Announced at Taroona High School (pictured above) on Thursday, March 12, the Australian Education Union (AEU) has launched an advert protesting the proposed cuts to the education budget in Tasmania. AEU Tasmania Executive member and teacher David Genford spoke passionately against the cuts at the launch of the campaign, stating that the impact of reducing the funding to public schools will take...

Peter Gregory (pictured above) has very limited vision of approximately 25 per cent and can no longer drive, but that doesn’t stop him overcoming his safety concerns and walking into Snug from Lower Snug 3-4 times a week to buy the newspaper and go to the post office, the chemist or the doctor. Apart from having trouble judging distances to cars when crossing the road, Peter’s biggest problem...

Five Kingborough gymnasts were part of a six strong Kingborough Gymsports team which departed on Saturday, March 7 to compete in the Second Dutch Trampoline Open to be held in Alkmaar, the Netherlands over March 14 and 15. The Dutch Trampoline Open is an event sanctioned by the governing body of competitive gymnastics, the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG) and attracts trampoline...

Kingborough Council has installed new recycling and waste bins at Kingston Beach, with more to be rolled out across the municipality if this initial step proves to be successful. “We are really excited to be trialling these recycling bins at one of our most popular areas,” said the Mayor of Kingborough, Cr Dean Winter. “The trial will run until the end of the year and we will be assessing if the...

Construction noise is music to the ears of Taroona High School (THS) students and teacher Glenn Schultz, Director of Music and learning Area Leader for the Arts at THS, with the commencement of work on a new development to accommodate the growing needs of the school. My Schultz commented that he has been pushing hard for years to see the fit for purpose music facility become a reality and he is...