paper Art Competition.

THE brainchild behind a Hobart-Launceston pact to get more federal cash for Tasmania says while the North-West is yet to be included, it will get an invitation.

A TASMANIAN man jailed yesterday for conspiracy over demerit points had 33 prior speeding convictions, the Supreme Court in Launceston heard yesterday.

The story of the cute and cuddly critter from Ulverstone who underwent a $5000 spinal operation to save him from paralysis has gone global since it was published in the Mercur y on Tuesday.

The Bureau of Meterology has issued a flood warning for both the North Esk and South Esk rivers after heavy rain fell across the north.

A MAN threatened a female staff member with what is believed to be a firearm when he robbed the BP service station in the Launceston suburb of Invermay at 3.30am today.

The 23-year-old was born with spina bifida, a condition which relates to damage to the spine and spinal cord.

THE shake-up of the University of Tasmania faculty of arts could result in the loss of three heads of schools from Launceston or their positions being moved to Hobart, according to the Northern Tertiary Education Union.

TEEN juggling sensation Joe Fisher will now rely on the Australian public's vote to get to the next stage of Australia's Got Talent.

Surfersvillage Global Surf News , 24 May, 2012 : - - Australia Surf Movie Festival touring Immersion has toured around Australia to sell-out crowds & has now been invited to screen IMMERSION at the Maui Film Festival in June.

If you protect fish, there will be more of them to catch. That's the reasoning conservationists have long used to persuade commercial fisheries of the benefits of marine reserves.

If you protect fish, there will be more of them to catch. That's the reasoning conservationists have long used to persuade commercial fisheries of the benefits of marine reserves.

Is it time for a global licensing framework for geospatial data? The GSDI Legal and Economic Working group thinks so and offered a presentation and a way forward at the GSDI 13 conference held in Quebec City in May.

IRRIGATION will produce crops yet to be considered in the Midlands within five years, according to a man who invested $10 million in Tasmanian water.

AN ABANDONED boat leaking oil and diesel sank in George Town's York Cove last week despite a marina operator trying for almost a year to have it moved.

Dr. Paul Cotten, professor of psychology and music at William Carey University, is currently overseeing an internship via videoconferencing software application Skype with a student now living in Tasmania.

A COMMUNITY bank at Port Sorell is one step closer after the project received $800,000 in pledges of support.

THREE Tasmanians have made the BRW Rich List for 2012, but they trail the world's richest woman Gina Rinehart by a country mile.