Prime Minister Jeremy Rockliff stays in the best job in Tasmania for at least one night, after a majority of members of parliament has voted to continue to debate on Thursday about a motion of no confidence in his leadership. The motion without trust, moved by opposition leader Dean Winter, has the support of eight […]
The University of Tasmania (UTAS) will cut 13 Art and Humanities Staff and scrap-dedicated tourist courses, as part of a proposed restructuring. The university’s proposal will merge the faculties for humanities and social sciences into a single school, which would lead to some courses being stopped. The 13 positions would be cut by targeted and […]
A mythical siren of the ancient Greek legend, cut into sand when he attracted a sailor to his death, was a winning sculpture on the Australian Sand Sculpting Championships this year. The work of Tasmanian artist Meg Murray, Screech of the Sea, carefully etched from a 10-ton mountain of Bouwers Zand, took the top gong […]