Partner charged over assault of MP Jodie Campbell
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- Partner charged over assault of MP Jodie Campbell
- Endangered Southern Right Whales Birth in Southern Australia …
- NSW trio adapting well to Tasmania
- Protesters halt Sotheby’s auction of ‘racist’ art
- Tasmania’s Cradle Mountain Lodge to join Accor’s MGallery Boutique …
Partner charged over assault of MP Jodie Campbell
The Australian
Kevin Rudd said he was "deeply troubled" by the alleged assault on Ms Campbell in the early hours of Monday and had spoken with her to offer his support. The MP for the marginal seat of Bass in northern Tasmania received hospital treatment for cuts and bruises on Monday morning. Police allege Roland Small Ms Campbell’s partner of the past 20 months punched her in the left eye twisted her fingers and hit her in the stomach during an argument at her home in Mowbray Launceston. Mr Small 36 who has accompanied Ms Campbell on recent public outings was held in custody overnight on Monday but bailed yesterday after an appearance before the Launceston Magistrates Court. He was not required to enter a plea to the charge of common assault and was bailed to reappear on September 29. Magistrate Robert Pearce ordered that he abide by the conditions of an interim family violence order.
Endangered Southern Right Whales Birth in Southern Australia …
FXNews
Australian scientists confirmed yesterday what they have suspected for years — that the waters around the southern island of Tasmania have once again been turned into a nursery for Southern Right whales which became scarce after excessive whaling in the early 1800s. Two weeks ago a mother and newborn calf were spotted in Great yster Bay near Swansea on Tasmania’s east coast. Scientists examined the photographs and confirmed yesterday that the calf was no more than two days old which meant that it had been born in local waters. Earlier yesterday there was another report of a Southern Right whale giving birth at Cape Barren Island in the Bass Strait to the north of Tasmania; however this is yet to be confirmed by scientists. Marine biologist David Pemberton said the confirmation that the recently sighted calf was born in Tasmanian waters was critical to the ongoing recovery of the species of which there are approximately 1500 that migrate to Australia each year out of the estimated 60000 in the world.
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NSW trio adapting well to Tasmania
Tasmania Examiner
The Tassie Tigers' three recruits for the 2009-10 season all seem to have acclimatised well to their new environment. “I really like Tasmania” fast bowler Adam Maher said. “Before I came I kept hearing about how cold and miserable it's meant to be but it's nothing a good jacket won't sort out. ” Fellow New South Welshmen top-order batsman Ed Cowan and speedster Matthew Day have also relocated and the Tigers are excited about their recruits. “They are fitting in very well” captain George Bailey said. “In fact it's been uncanny.
Protesters halt Sotheby’s auction of ‘racist’ art
The Age
Photo: Penny Stephens Raymond Gill August 25 2009 A GRUP of protesters chanting "Sotheby’s Sotheby’s leave them alone let us take our ancestors home” assailed art collectors arriving at an auction of "Important Australian Art” in Armadale last night. Five demonstrators led by two staff from the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre were protesting outside Sotheby’s at the proposed sale of "racist" 19th-century black plaster busts of Van Diemen’s Land Aboriginal chief Woureddy and his wife Truganini who to the offence of Aboriginal people is often referred to as the last "full-blood" Tasmanian Aboriginal. Sotheby’s had withdrawn the works for sale just hours before the auction after it learnt of the protest and growing attention in Tasmania where Greens leader Nick McKim had backed Aboriginal activist Michael Mansell’s call for the busts to be returned to the local indigenous community. The busts had been expected to sell for between $500000 and $700000 for the vendor – a family from NSW that has owned them by familial descent from the original artist Benjamin Law who is considered Australia’s first professional sculptor. "In consultation with the vendor Sotheby’s has decided to withdraw the lots from sale” the auction house said in a statement yesterday. ”This has been done to ensure the safety and security of the public and staff and protect the works. ” Protest organiser Sara Maynard the legal field officer for the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre said her group had decided to go ahead with the protest to bring attention to the issue and to "negotiate" with the vendor to return the busts to Tasmania’s Aboriginal community.
Tasmania’s Cradle Mountain Lodge to join Accor’s MGallery Boutique …
Gowealthy.com
pened in 1972 as Pencil Pine Lodge and transformed into an excellent hotel property with 86 guest cabins the multi award-winning Cradle Mountain Lodge boasts an enviable location. It is situated at the entrance to the spectacular World Heritage-listed Cradle Mountain-Lake St. Clair National Park in the northern Tasmanian highlands just over an hour’s drive from Devonport and 2 hours from Launceston. Bernie Cochran Sales & Marketing Manager McFie Group wners of Cradle Mountain Lodge said "We are very excited about joining the MGallery collection because we feel Cradle Mountain Lodge is the perfect fit for a brand that is centered on experiential hospitality location and a distinctive personality. We feel that being part of the MGallery collection will further grow the awareness and appeal of Cradle Mountain Lodge as an iconic Australian boutique hospitality experience in key markets around the globe – particularly Europe where Accor is the market leader. "Cradle Mountain Lodge is the second MGallery hotel in Australia joining the historic Grand Hotel in Melbourne.
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