The News Review:
- Surfing the wild slab
- Tasmania To Again Host Sub-Antarctic Forum
- Suicide prevention program underway in north Tasmania
- Photographs by Arko Lucieer/University of Tasmania
- Celebrating Tasmania’s utstanding Newsagents **Strictly embargoed …
- Increased enrolments at independent schools
- Fame and Fortune: Mark Webber
Surfing the wild slab
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The doctor had pulled a sea urchin spine from the wound. Such ogreish waves have opened a new frontier in a sport instilled like few others with the mystique of exploration and increasingly battle. Searching the worldThe great hunt for the unknown beast is taking elite surfers to remote coasts around the world Chile Iceland Tasmania Scotland Canada Ireland Alaska even Antarctica and closer to California rock islands off Baja California isolated reefs from Point Conception to Eureka and the Channel Islands. The quarry is hard to catch a combination of wind and swell interacting with the complex bathymetry of the sea floor. Modern forecasting helps the surfers pinpoint the target. Corporate sponsorship delivers them fully equipped to the destinations. Skis tow them onto giant waves moving too fast to catch by paddling.
Tasmania To Again Host Sub-Antarctic Forum
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The Minister for Economic Development Michael Aird said today that Tasmania hosted the inaugural forum three years ago and it was widely regarded by policy makers scientists environmentalists and managers of Antarctic programs as a great success. “The 2009 forum will build on our knowledge base of this area by examining environmental change in the sub-Antarctic region. ” “This has global significance because the relatively untouched nature of the sub-Antarctic allows for key insights into the effect of climate change. ” Mr Aird said that the forum featured many world-renowned speakers both local and international who will give presentations on a range of subjects in a changing environment and ecology. “This forum will build on Tasmania’s reputation for excellence in all Antarctic sub-Antarctic and Southern cean-related matters.
Suicide prevention program underway in north Tasmania
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The Meander Valley area is the fifth in Tasmania and one of nearly 10 communiteis nationally to follow the successful suicide prevention model pioneered by the Kentish community around Sheffield in Tasmania’s north-west. Manager of the CRES (Community Response to Eliminating Suicide) program Coralanne Walker says a 12-month training program works on developing the community’s capacity to deal with the issue of suicide. “The more eyes and ears on the ground in a community one we’re not going to get people say ‘if only I’d known’ and two the most important thing is that we’re able to pick things up before there’s a crisis. Tasmania has the highest suicide rate of any state with 14 per 100000 in Hobart and 22 per 100000 in rural areas.
Photographs by Arko Lucieer/University of Tasmania
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The program began out of apparent necessity — the cats were preying on native burrowing birds. Twenty-four years later a team of scientists from the Australian Antarctic Division and the University of Tasmania reports that the cat removal unexpectedly wreaked havoc on the island ecosystem.
Celebrating Tasmania’s utstanding Newsagents **Strictly embargoed …
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30pm** **Please note – STRICTLY EMBAGED UNTIL 8:30PM TNIGHT**Deputy Premier Lara Giddings told tonight’s 2008 Tasmanian Newsagents of the Year Awards that newsagents in Tasmania are important for our communities and are a valuable contributor to our economy. “Newsagents in Tasmania are important small businesses that employ 500 people and have an annual turnover of $100 million” Ms Giddings said. “Running a small business requires enormous skill commitment hard work and determination. “It is important we celebrate and acknowledge the top performers in the industry from across Tasmania and showcase the talents and skills of all Tasmanians working in newsagents. “The State Government is committed to helping small businesses such as newsagents thrive especially in these difficult economic times.
Increased enrolments at independent schools
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There are 922 fewer students enrolled in first term this year than last year. The executive director of the association of independent schools Tony Crehan says some of their secondary schools still have large waiting lists. “I think here in Tasmania the reason why were experiencing growth continuing in secondary is the fact that some families do value that independent schools their children can go through at the same school from Year 7 right through to Year 12″ Mr Crehan said. “And with our combined schools they can be from kinder right through to Year 12″ he said. Tags: education primary-education secondary-education education-associations primary-schools public-schools secondary-schools public-sector hobart-7000 launceston-7250Search for news.
Fame and Fortune: Mark Webber
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Born in Queanbeyan near Canberra he started racing karts then moved into Formula Ford in Australia before coming to England in 1996. He is a director of the Grand Prix Drivers’ Association and writes a column for BBC Sport. He also founded Pure Tasmania Challenge a charity event that raises money for Australia’s Leukaemia Foundation. Webber 32 lives in Aylesbury Buckinghamshire with his girlfriend Ann. How much money do you have in your wallet?.
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