Serpentine leafminer (SLM) has been detected for the second time in Tasmania.

Around 150 people showed up to air their grievances around the sale of Rushy Lagoon for a forest carbon project.

Bridport bird lover, fish taxidermist and fitness instructor Damon Sherriff has been sucked in by silkies.

The St Patricks Plains wind farm in the Central Highlands has been acquired by the Danish company Vestas from Ark Energy.

Cher Bartlett has been appointed General Manager, Customer and Operations, and will oversee the management of Tasmanian Irrigation’s water delivery, asset management, dam safety, hydrology, engineering and environmental compliance teams.

With public meetings for and against the plans for Rushy Lagoon as a forestry operation now scheduled, LANA BEST spoke to a representative of the new owners about the plan ahead.

Visitors who call into a Tasmanian cellar door spend close to $4000 each per visit, almost 50 per cent more than the average visitor

The increases in a wide variety of Biosecurity Tasmania fees from July 1 have drawn the ire of primary producers.

At least two farmers claim they have had their driver licences revoked when they’ve been unable to pay substantial penalties imposed by the Forest Practices Authority after being prosecuted for illegal land clearing.

Tolivar Angus Stud farm manager Hayden Harper and his kelpie Kellie rode a side-by-side through swollen drains and creeks to check on the stud’s new bull and paddocks heavily stocked with cattle at the Pipers River property last Friday.