THE Launceston City Council was unaware its new general manager is working for a Victorian council investigated over poor performance and governance issues last year.

In the end, it was nature that triumphed and astounded. Two days after experts had declared her calf dead in the womb, Taronga Zoo's Asian elephant matriarch, a first-time mother, squatted in a corner and gave birth without any human help.

TASMANIA'S Director of Public Health has admitted private concerns about monoculture tree plantations but says there is still no reliable evidence to link them to health risks.  | Comments (6)

Social photographs of members of the crowd at the Tom Jones concert.

Celebrity agent Max Markson insists his client Lara Bingle did not know footballer Brendan Fevola was married when they had an affair in 2006.  | Comments (1)

TASMANIA has been routed for a paltry 114 in its second innings to hand Victoria an innings and 46 run win on day three of the Sheffield Shield match at the MCG.