The Federal Member for Franklin Julie Collins MP officially opened a new memorial commemorating the Centenary of Armistice in Dover last Saturday. The new memorial was funded by a grant Ms Collins secured to help commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Armistice. The Department of Veteran's Affairs offered the Armistice Centenary Grant Programme to each Federal electorate, with $50,000...

In this week's Huon News we attend the unveiling of the Centenary of Armistice memorial wall at Dover RSL, along with special guests Julie Collins MP and World War II veterans Dick Geeves and George Smith. We reveal this year's prize winners at the Hobart College Awards from local Huon Valley schools and take a look inside Huonville High School's new school wide positive behaviour support...

In this week's Huon News we visit the 27th A Taste of the Huon festival, which attracted record crowds and featured more than 90 stallholders from around the Huon and Channel region. We also have an in depth look at the report for the Department of State Growth on the future of the forest industry in the southern forests with report author Evan Rolley. The CPSU call on the Federal Government...

In this week's Huon News we speak to Ta Ann employees who are still waiting to find out if the company will rebuild after extensive fire damage from the Riveaux Road fire and we find out more about the announcement by the State Government that two of the recommendations from Evan Rolley's report on southern forest residue solutions will be implemented. We catch up with the Huon Producers...

Last Wednesday the Huon News met with the Governor General His Excellency the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove, who visited Geeveston to chat to those affected by the Riveaux Road fire.  As the head of the Cyclone Larry recovery taskforce, he offers his encouragement and advice on how best to achieve good recovery outcomes. We also have the details of Tasmania's latest literary festival,...