Hobart News

Devastated' sailor continues limp towards Hobart Posted January 3, 2009 09:22:00 A solo Canadian yachtsman whose boat was damaged during an around-the-world race says he was devastated by having to withdraw from the race. Derek Hatfield was racing in the...

Rescuers moved 11 pilot whales more than 7 miles to a deep-water beach in the hope they would return to sea after the mammals became stranded in southeastern Australia. The 11 are the last of a pod of 64 whales...

Port Pirie smelter face an uncertain future after its owner today said it would close the plant if the proposed carbon emissions trading scheme goes ahead. Nyrstar,  the world's largest zinc producer, told ABC Radio it was also reviewing its smelter...

The skippers have been told they can expect some help from the weather in the first two days. The weather bureau across the Tasman is predicting north-easterly winds up of to 15 knots for the start. One hundred yachts will...

Calls for explanation on high petrol prices Posted December 3, 2008 08:00:00 Tasmania's two main motoring organisations have called on the Coles and Woolworths supermarket chains to explain the high price of fuel in Tasmania. The Royal Automobile Club of...

HOBART, Australia – A group of 150 whales that became stranded on a remote coastline in southern Australia were battered to death on rocks before rescuers could save them. Officials from Tasmania state's Parks and Wildlife Service rushed Sunday in...

Cedric had for two years shown a strong antibody response to the devastating disease that experts warn could cause the extinction of the marsupial in the wild by 2020.

Australian Greens leader Bob Brown said he supports the boarding and ramming of Japanese whaling ships by anti-whaling radicals. Moreover, Senator Brown said the "spineless" Australian government should supply the location coordinates they have on the Japanese fleet to the...

Antarctic head steps down Posted December 19, 2008 15:18:00 Updated December 19, 2008 15:19:00 The head of the Australian Antarctic Division is stepping down after 10 years as director of the organisation. Dr Tony Press will take on a new...