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Tassie Group's Five-year Plan

16 January 2009

ENOLA FALL January 21 Oxford Tavern Enola Fall will broaden their musical horizons this month as they embark on their first east coast tour. This follows a performance at the 2008 Falls Festival at Marion Bay for the Hobart-based band... read full story

Yacht Race Crew Stops Off In Wollongong

7 January 2009

A 12m yacht heading home from the Sydney to Hobart yacht race was forced to take a scenic detour to Wollongong Harbour yesterday after striking difficulty at sea... read full story

Sidelines

22 December 2008

Becks switches numbers for Italian job DAVID Beckham has reversed his familiar shirt number, 23, and will wear 32 for new club AC Milan. The 23 was famously worn by Michael Jordan and copied by Beckham, Shane Warne and many other sport stars... read full story

Doctor Barred From Surgery

6 December 2008

AN OVERSEAS-TRAINED doctor has been barred from performing surgery at the Royal Hobart Hospital after only two months in the job, after a series of botched operations... read full story

Bracken Makes It Eight But Tigers Charge On

5 December 2008

AFTER two days of mayhem at Hobart's Bellerive Oval - on which 28 wickets had fallen - normal service was resumed yesterday... read full story

Botched Cases And Sex Assault

6 October 2008

HEALTH authorities are investigating 10 serious complaints of medical negligence and sexual assault at a northern NSW hospital by an overseas-trained obstetrician and gynaecologist living in a homeless shelter in Surry Hills. Roman Hasil's NSW medical registration was suspended in February after a damning report by New Zealand health authorities found he had botched a quarter of female sterilisations in 2005 and 2006 and drank on the job... read full story

Tomlinson Is The New Kings Maker

29 March 2008

PLAYER power has put Brian Goorjian's six-year assistant coach Bill Tomlinson in the head coach's job with the Sydney Kings, the contracted players telling owner Tim Johnston and his representatives that Tomlinson getting the job was a condition of them staying at the club... read full story

'rogue' Doctor Can Work In Nsw

27 February 2008

DESPITE shocking malpractice allegations that he botched a quarter of female sterilisations and drank on the job, an overseas-trained doctor is still registered in NSW and Queensland... read full story

2 Of Us

23 February 2008

Varuni Kulasekara, 50, is a Sri Lankan-born entomologist turned teahouse entrepreneur. Her husband, American Brian Ritchie, 47, plays bass for the Violent Femmes and is a shakuhachi (Japanese flute) teacher and performer. Both are Buddhists and, when not touring, divide their time between Sydney and Hobart... read full story