Category Archives: Tasmanian Business Reporter

MEMBERS of Launceston’s Tran family are counting their blessings after recieving a ministerial intervention to avoid deportation and will continue doing what they love – living in Tasmania and cooking delicious Vietnamese food.

Proof of concept will be the icing on the cake when Kim Booth fulfils a lifelong dream of building a house made of trees grown himself, and he hopes others will follow his example.

ALTHOUGH the journey is far from over, the time has come for renowned Tasmanian surfboard maker Nick Stranger to shut up shop.

As a senior scientist in cannabis crop production at Extractas Bioscience it stands to reason that when Lizzie Preece turns her agricultural expertise to growing flowers, she gets results.

As schools emerged from the COVID lockdowns, Billy Blackett saw a universal problem – students were struggling with the impacts of the pandemic on their learning.

In the heart of the TransLink industrial estate opposite Launceston Airport at Western Junction, Crisp Bros. & Haywards has built a workforce that can tackle the big stuff when it comes to steel construction projects.

Like her Aboriginal ancestors proud Palawa woman Kitana Mansell starts her day foraging for food.

PREMIER Jeremy Rockliff used the winter parliamentary break to make a number of policy changes, which have been described as a “reset.”

BACK in 2011 Graeme Elphinstone, a specialist in designing and manufacturing log truck trailers and power pole transport trailers, thought “we’ve got a little winner here”.

WHEN Bianca Welsh bit the bullet and bought into one of Launceston’s best restaurants, aged just 21, she didn’t imagine the role she would have in years to come. LANA BEST finds out how and why the innovative hospitality worker is advocating for better mental health in the workplace. IT WASN’T enough for Bianca Welsh to simply work hard and build on her success at Black Cow Bistro and later Stillwater, learning the ropes of hospitality and running a business simultaneously.