Ulverstone, Australia News

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.

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.

Burnie Dockers vice-captain Andrew Lee has been named to captain Tasmania in its interstate football clash against the VFL in Hobart on Saturday.

It's a question that plagues many Tasmanian pet owners, with Hobart vets revealing that some have spent as much as $13,000 to keep a pet alive.

Miss Flint, who keeps 16 ferrets at her Ulverstone home, noticed Yoshi was having trouble walking about three weeks ago.

Now the potato pile has led to one farmer at Gawler West just south of Ulverstone in Tasmania's north to give away his surplus potatoes.

HUNDREDS of dogs, big and small, and their owners turned out for a sunny Ulverstone morning yesterday for the RSPCA's annual Million Paws Walk.

The NTFL has opened up a commanding 38-point half-time lead over the SFL in the representative match at Ulverstone this afternoon.

The importance of encouraging people to learn about Australia's military history has been highlighted at the RSL's 97th Annual State Congress in Ulverstone today.

As soon as he arrived at his newsagency he would open the paper and turn straight to the births, deaths and marriages section.

HOPES for a major injection of funds into Tasmania's ailing health system have not been forthcoming, with Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan delivering only a modest boost mirroring the rest of the country.

The Minister for Community Development, Cassy O'Connor, today congratulated six young Tasmanian Aboriginal people who have been selected to attend the inaugural National Youth Indigenous Parliament.

IN THE past two months, there have been at least three dog attacks on Tasmanian children, and there is a growing concern that the state's agricultural sector does not know the full extent and cost of attacks on livestock, with cases often unreported.

AROUND eighty of Tasmania's finest embroiderers were in Ulverstone today, for the 17th annual Embroidfest at the Ulverstone Rowing Club.