Tourist who vanished on walk to Philosopher Falls hasn’t been seen since 17 June and her phone last sent a signal a week ago
A search is continuing for a Belgian tourist missing in a remote area of Tasmania after her white SUV was found at a bushwalking track car park in the state’s north-west.
Celine Cremer, 31, was last seen in Waratah, near Cradle Mountain, on 17 June and was reported missing on Monday afternoon.
Continue reading...Severe weather warnings for wind gusts of up 100km/h issued for Tasmania, Victoria and NSW, BoM says
A cold front is set to sweep across Australia’s south-east in the coming days, bringing icy winds and steep drops in temperature.
The front is brushing the southern tip of Western Australia and is expected to strengthen and intensify as it approaches south-eastern Australia.
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Birmingham says cost of Coalition’s jobseeker plan is ‘being worked through’
Asked whether the Coalition would support a lift to the jobseeker payment, Birmingham tells David Speers that Peter Dutton has “proposed an important alternative that would help Australians who are willing to and looking to engage in the workforce”.
We’ve outlined an alternative at this stage, David. We are not at an election and not about to firm government in the next two years.
That clarity should be there before the prime minister entertains a formal state visit to Beijing.
We should expect them to be lifted complete, as we should the tariffs on our wine industry.
Continue reading...The senator told the premier Tasmanians have had a ‘bloody gutful’ over the stadium and ‘you can stick it up your bum’
Thousands of Tasmanians have voiced their opposition to a $715m stadium critical to the state’s entry to the AFL, a day after the project brought the Rockliff government to its knees.
Australia’s only state Liberal government was thrust into minority status on Friday after two MPs quit, citing concerns over state debt and government transparency around the planned build on the edge of the Hobart CBD.
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Continue reading...Two Liberal MPs have resigned from the party after flagging concerns about the planned $715m Macquarie Point Stadium
The last Liberal state in Australia is set for minority government as two MPs quit amid concerns over building an AFL stadium in Hobart.
Bass MP, Lara Alexander, and Lyons MP, John Tucker, resigned from the Liberal party to sit as independents on Friday.
Continue reading...Agreement heralded as ‘massive victory’ by Jacqui Lambie Network but Greens senators want government to do more
Labor’s $10bn housing affordability future fund is one step closer to passing the Senate after a deal with the Jacqui Lambie Network to support the bill.
The deal, which guarantees a minimum of 1,200 social and affordable houses in each territory and state over five years, adds pressure on the Greens, whose 11 Senate votes would now be sufficient to pass the bill.
Continue reading...Minister confirms education department documents breached after third-party file transfer service was hacked
Hackers have released 16,000 Tasmanian education department documents on the dark web including schoolchildren’s personal information, the state government has confirmed.
The state’s science and technology minister, Madeleine Ogilvie, on Friday said thousands of financial statements and invoices containing names and addresses of school students and their parents had been released after the third-party file transfer service GoAnywhere MFT was hacked.
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Prime minister pays tribute to Yunupingu
Prime minister Anthony Albanese has paid tribute to the Yolŋu man Yunupingu, one of the most significant Indigenous figures in history and a former Australian of the year, as “an extraordinary leader”.
He was one of the greatest of Australians.
An extraordinary leader of his people, respected right across Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australia.
I said to him that I was serious, that we would do it.
Today we mourn with deep love and great sadness the passing of our dearly loved father Yunupiŋu.
The holder of our sacred fire, the leader of our clan and the path-maker to our future.
The loss to our family and community is profound. We are hurting, but we honour him and remember with love everything he has done for us.
We remember him for his fierce leadership, and total strength for Yolŋu and for Aboriginal people throughout Australia. He lived by our laws always.
Yunupiŋu lived his entire life on his land, surrounded by the sound of bilma (clapsticks), yidaki (didgeridoo) and the manikay (sacred song) and dhulang (sacred designs) of our people. He was born on our land, he lived all his life on our land and he died on our land secure in the knowledge that his life’s work was secure.
He had friendship and loyalty to so many people, at all levels, from all places.
Our father was driven by a vision for the future of this nation, his people’s place in the nation and the rightful place for Aboriginal people everywhere.
In leaving us, we know that Dad’s loss will be felt in many hearts and minds. We ask you to mourn his passing in your own way, but we as a family encourage you to rejoice in the gift of his life and leadership.
There will never be another like him.
In time we will announce the dates for bäpurru (ceremonies) that will see him returned to his land and to his fathers. These ceremonies will be held in North Eastern Arnhem Land.
We ask the media to respect our grieving space over the coming weeks as we put together ceremonial arrangements to honour Dad.
Instead of flowers, we invite those of you who were touched by Dad’s fire to share with us your personal recollections and memories of his life. This will lift our spirits.
Daylight saving comes to an end on Sunday, as much of Australia’s south-east coast enjoys a well-deserved sleep in
Lucky folks across much of eastern Australia will welcome an extra hour of shut-eye as daylight saving comes to an end on Sunday.
Clocks in New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and the ACT will lose an hour at 3am, joining the same time zone as Queensland.
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Federal government welcomes decision to hear MH17 case
The federal government has welcomed the International Civil Aviation Organization Council’s decision to hear Australia and the Netherlands’ case against Russia for the downing of flight MH17.
We have maintained since May 2018 that the Russian Federation is responsible under international law for the downing of Flight MH17.
We now look forward to presenting our legal arguments and evidence to the ICAO Council as we continue to seek to hold Russia to account.
Continue reading...Possums on Maria Island expanded beyond usual habitat and had become ‘pretty significant predator’
The introduction of Tasmanian devils to Maria Island halved the population of brushtail possums, according to new research that suggests restoring top predators to ecosystems could help limit the number of overabundant prey.
In 2012, the carnivorous marsupials were introduced to the island off the east coast of Tasmania to create a geographically isolated insurance population free from devil facial tumour disease.
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Continue reading...Sharp temperature drops expected in SA, Victoria, NSW and Tasmania on Friday while north-east faces heatwave conditions
Break out the winter woolies. Temperatures across Australia’s south-east are set to plummet with some areas expected to experience their coldest February days in two decades on Friday.
A strong cold front is pushing up from southern Australia and is forecast to sweep across South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales and Tasmania on Friday.
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Continue reading...The 40-foot yacht had been left to drift at sea after its rudder snapped and crew were rescued by water police
The owners of a Sydney to Hobart yacht salvaged from a remote Tasmanian island after it was abandoned during the race have vowed to restore the vessel.
Huntress was recovered from Christmas Beach on Cape Barren Island in Bass Strait on Sunday, 11 days after it ran into trouble.
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Continue reading...Kirsten Lynch says the Tasmanian devil – who was gently shooed outside – likely followed their golden retriever puppy into the house
Hobart woman Kirsten Lynch got the fright of her life on Wednesday night when she went to pick up her golden retriever’s Tasmanian devil plush toy and it ran away.
“I went to reach for it, the devil shot underneath the couch,” she said.
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Continue reading...Adelaide stayed at 27.4C overnight while Victoria is forecast to dip no lower than 26C, the state’s hottest night in four years
Adelaide has sweated through a 38C morning as millions of people in the country’s south endure the peak of a summer heatwave.
Heatwave warnings were issued for South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania, New South Wales and isolated parts of Western Australia with temperatures 8C to 16C above average.
Continue reading...Guardian Australia brings together all the figures on Covid-19 cases, as well as stats, charts and state-by-state data from NSW, Victoria, Queensland, SA, WA, Tasmania, the ACT and NT. Here you can also find the numbers on the vaccine rollout and fourth dose booster vaccination rates.
In September 2022, federal and state governments began releasing data once a week, on Fridays, rather than daily. As a result, Guardian Australia has aggregated the data released before that date to weekly values, to make the new figures comparable with the old.
Continue reading...Kate Dixon has issued a warning to other gardeners after authorities seized 50 plants she thought were ornamental varieties
A Tasmanian flower farmer who planted a new line of “really beautiful poppies” has issued a warning to other gardeners after learning she had mistakenly grown opium poppies.
Kate Dixon, who operates a commercial flower farm at Clifton Beach, about 25km south of Hobart, said she received a call from the authorities earlier this month after they saw a photo of her frilly pink poppies on Instagram.
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It is illegal to grow, manufacture, sell or possess alkaloid poppies in Tasmania without a licence. For more more information about poppies, readers can also contact the Regulated Crops Branch on 1300 368 500 or email poppies@nre.tas.gov.au
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Buy now, pay later review has been coming for a while
The last time the issue was examined, under the previous government, it was decided the industry could regulate itself.
Continue reading...Tassal and Huon Aquaculture did not announce use of antibiotics, which may contribute to growth of antibiotic-resistant superbugs
More than a tonne of antibiotics was used to control a potentially deadly fish disease at two salmon farms in southern Tasmania earlier this year, but the companies and government made no public announcements at the time.
Reports submitted to the Environment Protection Agency by Tassal and Huon Aquaculture revealed wild fish had scavenged antibiotic-laced pellets below the salmon cages. One sample of three flathead caught off Coningham beach, 2km from the boundary of Tassal’s Sheppards lease, revealed antibiotics in the flesh of the fish above the reportable threshold. The monitoring reports were not made public until months after the disease outbreak.
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Two historic military planes collided and crashed to the ground Saturday during a Dallas airshow, federal officials said, sending plumes of black smoke billowing into the sky.
Officials didn’t immediately make clear how many people were on board the aircraft or if anyone on the ground was hurt. Nonetheless, an ABC News producer – citing reporting from a colleague – said on Twitter that at least six people, all crew members, were feared dead after the crash.
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