The Tasmanian Aboriginal community has welcomed the Hobart City Council’s decision to reject a development application to build a cable car on kunanyi/Mount Wellington.
The application was submitted by the Mount Wellington Cableway Company, which was defeated nine votes to three at a special Hobart City Council meeting last night.
“The land itself is a part of who we are, and we are a part of the land,” Aboriginal Heritage Officer with the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre Sharnie Read said. One of the important parts of this whole saga is the lack of Aboriginal community members at the decision making process.
A NORTHWICH father has really won himself some Daddy points after building an amazing snowman for his delighted daughter. After waking up to a blanket of snow on Monday morning, Chris Oldfield from Barnton was asked by two-year-old Frozen fan Violet to make her an Olaf. His partner, Sophie Ormsby, describes Chris, who a road worker by trade, as a perfectionist and once he d started, had to make sure he got it just right. She said: Violet s only just two, so it s her first Christmas being able to talk properly. Frozen is her favourite film and when Chris suggested building a snowman, she just said, build an Olaf Daddy .