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Kangaroo Bay hotel: $65 million waterfront project opens for public comment
11+ hour, 11+ min ago (516+ words) Plans for a 155-room hotel on Hobart's eastern shore are now open for public comment, with a decision on the $65 million waterfront project expected later this year. The Tasmanian Planning Commission has put the Kangaroo Bay hotel on public exhibition…...
Football Tasmania's "Home of Football' moves forward with funding
5+ day, 4+ hour ago (386+ words) After complaints that soccer was being treated as Tasmania's "poor cousin" sport, the state government has committed $350, 000 towards a detailed business case for a proposed Home of Football. The funding, announced as part of the Tasmanian Government's 2026-27 Budget, is a…...
Tasmanian budget 2026-27: What’s in it for you - Pulse Tasmania
1+ week, 5+ day ago (367+ words) Tasmanians will keep riding buses and ferries for free for another 12 months...
Don Frico opens in Hobart with seven-hour queues on first weekend
2+ week, 6+ day ago (429+ words) A new Hobart venue serving New York-style pizza by the slice alongside cocktails and music has opened to massive demand, with queues stretching out the door for around seven hours on its first weekend. Don Frico, located in the former…...
Margate mum turns Hobart's best cafes into watercolour artworks
3+ week, 3+ hour ago (512+ words) A Margate mum is drawing her way around Hobart's best cafes, turning everyday shopfronts into watercolour art that's sparking a wave of community connection across the city. Bec Hopson, who works a corporate job by day and picks up her…...
Swallow author Alexandria Burnham to speak at Maritime Museum Tasmania
3+ week, 3+ day ago (230+ words) One of Australia's most dramatic convict escape stories will come alive in Hobart next week, with Sydney writer Alexandria Burnham set to discuss her debut novel at the Maritime Museum Tasmania. Burnham will appear at the museum on Friday, May…...
Hobart’s former Hotel So Ho building to be reborn as European beer hall - Pulse Tasmania
4+ week, 2+ day ago (108+ words) Hobart hospitality icon Chris Cooper is transforming 124 Davey Street...
Prince Harry and Meghan surprise Tasmanian women at Opera House
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (363+ words) A group of 21 Tasmanian women have had a Friday afternoon to remember, after unexpectedly coming across Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex at the Sydney Opera House. Jacqui Jones, who runs Hobart-based women's travel and events company Flourish Events,…...
Ridiculous and juvenile sparring" ended with teen girl pinned between cars, court hears
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (338+ words) A Launceston teenager has avoided jail after reversing his car and accelerating into two young women in a CBD car park, pinning them by the legs against their own vehicle and leaving a 16-year-old girl with serious injuries. Jack James-Barnes,…...
Bird in Hand's new kiosk and tasting room opens at Hobart botanical gardens
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (338+ words) A nationally recognised winery has officially taken over the food and drink operations at Hobart's Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens, marking the centrepiece of the biggest upgrade in the gardens' history. Bird in Hand, known as one of Australia's leading producers…...