The News Review:
- DPP bid for Tasmania’s top cop Jack Johnston to quit ‘not an offer’
- ‘Neill Cold Water Classic Tasmania
- West Sydney team doomed Senate told
- Tarmac: Targa Tasmania newsletter 2009-03-26
- TASMANIA TMRRW BECMING ‘BARTLETT’S BUNGLE’
- BASKETBALL: Miners off to Tasmania on small side after Benn injury
- Hawks keen to extend Tassie sponsorship
DPP bid for Tasmania’s top cop Jack Johnston to quit ‘not an offer’
The Australian
Director of Public Prosecution Tim Ellis SC revealed the offer in a tense and hostile court hearing yesterday but denied his offer to Police Commissioner Jack Johnston amounted to "bargaining". Corruptly offering inducements for someone to leave public office could be regarded as bargaining for public offices a serious crime in Tasmania. However Mr Ellis said at no time did he make a deal with Mr Johnston or rule out deciding to charge him even if he did quit his job. And the offer was in the "public interest".
‘Neill Cold Water Classic Tasmania
Global Surf News
Yet another quality wave location with chunky 1. 5m random peaks setting the scene for round three of competition. It was a morning of falling stars as a host of surfing’s big names who had made their way to this remote corner of the world for the ‘Neill Cold Water Classic Tasmania had their stay surprisingly cut short. American World Tour surfer CJ Hobgood big wave charger Mark Mathews renowned talent Cory Lopez and Basque World Tour surfer Aritz Aranburu were all knocked out of the round of 48 which took place in rough 4 foot seas at Nettles Bay in Marrawah.
West Sydney team doomed Senate told
The Canberra Times
McLachlan was grilled for more than an hour about the AFL's decision to bypass the claims of Tasmania in favour of creating new teams in western Sydney and the Gold Coast. The committee – which has no power to change the AFL's decision – produced some interesting revelations. Among them was that the AFL plans to spend the same amount on developing each new club despite widespread opinion that western Sydney will be a far greater challenge than the Gold Coast. McLachlan said the cost of establishing the new clubs would be $20 million to $30m for each franchise over eight years. But in his evidence to the committee Geelong chief executive Brian Cook later estimated the cost at double that – $30 million each over four years.
Tarmac: Targa Tasmania newsletter 2009-03-26
Motorsport.com
Speaking ahead of April’s 18th running of the event Perry said thatthe disappearance of several high profile tarmac rallies in Australiaduring the past twelve months has impacted on the sport but he hopedthat many of the plans that Targa Tasmania has in place will ensure theviability of the rally well into the future. “ver the past five to ten years quite a few tarmac events havestarted up and tried to capitilise on the good times. They’ve hadsome success as people have had the money to spend on pursuing theirpassion” Perry said. “But the supply of events has really been exceeding demand.
TASMANIA TMRRW BECMING ‘BARTLETT’S BUNGLE’
Tasmanian Greens
Greens Leader Nick McKim MP said Polytechnic staff are now referring to the rushed implementation of Tasmania Tomorrow restructure as “Bartlett’s Bungle” due to delays in contract finalisation plummeting morale and chronic over-management. “The Premier has described the very serious issues that exist as ‘teething problems’ a phrase that is eerily reminiscent of the language used by former Education Minister Paula Wreidt when she was defending the Essential Learnings curriculum. “The intent of the Tasmania Tomorrow restructure was to improve retention rates in Grade 11 and Grade 12 but it’s now becoming clear that the implementation issues are causing Polytechnic students to reconsider their future options. “David Bartlett needs to admit that problems do exist within is Tasmania Tomorrow restructure and take immediate steps to address those problems before affected 15- and 16-year old Tasmanians are pushed out of our education system by an incompetent implementation process.
BASKETBALL: Miners off to Tasmania on small side after Benn injury
Ballarat Courier
They were prepared to take that gamble preferring to snare shooters Rishawn Norwood and BJ Carter. While Norwood and Carter are delivering the loss of Phil Benn with a sprained ankle means the Ballarat RetireInvest Miners head to Tasmania today on the small side. Benn is an exciting rebounder who often provides an x-factor to ease the pressure off Jamal Brown and fellow starter Adam McSwain. Brown is accustomed to heavy workloads and he will have plenty to do against Hobart in Hobart tonight and North West Tasmania at Devonport tomorrow night. Ballarat is fortunate that Zac Carter arrived unannounced pre-season to spend time with his girlfriend Lady Miner Cayla Francis. A development player with Gold Coast in the NBL this year he is proving a wonderful asset but will need to step up his output over in Tasmania.
Hawks keen to extend Tassie sponsorship
The Age
We use an id here to be able to jump to this section. –> Hawks keen to extend Tassie sponsorship. –> March 27 2009 – 7:34PM Reigning AFL premiers Hawthorn want to shore up their off-field strength by signing a new sponsorship deal with Tasmania. Hawks president Jeff Kennett said the club wanted to sign a new partnership with the Tasmanian government beyond their current deal which expires at the end of the 2011 season. The Hawks wear the Tasmanian government logo on their jumpers and have hosted games at Launceston’s Aurora Stadium regularly since 2006. They will host four home and away games there in 2009. Kennett said Hawthorn wanted to extend the deal for another five years.
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