Tasmania

Geeves and Cosgrove return from injury

Cricinfo (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago

Tasmania have been boosted ahead of their first home match of the Sheffield Shield season with Brett Geeves named to return after suffering a side strain

Collective Depression Syndrome Among Asylum-Seeking Detainees Highlighted in New Paper Published by Dove Medical Press

Business Wire (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago

AUCKLAND, New Zealand--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A new paper by William W Bostock from the School of Government, University of Tasmania, analysing the debate between the psychiatric profession and the Australian government over collective depression syndrome found among asylum-seeking detainees, has been published in the Dove Medical Press journal: Psychology Research and Behavior Management. The open access...

Krejza hopes for more doosra victims

Sydney Morning Herald (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago

Tasmania take on South Australia on Tuesday in the first of four consecutive Shield cricket fixtures for the Tigers at their fortress, Bellerive Oval.

Krejza hopes for more doosra victims

The Age (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago

Tasmania take on South Australia on Tuesday in the first of four consecutive Shield cricket fixtures for the Tigers at their fortress, Bellerive Oval.

Travel In Australia – Free Guide Of Cairns By Flashbooking

rsseurope.net | Published News (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago

The geographical shape of Australia is very simple and can be divided into three specific regions: The Australian Shield; Tasmania and The Great Dividing Chain, which is a series of rolling hills and high plains, that run parrallel to ... 9 Vote(s)

Joel Reichenberger: Aussie eyes Vancouver

SteamboatPilot.com stories (Free subscription) | yesterday

When people tell the story, they usually say Dom Moneypenny had a climbing accident, that he fell from a treacherous height in his native Tasmania, was paralyzed below the waist and never walked again.

The People The Warmists Destroyed, Pt 74

Denverstrope (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009

David Bellamy, that avuncular botanist from my childhood who educated and campaigned, who championed the environment and celebrated the natural world with an infectious enthusiasm few could (indeed can) ever match, was destroyed by the people behind the AGW alarmism simply for being what they deemed to be a dangerous "sceptic." It seems he might finally be vindicated, at the age of 76, following...

Five homes lost as bushfire flares

News.com.au (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009

AS many as five homes were destroyed in an East Coast bushfire which was still burning out of control last night.

Pikelets with Chocolate Honey

Chocablog (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009

Chocolate Honey is something I feel in love with whilst Honeymooning in the great Australian State of Tasmania… You could buy it in ready to go form there but it’s more fun to make your own. This is my favorite way to enjoy it. Ingredients To make a mountain (roughly 25 pikelets) of these you will need… [...]

Hughes steps up to plate in SCG draw

ABC (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009

Snubbed opener Phillip Hughes made 79 as the Sheffield Shield match between New South Wales and Tasmania at the SCG finished in a draw.

Bushfire destroys house in Tasmania

Sydney Morning Herald (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009

A bushfire fanned by strong hot winds destroyed a house on Tasmania's east coast on Friday ahead of a southerly change expected to bring relief.

• Bushfire destroys house in Tasmania - The Age

Australian Audit Report: Safety Not Sole Concern in Speed Camera Deployment

TheNewspaper (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009

A report by the Auditor General of Tasmania, Australia released yesterday called into question whether speed cameras were being deployed based on revenue concerns. A team of investigators interviewed police officials, examined documents and other records in order to analyze the state's photo ticketing program over the course of eight months. The final audit questioned why safety concerns did not appear...

Australian Bushfire Season Has Started

Why Now? (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009

Lightning from from recent storms and temperatures in excess of 40°C [96°F] have sparked fires across southern Australia and the island of Tasmania. The ABC reports that Fire-weary residents too terrified to sleep As bushfires burn across three states and temperatures soar past 40 degrees in areas with catastrophic fire warnings, some residents say they are too [...]

Hughes hits unbeaten 78 against Tigers

Sydney Morning Herald (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009

Test reject Phillip Hughes showed his class with an unbeaten 78 on a rain-interrupted final day's play in the Sheffield Shield match between NSW and Tasmania at the SCG.

Gleeless

Velvet Threads (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009

Originally published at tansyrr.com . You can comment here or there . 33373 / 50000 Hot, hot day. The baby is refusing to stay awake between feeds, and I’m bribing Raeli to keep her fluids up with the promise of icecream if she finishes a tall glass of ice water. (she just announced that it’s good to live in Tasmania because we have no bears or lions – Tourism Tasmania should totally...