Sean Ford
The Examiner
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Lawyer slams government over whistleblower
The Tasmanian government's treatment of a youth detention whistleblower sends a message it is unwilling to support people who speak up about wrongdoing, a prominent lawyer says. → Read More
Builders seek new ground
NO TIME TO LAG: Latrobe councillor Vonette Mead says the need to transport workers to harvesting jobs is now urgent, as there's a 'big void' to fill. Picture: Simon Sturzaker Some residential construction outfits are looking for other types of work as rising interest rates and soaring costs push home ownership out of the reach of more Tasmanians. → Read More
A revived West Coast mine's owner wants to ramp up storage of waste rock material
A revived West Coast mine's owner wants to ramp up storage of waste rock material underground as environmentalists continue to urge MMG Limited to bury tailings at its Rosebery Mine. → Read More
Police believe man who fell overboard in Boundary Bay may have drowned
Satria Dyer-Darmawan is a journalist for The Examiner and considers himself to be an all rounder. Originally from the Central Coast of NSW, Satria has worked in Alice Springs and North Queensland and isn't afraid to immerse himself in regional communities. → Read More
Police believe body belongs to missing man who may have drowned in Boundary Bay
Satria Dyer-Darmawan is a journalist for The Examiner and considers himself to be an all rounder. Originally from the Central Coast of NSW, Satria has worked in Alice Springs and North Queensland and isn't afraid to immerse himself in regional communities. → Read More
Cagey on Munnings link
Police are refusing to say if an operation in a Burnie suburb during the week was related to the search for a woman who has been missing for more than 14 years. → Read More
TasRail to reintroduce remote control cement trains on Railton-Devonport line
Fast runaway went through 13 public level crossings. → Read More
Major police roads focus as toll grows
Tasmania will have one of Australia's highest ratios of traffic police as the force works to bring down what now-retired commissioner Darren Hine recently described as a devastating road toll. → Read More
Husband of Ashley whistleblower pleads with state government to help 'hero' wife
It comes after her compensation case nears towards the three-year mark. → Read More
Bank of us reports strong home loan growth and increasing customer numbers
A Tasmanian bank whose profit fell by 15 per cent is still hailing last financial year as a success, while expecting housing finance demand to fall further. → Read More
Unions Tasmania seeks Tasmanian government cash for specialist workplace legal service for women
Tasmanian unions' peak body is seeking state government cash to set up and run a specialist legal service to help make work safer and fairer for women. → Read More
Rates up again as Tasmanian lenders, builders ponder
Home loan interest rates are headed up again, but it is not yet clear how much of the latest hit the main Tasmanian-based lenders will pass on to mortgage customers. → Read More
Tasmanian police shot at near New Norfolk, search for shooter under way
Police were going to arrest alleged family violence offender. → Read More
Tasmania adds 4079 people, North-West defies gloomy predictions
Demographer Amina Keygan says adequate management needed. → Read More
Tasmania's extreme speeding drivers on the rise as police catch thousands
Shocking average daily number of speeders detected. → Read More
Ashley whistleblower Alysha's case raises questions about Attorney-General Elise Archer, lawyer Fabiano Cangelosi says
The state government's approach to a workers compensation case an Ashley Youth Detention Centre whistleblower says is destroying her raises questions about Attorney-General Elise Archer's performance, according to a prominent lawyer. → Read More
Tasmanian council wants inquiry into state road 'failures'
Businessman Malcolm Ryan showing the potholes in the damaged highway near Sassafras. Picture by Eve Woodhouse. Tasmania's state roads construction and maintenance "failures" should be probed by an independent inquiry, a council says. → Read More
Justice Gregory Geason finds against Tasmanian lawyer over 'unprofessional conduct'
A Tasmanian lawyer who wrote letters including an offer to settle a matrimonial property dispute if family violence complaints against his client were withdrawn was guilty of unprofessional conduct, a judge has found. → Read More
Tassal takeover looks a goer as board backs Cooke's offer
Tassal looks set for new ownership after the board backed a takeover offer from Canadian-based seafood giant Cooke Inc. → Read More
Vet Sophie Doake gives evidence on two polo ponies that survived fateful journey
The only two polo ponies that survived a fateful journey when 16 others died were the closest to the transport truck's tailgate, a vet who examined the survivors says she was told. → Read More