The News Review:
- What’s wrong with Tassie
- Hydro Tasmania Three Peaks Race draws to close
- Tasmania on track for record wine grape harvest
- Delegates announced for 2020 Youth Summit
- Double demerit points to be considered
- Missing walker found
What’s wrong with Tassie
NEWS.com.au – Mar 25, 2008
story-share –> THE Gunns pulp mill “hit and miss” food Port Arthur killer Martin Bryant logging and mining are among the negatives interstate people attach to Tasmania. A survey of interstate visitors released by the State Government after a Freedom of Information request reveals "although perceptions about Tasmania are overwhelmingly positive there are some negative associations". The McKinna commercial-in-confidence report – commissioned by the Department of Primary Industries last year for its vegetable industry marketing plan – found: The Gunns mill issue was the strongest negative about Tasmania and younger participants were particularly concerned by this. Tasmania was not perceived as being a place of innovation. While Tasmania was renowned for quality food production eating experiences were mixed with some being extremely critical. The hotels were disappointing and most felt the restaurants are very expensive. The food styles were considered old fashioned… A survey of interstate visitors released by the State Government after a Freedom of Information request reveals "although perceptions about Tasmania are overwhelmingly positive there are some negative associations". The McKinna commercial-in-confidence report – commissioned by the Department of Primary Industries last year for its vegetable industry marketing plan – found: The Gunns mill issue was the strongest negative about Tasmania and younger participants were particularly concerned by this. Tasmania was not perceived as being a place of innovation. While Tasmania was renowned for quality food production eating experiences were mixed with some being extremely critical. The hotels were disappointing and most felt the restaurants are very expensive. The food styles were considered old fashioned. "The food was pretty hit and miss there.
Hydro Tasmania Three Peaks Race draws to close
Sail World – Mar 25, 2008
The podium finishers wrapped up the race for overall honours yesterday but Victorian Beneteau Aphrodite skippered by Gerard Sormann was the first monohull and cruising division boat to finish. Israeli runners Alon Peled and Ron Shilon spend almost five hours on Mt Wellington crossing the Constitution Dock finish line at three minutes to one this morning. Queensland catamaran BWR Multihulls came in fifth finishing the final run leg at 3.
Tasmania on track for record wine grape harvest
abc.net.au – Mar 25, 2008
Winemakers are reporting grape crops that are 15 to 40 per cent bigger than expected. The state representative body Wine Industry Tasmania is expecting a total yield of more than 8000 tonnes. The previous record set in 2004 was 6800 tonnes. Winemaker Julian Alcorso says the record crop will be a step in the right direction for Tasmania.
Delegates announced for 2020 Youth Summit
NEWS.com.au – Mar 25, 2008
Ms Harris – a Future Leader of Australia award recipient – hopes it will be a good opportunity for young people to be heard. "It’s going to be a great opportunity to bring together people from all over Australia and hopefully actually give the Government an opportunity to hear what people are saying on the ground in local communities" Ms Harris told AAP. The 24-year-old who works with a wide range of people in her local community of Preston in north-west Tasmania intends raising a number of issues at the summit. These include advocating for the Regional Arts Fund the economic future of regional farming communities and engaging young mothers in the community. "They are all inter-linked" she said. "There are lots of young mums who are farmers and I would like to see the arts being used by farming communities to sell produce and bring communities together" she said. Ms Harris will join high school and university students industry and small business representatives from all over the country at the summit.
Double demerit points to be considered
abc.net.au – Mar 25, 2008
The three Easter fatalities have spurred the council to take action to try and work out why people are not following road rules. The chairman Graeme Sturges says the council is working with Monash University to come up with ways to get the message through to motorists that speeding kills. “The last two Easters in Tasmania have been fatality free where as in other states where they’ve had double demerit points they haven’t been as fortunate as Tasmania” he said. “This long weekend this Easter long weekend hasn’t been a good period of time on Tasmanian roads so we will need to sit back and we’ll need to evaluate whether or not the initiatives we’ve got in place are appropriate. Mr Sturgess says the council wouldn’t rule out advising the government to implement double demerit points to try and get through to drivers. “Look that’s certainly an issue that’s been raised today on radio talk back it’s not something that the government will take off the table but again I stress that we’ll be looking at complimenting the current road safety initiative based on evidence and not on emotion but it’s not a matter that we’ll take off the table. Tags: state-parliament labor-party crime police programs-and-initiatives hobart-7000 Search for news.
Missing walker found
abc.net.au – Mar 25, 2008
Friends went searching for and contacted authorities this morning. Inspector Glen Woolley says she wasn’t injured and was found near the camp site. “She actually arrived in Tasmania about five days ago from Western Australia” he said. “She lost her camera just after she arrived at the camp site and each day she’d been checking that some of the tracks to locate the camera but yesterday afternoon she went looking for the camera and became disorientated and then got lost in the thick forest. Tags: emergency-incidents tas maydena-7140 wa. xml–>ABC Grandstand Cricket.