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This week's Huon News

This week's Huon News

This week the Huon News catches up with the firies who are working in the south-west to contain the fires started by the lightning storm of January 15 ahead of Friday's forecast hot temperatures and strong winds. We also meet Jack Wilson aka Deadly Ninja from Australian Ninja Warrior as he visits Tasmania and the Huon Valley for the first time. We hear from Aboriginal leaders and local...
This week's Huon News

This week's Huon News

This week the Huon News wraps up the Cygnet Folk Festival, and meets Scandinavian super group Fru Skagerrak, we also farewell Huon Valley bush poet Phil Rush from the festival. We have all the information on the updated public transport schedule for the Huon Valley and we unveil the Huon Valley Council's plans for the Main Drain. We chat to last year's Huon Valley Citizen of the Year ahead of...
The Huon News is back for 2019

The Huon News is back for 2019

The first issue of the Huon News for 2019 has hit the streets, with Willie Smith's announcing a change of venue for the Mid-Winter Festival, the Hastings Caves Road sealing works getting underway and the Huonville Lions Senior Women's team getting their first training run. The Huon News chats with Huon Valley PCYC president Bob Rolls about the future of the club, and we congratulate all the...
Where to put the workers

Where to put the workers

A pilot project at Grove Research Station to help with short-term seasonal worker accommodation in the Huon Valley area is one step closer, with the formal submission of a Development Application from Solutionswon Group Pty Ltd (on behalf of Oak Possability) to the Huon Valley Council.  However, residents of Pages Road and Tasman Road in Grove are unhappy with the proposal, and called an...
Students on strike

Students on strike

Don’t miss this week’s Huon News where we talk to residents of Grove who are unhappy with the proposal for seasonal worker’s accommodation to be constructed on the disused Grove Research Station, we catch up with the local students who walked out in support of the Student Strike 4 Climate action last Thursday and we head down to The Esplanade in Huonville for the glamour of this year’s St James...
Impacting Scrubby Hill Farm

Impacting Scrubby Hill Farm

This week Trev and Chris from GeCo talk about the future of Scrubby Hill Farm, following their success in securing an Impact 100 grant, local teachers are achieving great things, with Cate Doherty from Sacred Heart Catholic School Geeveston talking about her Churchill Fellowship and Nel Smit being awarded this year's Secondary Teacher of the Year at the STEM Excellence Awards.The Friends of...

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