James Dunlevie

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Madeleine Rojahn |James Dunlevie |Meg Whitfield

A month on from salmon residue washing ashore, opponents to industrial fish farming have gathered at the Tasmanian beach location to repeat their call for the industry to be shut down. The protest event, at Verona Sands, south of Hobart, comes weeks after pieces of Atlantic salmon, including what was described at the time at "chunks" of fish, were found on the foreshore, with images posted by the Bob Brown Foundation.

1 month ago | abc.net.au | James Dunlevie

Tasmanians have been told debris from a Russian rocket could fall in waters near the island, with the possibility of a "sonic boom" accompanying its re-entry to the Earth's atmosphere. In an alert on Monday, the Australian Space Agency (ASA) advised of "the expected re-entry of a Stage II Soyuz 2-1B Fregat rocket into international waters off the south-east coast of Tasmania between 9am March 3 and 11am March 7".

2 months ago | abc.net.au | Adam Holmes |James Dunlevie

Hobart obstetrician Emily Price is intimately aware of how thinly spread maternity services are in southern Tasmania. Most of her patients choose to give birth in the private system. But the main private provider — Healthscope's Hobart Private Hospital — will no longer be an option after August 20. It means that expectant mothers at eight to 12 weeks of pregnancy, who might have been planning to give birth at the Hobart Private in six months' time, will need to find somewhere else.

2 months ago | abc.net.au | James Dunlevie |Daniel Miller

Stay up to date with the latest information via TasAlert, the ABC Emergency website, ABC Northern Tasmania Facebook page or ABC Radio and the ABC Listen app. There is evacuation centre at the Queenstown Sports Stadium, on the Esplanade, where people from Zeehan can go if necessary. There is a place of last resort (Nearby Safer Place) at Zeehan Primary School, 7 Belstead St, Zeehan.

Dec 25, 2024 | abc.net.au | James Dunlevie

The sight of dozens of yachts zigzagging around Sydney Harbour's blue water on Boxing Day has competed with the cricket for TV audience eyeballs for a while now — so why all the fuss? Is it just a case of rich sailors and their toys? Where is the start line? What happens if someone falls off? So many questions — let's try and answer them. The race, now in its 79th year, has been described as "one of the toughest, most respected ocean races" on the world sailing calendar.