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Calls mounting to stop logging in prime biking forests

A small Tassie town has boomed with visitors coming to ride the stunning mountain bike trails. But logging is putting millions of tourist dollars in jeopardy, a community group says. LATEST >>

Development ‘key to help Tassie’s housing crisis’

Council has made a call on the $200m development proposed for the former Claremont Primary School, which will have 315 apartments and townhouses, shops, a cafe and childcare centre. LATEST FROM COUNCI...

$60m hotel development once again put on ice

Lenna’s “significant” amendments to a planned expansion of the hotel — creating a 33-2m, seven-storey boutique complex — has again been given the cold shoulder by a council committee. LATEST >>

‘Inspiration’: Feisty Tassie author loses her fight

A Hobart author who had a contagious love of literature and a “dangerous” level of honesty has died after an amazing 93 years on the planet. READ HER DAUGHTER’S TRIBUTE >>

‘Flames coming out of the roof’ at highway blaze

Fire crews rushed to reports of a house on fire on the Brooker Highway near the Derwent Park intersection. Neighbours at the scene reported flames coming through the roof. LATEST >>

AstraZeneca woes continue as more countries suspend jab

Germany, France and Italy are the latest countries to have suspended the AstraZeneca vaccine over blood clotting fears, as the UK vows the jab is safe.