The News Review:
- Motorsport: Glenney leads Richards in Targa Tasmania
- From little things big things grow: new Forestry Tasmania nursery
- Boost for Tassie bid
Motorsport: Glenney leads Richards in Targa Tasmania
New Zealand Herald – Apr 18, 2008
Glenney driving a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 was brilliant on the opening Sidling stage taking 12 seconds off Richards’ 2008 Porsche 911 GT2 and immediately claimed the lead. ver the next seven stages he continued to show his liking for the tight twisty roads in Tasmania’s North-East to end the day with a handy buffer with three days remaining.
From little things big things grow: new Forestry Tasmania nursery
abc.net.au – Apr 18, 2008
4 million glasshouse at Perth has the capacity to grow between 15 to 20 million native and exotic trees a year for industry and public land managers. Forestry Tasmania’s managing director Bob Gordon says the high-tech system will produce better quality trees. “It means we can produce much more reliable quality and quantity seedlings and that means when you plant the trees out they have a much much greater chance of survival we expect 100 per cent of our trees to grow on to maturity” he said.
Boost for Tassie bid
NEWS.com.au – Apr 18, 2008
article-tools –> BRETT STUBBS TASMANIA April 18 2008 12:30am. content-row clearfloat –> TASMANIA’S AFL bid gathered momentum yesterday with a Melbourne poll overwhelmingly supporting the state’s entry. And the bold push received another major boost with a former Tasmanian donating office space in Melbourne from which to run the campaign. A poll on Melbourne Radio station SEN asked: Which team would you prefer in the AFL? The poll offered the choice between the AFL’s preferred option rugby league dominated Western Sydney or Tasmania. The result was staggeringly in favour of Tasmania making the AFL a truly national competition with 89 per cent of respondents compared with just 11 per cent for western Sydney. The State Government announced on Wednesday it would produce a formal submission to the AFL. Public relations consultant Ken Davis originally from Bruny Island has donated the Melbourne headquarters and has teamed up with three other prominent former Tasmanians to lead the state’s AFL charge aimed at winning hearts and minds… And the bold push received another major boost with a former Tasmanian donating office space in Melbourne from which to run the campaign. A poll on Melbourne Radio station SEN asked: Which team would you prefer in the AFL? The poll offered the choice between the AFL’s preferred option rugby league dominated Western Sydney or Tasmania. The result was staggeringly in favour of Tasmania making the AFL a truly national competition with 89 per cent of respondents compared with just 11 per cent for western Sydney. The State Government announced on Wednesday it would produce a formal submission to the AFL. Public relations consultant Ken Davis originally from Bruny Island has donated the Melbourne headquarters and has teamed up with three other prominent former Tasmanians to lead the state’s AFL charge aimed at winning hearts and minds. In what is being billed as a David v Goliath battle between the state and football’s governing body Davis AFL media heavyweight Tim Lane Hall of Fame legend Peter Hudson and journalist Geoff Poulter have formed the nucleus of Tasmania’s Melbourne-based charge. But gaining the support of Victoria’s footy-loving public may not require much convincing.