The News Review:
- Books of The Times In the Wilds of Tasmania the Impacts of Empire
- Northern Territory chases down Tasmania
- AMPS partners with Tasmanian advisory firm
- Tasmanian Government scraps plans for new hospital
- Tasmania’s convict past blamed for low education level
- Call for inquiry into Tasmanian council cull
- When Ernie met Sally
Books of The Times In the Wilds of Tasmania the Impacts of Empire
New York Times
” nce again he has taken a real-life figure from Tasmanian history as a starting point and worked an elaborate improvisation on that individual’s experiences. In “Fish” that person was a 19th-century convict and forger named William Buelow Gould who made a series of remarkable fish and bird paintings; in “Wanting” it is a young aborigine girl known as Mathinna who was adopted and later abandoned by the governor of Van Diemen’s Land (now Tasmania) the famed polar explorer Sir John Franklin and his wife Lady Franklin. Skip to next paragraph.
Northern Territory chases down Tasmania
AFL
The Thunder defeated Tassie 15. 13 (97) in the second match of Saturday’s double-header at Visy Park. Tasmania led at every change and by 12 points at three quarter-time but Northern Territory staged an outstanding final term kicking six goals to three.
AMPS partners with Tasmanian advisory firm
InvestorDaily
The Wesfarmers-owned company has added advisory firm Coles Financial Group (CFG) as an authorised representative. CFG has two offices on the island located in Burnie and Hobart which provide life insurance and superannuation advice to both retail and corporate clients. The CFG team services businesses across Tasmania. “This partnership represents another forward step for AMPS in the state” AMPS Tasmania region manager Robyn Styles said. “AMPS’ general broking business has grown from strength to strength and our partnership with CFG means that we will be able to provide more of our clients with solutions that will position them to financially survive any insurable event. CFG was established by its sole director and principal adviser Keith Coles. The firm employs three advisers and has 2400 retail clients and 45 wholesale clients.
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Tasmanian Government scraps plans for new hospital
ABC nline
The state is facing a $1-billion shortfall in GST revenue. Now Tasmanians will have to wait at least 20 years for the state’s main hospital to be rebuilt at its current site in the Hobart CBD. Felicity gilvie reports from Hobart. FELICITY GILVIE: The Royal Hobart is the biggest hospital in Tasmania.
Tasmania’s convict past blamed for low education level
NEWS.com.au
story-share –> Tassie has low level of education Convict past blamed Rich Tassies also don’t care about education TASMANIA’S convict past has been blamed for its below-average level of skills and education. Skills Tasmania general manager Mark Sayer has told a conference in Launceston he believed fallout from Tasmania’s convict past continued to stunt vocational and academic achievement.
Call for inquiry into Tasmanian council cull
Tasmania Examiner
However Mr Cox said he would not pre-empt the board's findings and that he believed the board could explore a number of different models. He reiterated that the State Government would not force amalgamations. When the report was completed Mr Cox said it would be up to councils and the Local Government Association of Tasmania to decide whether to take the matter further. “Having 29 councils is too many in this State” Mr Cox said. “The idea of three super-councils was put to me in an interview (yesterday) and I said I didn't disagree with that – it is an option. “I intend to ask the Local Government Board to look at the various possible models. “They may come back and say we should have seven councils 23 councils or three councils.
When Ernie met Sally
Melbourne Herald Sun
As a kid growing up I’d look at a person’s profile and face and try and work out where they come from. "From an Aboriginal point of view you can tell where Aboriginal people come from by their facial characteristics. So I looked at this one and said ‘where you from?’ "And Sally said she was from Tasmania. I thought ‘h right you’re from out of town same as me’. And that was the thing that ignited it. We were both out of towners in the city. " Dingo remembers the exact date he first met Sally – April 15 1988 – he was 35.