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Daily Mail
30-06-2025
- Climate
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE Susan Neill-Fraser spent 13 years in jail for murdering her wealthy partner. As supporters insist she was wrongly convicted, a stunning update in the case could change everything
Usually a serene backdrop to Hobart's picturesque, meandering coastline, the chilly waters of the River Derwent became a canvas for horror on January 27, 2009. As the first branches of the post-Australia Day sunrise hit the yachts moored in Sandy Bay, a chilling sight emerged: a partially submerged vessel, The Four Winds, listing heavily, with obvious signs of violence on board.
News.com.au
30-06-2025
- General
- News.com.au
Young trio selling fruit punch to raise funds for Dogs' Homes of Tasmania
Three young entrepreneurs have been enthusiastically building their business skills all before the age of 10, but all for a good cause. Ella Christie, 9, Laetitia Pospos, 8 and Sophia Sari, 8 decided to make and sell fruit punch to raise funds to donate to the Dogs' Homes of Tasmania. 'We were raising money for the dog shelter, we were selling orange punch and Agrum,' Ella said. Nine-year-old Ella's service to the community is in her genes, being the granddaughter of David Omant, who was awarded an OAM for his services to volunteering, mainly for the North Hobart Football Club. Passing away in 2021, he now has a Volunteer Club of the Year award in his name. On Sunday, the girls set up a stand in Sandy Bay — complete with a creative homemade sign — to do their bit because they 'love dogs'. One of the their dogs, Buddy, came from the dog shelter. The trio was hoping the money could help buy the dogs better toys and food, but also 'help them get a better life'. Ella, Laetitia, and Sophia sold out with 'lots of customers' and raised $50. They made the punch themselves, as well using a 'special Christmas recipe'. 'Me, Ella and Sophia made it,' Laetitia said. The girls squeezed the oranges, and even had fresh mint from the garden. 'And we had some ice!' they added. The Dogs' Homes of Tasmania is a statewide operation, and has been operating for 70 years. It is a not-for-profit and reunites lost dogs with their families, finds new homes for unwanted dogs, and provides care and medical treatment to all dogs in need. The girls will have their fruit punch fundraising stall set up again from 12pm on Sunday, July 6 at the top of Red Chapel Avenue, Sandy Bay for anyone who'd like to support their great cause.
CBC
23-06-2025
- CBC
Manitoba RCMP continue search for answers, vehicle of interest after double homicide
Police say they've interviewed the property owner after an allegedly targeted double homicide left a corner of cottage country on Lake Winnipeg shaken last week, but they still want to speak with more people, including the driver of a vehicle seen speeding nearby. Manitoba RCMP received reports of gunshots on Hampton Road in the Sandy Bay cottage area of the rural municipality of Victoria Beach, about 100 kilometres north of Winnipeg, around 2 a.m. Friday. A Winnipeg man, 29, and a Victoria Beach woman, 41, were found dead by officers. Police are still trying to identify a person of interest in a white truck, who they say drove south down Highway 59 at high speed shortly after the shooting. online.
ABC News
20-06-2025
- Climate
- ABC News
Thousands take a nude plunge for Dark Mofo winter solstice swim in Hobart
Around 3,000 people have celebrated the shortest day of the year by taking a nude plunge in the freezing waters of Hobart. The annual Nude Solstice Swim took place at Long Beach in the suburb of Sandy Bay at 7:42am this morning. It is the final event of Dark Mofo — a two-week winter arts festival taking place across Hobart. When the nude swim was first proposed in 2013, Tasmania Police vehemently opposed the event and threatened to arrest for public indecency the 200 people who had registered. One of the swimmers on Sunday morning, Frank Beaches, said he was not expecting it to be this cold. Jenna and Tim Jarman and Chrissy Antoniadis said they would do it again. "You just feel so alive after," Jenna said. "It was energising," Tim said. Despite the icy experience, research released on Friday by the University of Queensland found nude swim participants were chasing "pleasure, rather than pain". Field research taken from several years of Dark Mofo nude swim events found social connection was a driver behind the activity. "We surveyed people before and after taking the plunge and found a significant boost in feelings of connection after the swim," lead research Dr Laura Ferris said. "People also told us about whether they felt pain and pleasure during the swim. "And those who rated their swim as pleasurable also felt more social connection with the other people around them."
ABC News
25-05-2025
- Politics
- ABC News
Guy Barnett will hand down his first state budget amid challenging times for his party
It's not the ideal setting for Treasurer Guy Barnett's first state budget. After watching the Liberals lose all their Tasmanian Lower House seats at this month's federal election, new EMRS polling released on Monday showed the state Liberal Party slumping below Labor in the polls for the first time since 2009. The government's woes were further compounded on Saturday night, with a poor showing at the Legislative Council elections. The Liberals look set to lose one of their four Upper House seats, with election experts forecasting independent Casey Hiscutt is on track to defeat Liberal Stephen Parry in Montgomery and claim the seat his mother Leonie held for the Liberals since 2013. The Liberals also fell flat in Nelson, where candidate Marcus Vermey has failed to win a single booth off independent Meg Webb, including in the traditional Liberal heartland of Sandy Bay. Ms Webb has so far attracted a whopping 52 per cent of the primary vote, with Mr Vermey well back on 34.1 per cent. Political analyst Kevin Bonham says the result shows the issues with the party's brand aren't confined to the federal election, like frontbencher Felix Ellis tried to suggest this week. "There just seems to be no appetite for voters to elect more government members to the Legislative Council," he said. "Voters want the government to be scrutinised." But Dr Bonham says there's no shame in the Liberals, represented by former senator Stephen Parry, losing the seat of Montgomery. Mr Hiscutt leads Mr Parry by 2.47 per cent on primary votes, with Dr Bonham projecting him to extend that lead when preferences are counted on Thursday. "They [the Liberals] won that seat in 2013 and that was a time when the Liberal brand was soaring high and there was massive resentment to the Labor-Green coalition government in that area of the state. "So it was a smart move for Leonie Hiscutt to run as a Liberal even though previous Hiscutts had been independents. "But at the moment it was not a smart move — if Casey Hiscutt had run as Liberal, someone would have come out and out flanked him as an independent, so he's done the clever thing here." Casey Hiscutt's great uncles Desmond and Hugh Hiscutt were previously members of the Legislative Council in the 1980s and 1990s. Whatever the reason, the Liberals' likely defeat in Montgomery makes things even tougher for the government. The six major party MLCs are outnumbered by eight independents and Green Cassy O'Connor. The Liberals, with just three MLCs — ministers Nick Duigan, Kerry Vincent and Jo Palmer — need the support of five other MLCs to pass legislation. That means either five crossbenchers, or Labor and three independents. It makes it harder for a government already frustrated by the Upper House not passing some of its legislation, like its push to allow certain development applications to bypass local councils. The government will need to display some great negotiation skills to get controversial plans, like its special legislation allowing the Macquarie Point stadium to be built, through the Upper House. Getting three independents to join the Labor Party in supporting the stadium won't be an easy task. The government already had its hands full getting two of Tania Rattray, Bec Thomas, Dean Harriss and Ruth Forrest to support the legislation. Now it'll also have to woo Mr Hiscutt, who says he supports the stadium but wants to scrutinise the legislation before guaranteeing he'll vote for it. The recent blows for the Liberal Party make Mr Barnett's first budget even more important. It needs some good PR to get the public back onside. But that's not an easy task when the state is on track to reach almost $10 billion of debt by 2027-28, and doesn't yet have a concrete date to return to surplus. None of that makes it easy to deliver the kind of big funding injections that put smiles on the faces of Tasmanians. At a press conference on Sunday announcing another year of record health expenditure, Mr Barnett said the budget would contain a "very clear pathway to surplus", but refused to answer whether the document would forecast one being achieved in the next four years. And, crucially, he refused to rule out making some calls that will stir up public opposition, like accelerating public sector spending cuts, or unveiling plans to sell state-owned companies. Here's a snippet from the press conference: Journalist: When will we see [economist] Saul Eslake's report into government business enterprises? Mr Barnett: I'll have more to say about that later this week Journalist: So is that your budget day surprise, you're selling assets? Mr Barnett: Let's be very clear in terms of the budget. We're very focused on building a better Tasmania now and for the future, investing in the things that matter for Tasmanians like health; today is an excellent example of that, we've got record funding in health. I'm very excited and looking forward to budget day and I'll have more to say on Thursday. Journalist : So how many assets are you going to sell? Mr Barnett: I'm looking forward to budget day on Thursday. The press conference seemed to point to a budget that could contain some tough love, right at a time when the government needs an easy sell the most. No pressure, Mr Barnett. And it all comes at a time when the government's task of getting the public back onside is set to get even tougher, with its draft stadium legislation set to go out for public consultation in the next week. After EMRS polling showed the Liberals losing the most support in the state's north and north-west, being seen to be ramming through a project that polling says is deeply unpopular there will be pretty tough to sell to the public. And that could make the task of convincing Tasmanians to elect them to a fifth straight term in office at the 2028 state election that little bit tougher than it's already looking.
