The News Review:
- Now 3 running teams on the Mt Freycinet track
- Call to review GG appointment process
- Landline – 23/03/2008: PRICKLY PEST . Australian Broadcasting Corp
- Sri Lanka News | Sundayobserver.lk
- Rachael Taylor made to wow Hollywood
Now 3 running teams on the Mt Freycinet track
Sail World – Mar 23, 2008
pics:Paul Scambler Hdyro Tasmania Three Peaks Race’ Paul Scambler Phillip Marshall has continued his dominance of the 20th Hydro Tasmania Three Peaks Race winning the second sailing leg from Flinders Island to Coles Bay. The Shearwater Pure Sprouts team sailed into Coles Bay race control at 2. Runners Paul McKenzie and Mark Guy set off on the 33-kilometre Mt Freycinet run five minutes later hoping to improve on yesterday?s impressive Strzelecki ascent. Ulverstone sailor Don Kidd has made up plenty of ground on Shearwater Pure Sprouts and sailed into Coles Bay wharf a close second.
Call to review GG appointment process
abc.net.au – Mar 23, 2008
Michael Tate is a former Tasmanian Labor senator and justice minister as well as a former ambassador to the Vatican. He is now a Catholic priest in Tasmania. Reverend Professor Tate believes the power to appoint the Governor-General should be given to the Speaker and President of the Federal Parliament. “I believe we should move to a republican system but I think it won’t happen until the Queen either abdicates or dies” he said. “But we need to be ready and as an interim measure the Prime Minister should give up his power to appoint the Governor-General and hand it over to the Speaker and the President.
Landline – 23/03/2008: PRICKLY PEST . Australian Broadcasting Corp
abc.net.au – Mar 23, 2008
RBIN ADAIR: Very few organisms in Australia attack this plant therefore it’s been relieved of its herbivory pressure so it can produce more leaves more stems more fruit than in would normally do in its country of origin. n top of that the fact that the plants are very spiny and introduced stock such as sheep cattle horses will reluctantly graze this so the plant basically has free reign in this country. TIM LEE: The blackberry now infests nationally an estimated nine million hectares that’s equivalent to the size of Tasmania. PHIL RWE RGANIC BERRY GRWER: The plants are really only limited by water availability and it’s really rainfall levels across the continent of Australia that define where blackberries spread. TIM LEE: Recent studies have revealed that at least 23 species of blackberry from Europe America and Asia have established in Australia. Some of those varieties are recently evolved hybrids so identifying which strains of rust could counter them could have posed a scientific headache. The scientists devised a rather ingenious solution they took Australian blackberry plants like this and planted them outside the CSIR laboratory at Montpellier in France.
Sri Lanka News | Sundayobserver.lk
Sunday bserver – Mar 23, 2008
asp”–> SLCSI trade mission to Australia The Sri Lanka Chamber of Small Industry (SLCSI) has organised a 12 member trade mission to Australia. They will visit Queensland and Tasmania in early April. President of the Chamber Aloy Jayawardene will lead the mission. The mission will call on the Queensland Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Brisbane and the Chamber of Commerce and Trade in Hobart. The program was made possible following the visit of Jayawardene to the two Chambers early last year. Sri Lanka’s Consul General in Sydney Ms… The small and Medium Industries exploring partnerships with Australian partners under this program would contribute in a big way to diversify trade and provide a healthy and steady growth. The interest of the mission will range from cables for export import of raw materials for metal industry export of spices and food products export of rubber and clay products pole hardware materials joint ventures for steel structures and rubber based products. Queensland and Tasmania are two emerging States in Australia with a lot of potential to renew the existing business contacts. The delegation has selected two major cities to visit in 2008 to conduct meetings with their counterparts and gain first hand information on the trade and market potential. The opportunities to be explored and benefits to be derived from this visit will be enormous and those who visit Australia for the first time may gain vital information on their potential market the spokesman said.
Rachael Taylor made to wow Hollywood
NEWS.com.au – Mar 23, 2008
Again the film was mostly forgettable but it was another strong vehicle for Taylor to further her stateside career. Women’s magazines began to take notice shooting the glamorous youngster for several spreads – under taglines such as “Australia’s next big thing” and “The 10 fresh faces of Hollywood”. It may be a long way from the small-town sensibilities of Launceston Tasmania where she grew up but it’s apparent Taylor is making a name for herself in Tinseltown. That said during a recent interview Taylor professed her continued love for the Apple Isle where her parents remain and to where she escapes when not filming. "You know I go off and then I come home to the house I was born in and we sort of talk about the dog” she said. "(My parents) genuinely really like their life in Tassie. They have this simple thing going on.