Jess Flint

Families promised 'bang' for their buck at 2024 Agri-Expo.

'Many of them have faced hardships and are eager to form a bond.'

'The older ones don't... come in, they don't like the car park.'

Child safety front of mind for Minister as cash boost promised.

Find out what's on the program for Chocolate Winterfest 2024.

TT-Line should be scrutinised for its actions during the state election, according to Labor Leader Dean Winter. Mr Winter said TT-Line’s engagement with a foreign government while the government was in caretaker mode and not briefing Labor during the period was behaviour that needed scrutiny. “I don’t think the Finnish shipbuilder was ever going to pull out, frankly,” he said. “I think it was too big to fail and it turned out that it was Tasmanian taxpayers bailing out a Finnish shipbuilder - th…

Premier apologises for failures letting down vulnerable people.

Ken Dorsey says he was shocked to hear at Tuesday night’s council meeting that it would cost almost $450,000 to install lighting at the base of Norfolk pines at South Burnie. The Burnie Councillor successfully moved a motion in November 2023 for the council to investigate the cost of uplighting the trees on the foreshore between Massy-Greene Drive and Edwardes Street. He said he was not aware the project had been shelved until Mayor Teeny Brumby confirmed the project would not be moving forward…

As Autism Tasmania (AT) goes into administration, Ulverstone business owner Shawn Sinclair says Coasters are some of the the best at rallying together in times of need. His comments come as he and other autism advocates move into action to meet the needs of neurodivergent Tasmanians. Mr Sinclair said the sudden closure of AT, reportedly due to a lack of funding, had impacted lots of people in the region, including regular customers of his Ulverstone store, ThiccBoi Collectables. “People have tol…

A Hobart-based design consultant has revealed her vision for the Burnie Arts branding and her logo is causing a swift outcry among residents. After the new name Burnie Arts was revealed for the Burnie Arts and Function Centre, designer Megan Perkins, who is the chair of Design Tasmania and the brains behind the branding for Dark Mofo, was hired by the Burnie City Council (BCC) to produce a branding proposal. The new logo features a fluoro-orange “a” superimposed on a brick-red “B”, which some re…