Parents Urged to Make Own Mental Health a Priority

Digital mental health service ReachOut Parents is urging Australian parents of teenagers to make their own mental health a priority as they face increasing...

No Need to Disinfect Fresh Produce

Media release – PMA A-NZ, 14 April 2020 Experts confirm no need to disinfect fresh produce Following misinformation reported on the 7:30...

Advocates want Blood Focus on Unsafe Sex not Gay Sex

Equality advocates have called for the removal of the ban on gay blood donation, labelling the proposed reduction of the celibacy period...

Call for Focus on Youth Homelessness

Youth Network of Tasmania (YNOT) are calling for strong measures to tackle youth homelessness to be part of the fight against coronavirus....

Hodgman Bags Top Job at new Business Growth Fund

The federal Treasurer has appointed former Tasmanian leader Will Hodgman to be the inaugural chair of the $540 million Australian Business Growth...

Please Pass the Salt

Agfest Moves Online This Year

Media release – Guy Barnett, Minister for Primary Industries and Water, 15 April 2020 Agfest to move online for 2020 Keeping Tasmanians...

Wet & Wildlife Markets: Expert Views

As China re-opens the controversial wet markets, experts comment on wet markets as a source of zoonotic diseases (diseases that jump from...

Launceston to Host Rescheduled Special Olympics Junior National Games in 2021

Given the circumstances and based on the latest information provided by Federal and State Governments, Special Olympics Australia has resolved that the...

AMA: Let Us Do Our Jobs Without Speculation

  Medical staff should be allowed to get on with their jobs without undue speculation, the AMA Tasmania said today. President John...