The News Review:
- Victoria placed on swine flu blacklist
- Would-be forager from Tasmania heads to wonderful Copenhagen
- His wicked wicked ways
- Bacon’s son in political bid
- Tasmanian Conservation and Climate Action Triumphs at Environment …
Victoria placed on swine flu blacklist
The Australian
The move is likely to hit thousands of Queensland and NSW families attending last night’s State of rigin match in Melbourne. Tasmania and the Northern Territory also warned they would apply the same public scrutiny to people with flu-like symptoms coming from Victoria as given to travellers from Mexico and the US. Queensland Health Minister Paul Lucas said the large number of swine flu cases in Victoria warranted further containment measures. "Therefore Queensland will now add Victoria to the list of jurisdictions — US Canada Mexico Panama and Japan — where there is sustained community transmission" Mr Lucas said. But federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon said yesterday that her home state of Victoria was still safe to travel to. "I’d also like to reassure the public that this disease while it is still receiving a significant amount of national attention should not impact on their decisions to travel within Australia.
Would-be forager from Tasmania heads to wonderful Copenhagen
The Australian
Burgess who closed his restaurant Pecora in Birchs Bay south of Hobart a year ago to look for a more suitable site is turning out excellent breakfasts and four to five-course dinners at the boutique hotel. Presently available only to hotel guests new general manager Lisa Thorsen is hoping to open the dining room to the public so they can try the likes of Burgess’s inspired take on surf and turf — braised wild rabbit raviolo with savoy cabbage in a kelp broth — and his luscious-sounding pork cheeks agrodolce on a potato and turnip puree. But you’ll need to be quick. The former Sydney chef is only behind the burners until the start of August before jetting off to Europe for a stint at the world’s most talked about restaurant Copenhagen’s Noma.
His wicked wicked ways
The Australian
His crime? He had seduced the laundry woman. The story possibly untrue says much about the actor born in Tasmania 100 years ago who became one of Australia’s most enduring superstars and its first international sex symbol. A ladies’ man a man’s man a lover an actor a writer adventurer and storyteller Flynn lived life as many then and now would like to live it. He was a man who according to his daughter genuinely didn’t care what other people thought or felt. Adventure and debauchery were in his blood and the strict moral codes of the early 20thcentury meant nothing to him. "I think that he epitomised what every man dreams of" Rory Flynn one of the star’s two surviving children tells Review from her home in Los Angeles.
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Bacon’s son in political bid
Tasmania Mercury
“I am proud of my father’s achievements as premier but all I can do is commit to working hard for all of the people of Denison” Mr Bacon said. “I am really keen to get out through the suburbs to listen and learn about people’s concerns and hopes. “The Bacon name means a lot in Tasmania where family lineages are acknowledged by voters and is likely to give the West Hobart 31-year-old a red-hot chance at winning a seat in Denison next year. But to do so he will have to unseat one of the current Labor members – Premier David Bartlett Lisa Singh or Graeme Sturges – and fend off strong challenges from the secondary candidates for the Liberals and Greens. It will be a tough ask and a somewhat shy Mr Bacon is wary about making waves too early in the campaign. “I just want to be able to play a part in a strong Labor team in Denison and across the state” he said. Mr Bacon grew up in the working-class suburb of Moonah attending Campbell St Primary Cosgrove High and Elizabeth College.
Tasmanian Conservation and Climate Action Triumphs at Environment …
Tasmanian Government Media Releases (press release)
The Minister for Environment Parks Heritage and the Arts Michelle ‘Byrne congratulated the Tasmanian Land Conservancy for developing the cooperative management partnership that will see the diverse and unique conservation values of the Vale of Belvoir protected for future generations. “The TLC acquired the Vale of Belvoir in the North West Tasmanian highlands in 2008 and has established a management partnership with the Charleston family to protect nine threatened species and four threatened vegetation communities. “The Charleston family have owned the land since settlement in the late 1800s and will continue to graze cattle and manage the area along with the TLC. The award was announced in Hobart tonight at the Tasmanian Awards for Environmental Excellence and Ms ‘Byrne said the partnership was an excellent example of organisations and members of the community working together to achieve positive outcomes.