Thursday, 22 May 2025
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Launching into positive behaviour

Launching into positive behaviour

After 12 months in development, with input from teachers, students and the community, last Wednesday saw the launch of Huonville High School’s (HHS) School Wide Positive Behaviour Support (SWPBS) programme at a whole school assembly. SWPBS programmes have been successfully used in schools around the world to assist in improving social, emotional, behavioural and academic outcomes for students,...
Inside this week's Huon News

Inside this week's Huon News

In this week's Huon News we have all the details of the Barry Hall Day down at Cygnet Football Club last Saturday, including Mitch Direen's 200th game.  Don't forget to check out our photos website to see more of the footy action at www.huonnewsphotos.com We also catch up with the new manager of the Kermandie Hotel, which reopened on Monday after a two and a half month hiatus. We find out...
Recovery project continues to take shape

Recovery project continues to take shape

Project X manager Lucy Bleach, with DarkLab executive director Jude Gun and creative producer Theia Connell, and Destination Southern Tasmania’s Alex Heroys, visited Geeveston last Thursday night to talk to local business and tourism operators about the next stage of the $2 million Federal and State Government funded, arts based, bushfire recovery project for the Huon Valley. After a sell-out...
This week in the Huon News

This week in the Huon News

In this week's Huon News we have a look at the progress of Project X, the Federal and State Government funded arts based, bushfire recovery project for the Huon Valley.  The extension of the first work, the second installation and the progress of the major project. We also catch up with Rural Youth, which held a community resilience day in Ranelagh last Saturday around mental health...
Second stage of Project X announced

Second stage of Project X announced

DarkLab creative producer Theia Connell visited Geeveston last night with the details of the second stage of art based recovery Project X for the Huon Valley - don't miss next week's Huon News for the full report.  
New disease for devils to fight

New disease for devils to fight

Tasmanian Devils in the Channel region are now fighting not one, but two transmissible facial tumours - Tasmanian devil facial tumour disease (DFTD), which has now been around for some 25 years, and the newer devil facial tumour two (DFT2), discovered in the Cygnet  area around five years ago. New research from the University of Tasmania, published in the leading journal Evolutionary...

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