Tasmania, Australia News

Here they are! Autumn brings out the best in nature, and photographers, as we brave the elements for that special photo from across Northern Tasmania.

When meeting the Earl of Dunmore for the first time, there is an expectation one will be greeted by a Scots peer with a thick Highland burr.

The outspoken Queensland MHR will hit Hobart today and Devonport tomorrow as the party gears up for the September federal election.

WHILE Tim Mohr shone at Aurora Stadium on Saturday, the other Tasmanian defender on show was having a significantly tougher outing.

Salvation Army volunteer Steve Upton, Burnie Captain Judith Brown and volunteer Gary Hind are collecting donations for the Red Shield Appeal.

His eye was on buying a nice bed-and-breakfast property along Devonport's so-called ''millionaire's row'' on the picturesque Victoria Parade foreshore.

Will the neighbours lend you a cup of sugar -- or, better yet, not have a password on their Wi-Fi -- or are they more likely to start a street brawl at 3am on a Tuesday? Can you quickly nip to the shop to grab a loaf of bread or will that require the stamina of a mountain goat? Like a dating site for the property world, Ray White Neighbourhood Know ... (more)

THE biggest and best bits of Hobart's upcoming Dark Mofo festival -- including a visit by much-loved Aussie rockers You Am I-- are highlighted in a special program free inside your Sunday Tasmanian today.

THE amazing story of explorer Douglas Mawson will still inspire Australians for generations after the Federal Government yesterday confirmed support for projects in Hobart and Antarctica.

Rachel Panton was taking no chances with breast cancer, electing to have surgery once she learned the dangers of her carrying a mutant gene.

Discussing the Bass Strait freight crisis at York Cove, George Town, yesterday are George Town Chamber of Commerce president Alan Golley, Launceston Mayor Albert van Zetten, George Town Mayor Roger Broomhall, West Tamar Mayor Barry Easther and Dorset Mayor Barry Jarvis.

DURING the past decade, car thefts have plummeted across Australia, including a 31 per cent drop in Launceston last year alone, but experts are warning the good times may be over.

PETER LLOYD: Julia Gillard has travelled to Hobart to officially launch a new health care service that allows patients to access specialists via video link.

A trial to determine the quality of Tasmanian timber destined for overseas markets is underway in the state's north-west. Forestry Tasmania allowed a small group of forest contractors to test the quality of some logs that had been sitting on the Burnie wharf, destined for export to China.

The alleged offender will appear in the Launceston Magistrates Court this afternoon accused of firearms offences, aggravated assault, aggravated burglary and breach of a Police Family Violence Order.

AUSTRALIAN of the year Ita Buttrose has called on every local government association and community across Australia to make their towns and cities dementia friendly to combat negative attitudes about the condition.

FOR Burnie resident Harry Damen trying to find full-time work on the North-West Coast consumes his entire week.

TASMANIA'S battle-weary medical sector has been buoyed by a Federal Budget that has made health and education reform a priority.

THE baby bonus will be axed and it will cost more for health cover as Prime Minister Julia Gillard asks families to pay for her crusade to increase school funding and introduce disability care.

Police are investigating a report that a 12-year-old girl had been approached by a man, asking her to get into his car, at Leighlands Avenue at Ulverstone.