START-UP: Hi Oscar co-founders Jeremy Webb and Dan Broughton. Picture: Supplied An Australian-owned ride-share app has launched in Launceston. Hi … More
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Farmers fight for potato pay as Simplot records $62m profit
Tasmanian potato growers say Simplot is not paying them enough for their vegetables, as they negotiate a new contract with … More
Branxholm property prices up 60pc
Derby house prices have shot up since the development of its trails, and its quick acceleration from sleepy small town … More
Recycling industry’s view on Four Corners
This week’s episode of investigate ABC program ‘Four Corners’ focused on dodgy practices in the waste and recycling industry. The … More
Council to save Khancoban General Store
For over a year now, Khancoban has been without a General Store. It closed its doors in February 2016, and … More
Industry’s role in health services
Local health services have been pursuing government avenues to get a full-time anaesthetist in Tumut for months now, and so … More
Timber town
Half of all workers reliant on forest industry A new, in-depth study of the region’s forest industry has concluded … More
Paul Broad: Funding drama a “storm in a teacup”
The Snowy Hydro team has been left a little bewildered by the media attention surrounding a senate estimates session last … More
Opinion: Apples in a globalised world
There was cause for celebration in Batlow last week: the growers that make up the Batlow Fruit Cooperative unanimously voted … More
Visy awaits approval for increase in production
The $50 million expansion of Tumut’s Visy Pulp and Paper Mill has been completed, and all they are waiting for … More
Unanimous ‘yes’ to Batlow buy-out
One hundred per cent of the growers that make up the Batlow Fruit Cooperative, known as Batlow Apples, have voted … More
Growers grapple with changing apple industry
Batlow Apples has been a cooperative for 96 years, remaining grower owned and operated in all that time. However, the … More
Core change flagged for co-op: Batlow Apples considers selling controlling stake
The board of the Batlow Fruit Cooperative – known as Batlow Apples – is recommending to its members that the … More
PM announces $2bn expansion of iconic scheme
Five hundred jobs are expected to come to the region starting from next year, with the construction of an expansion … More
Snowy Hydro 2.0
Turnbull drops in to Talbingo Residents of Talbingo were surprised with an uncommon site up in the mountains on Thursday: … More
Megan Gale heads Melbourne casting call for David Jones Autumn/Winter 2015 fashion launch
Originally published through the Age
Brunetti cafe in Lygon Street is still without toilets two years on
Two years after it moved into grandiose premises in Lygon Street, Brunetti’s has still not installed toilets for customers – … More
