Devonport (Australia)

Type: City

Name: Devonport (Australia)

Latitude: -41.200001

Longitude: 146.330002

population: 19,318

First reported 22 hours ago - Updated 22 hours ago - 1 reports

Dart in to support local champion players

TWO local champion players are soon off to compete in the 2013 Australian Darts Championships.Devonport-based Dave (Jock) Methven and Tereasa Morris, both long-time players, will represent the Tasmanian men's and women's teams at the national event, which ... [Published Northwest Tasmania Advocate - 22 hours ago]

Entities: Devonport (Australia), Canberra, Cheap

First reported Jun 14 2013 - Updated Jun 14 2013 - 1 reports

George Smith

Bathurst plant on chopping block

JULIAN LUKESIMPLOT Australia will hold crisis meetings with growers and the NSW and federal governments in a bid to save its Bathurst vegetable processing plant from closure.Last week the company announced it would close the Bathurst plant – which employs ... [Published The Land Australia - Jun 14 2013]

Entities: Simplot, George Smith, SPC Ardmona, Devonport (Australia)

First reported Jun 12 2013 - Updated Jun 12 2013 - 1 reports

Brad Smith

Brake on Braap store

Devonport's newly refurbished Braap store has closed. Picture: Meg Windram.DEVONPORT’S Braaap franchise has closed, but the growing motocross business has big plans for the Coast.The franchise closure was not related to any problems in the wider company, ... [Published Northwest Tasmania Advocate - Jun 12 2013]

Entities: Brad Smith, Devonport (Australia), Motocross, epinephrine

First reported Jun 12 2013 - Updated Jun 12 2013 - 1 reports

Simplot

Governments called on to help food processing plants

NSW Farmers has called for urgent action to support Australia’s food processing sector.The call follows the announcement this week that Simplot, one of Australia’s major food manufacturing companies, may have to close its NSW-based vegetable processing ... [Published Nyngan Observer - Jun 12 2013]

Entities: PETER Darley, Simplot, Vegetables

First reported Jun 12 2013 - Updated Jun 12 2013 - 1 reports

Simplot begins survival talks

The managing director of Simplot says he is confident the Tasmanian Government will help keep its Devonport factory viable.Terry O'Brien has spoken to Deputy Premier Bryan Green to ensure the vegetable processor's presence in the state.The company has ... [Published Campus Daily Australia - Jun 12 2013]

Entities: Simplot, Vegetables, Richard Hays, Devonport (Australia)

First reported Jun 06 2013 - Updated Jun 06 2013 - 5 reports

Echuca Simplot not affected by site closures

The Echuca Simplot site will not be affected by job losses threatening two other Australian Simplot plants.Simplot this week announced the Bathurst and Devonport sites were under threat of closure due to a high Australian dollar and unsatisfactory financial ... [Published McPherson Media Group - Jun 06 2013]

Entities: Simplot, Devonport (Australia), Australian Dollar, Vegetables, Australia

First reported Jun 05 2013 - Updated Jun 06 2013 - 2 reports

Simplot warns on jobs

SIMPLOT Australia may need to use fewer casual workers at its Devonport plant to keep it open and employ a permanent staff of 160.Devonport plant manager Richard Hays said there were about 200 casual workers on the factory's books."There are no planned ... [Published Tasmania Mercury - Jun 06 2013]

Entities: Simplot, Devonport (Australia), Richard Hays

First reported Jun 05 2013 - Updated Jun 06 2013 - 4 reports

Analysis: Simplot the latest in food processing decline

In a week in which yet more food manufacturing businesses spoke of shutting up shop, Coles chief Ian McLeod told a Sydney luncheon that a basket of groceries in Australia will cost less in real terms in five years' time.Simplot, SPC, Heinz, SP Exports ... [Published ABC Online - Jun 06 2013]

Entities: Simplot, Devonport (Australia), Australia

First reported Jun 06 2013 - Updated Jun 06 2013 - 2 reports

How to take your own wheels to Tassie

Drive's lap of Australia in the new Holden VF Commodore has a tight schedule that gave us just 11 hours on the road around the Apple Isle, but getting to Tasmania provided some five-star rest and relaxation for both us and the car.Our lap of Australia ... [Published Sydney Morning Herald - Jun 06 2013]

Entities: Melbourne, Devonport (Australia), Marine Vessel

First reported Jun 05 2013 - Updated Jun 06 2013 - 14 reports

Food plant closures disastrous: senators

The potential closure of plants owned by the company behind Leggo's and John West would be a disaster for Australian manufacturers, federal MPs warn.US-based multinational Simplot says food manufacturing plants at Bathurst in NSW and Devonport in Tasmania ... [Published Trading Room - Jun 06 2013]

Entities: Simplot, Australia, Manufacturing, Devonport (Australia), John West

First reported Jun 01 2013 - Updated Jun 01 2013 - 2 reports

Lyons love letter found after 95 years

Ann Teesdale, manager of Home Hill, with the letter dated September 11, 1918. Picture: PAUL SCAMBLERA TATTERED love letter between Australia's ``most significant political couple'' has been discovered behind an old mantelpiece at Deloraine, south east ... [Published Southern Highland News - Jun 01 2013]

Entities: Joseph Lyons, Devonport (Australia), Tasmanian House of Assembly, Deloraine (Australia)

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 3 reports

Tony Abbott transcript - Joint Press Conference, Tasmania

Subjects: The Coalition's Discussion Paper on Building a Strong, Prosperous Tasmania; Ford; GST; school funding.E&OE……………………….……………………………………………………………TONY ABBOTT:Okay, look, it is great to be here in Devonport today in the electorate of Braddon with Brett ... [Published Liberal Party of Australia - May 24 2013]

Entities: Tony Abbott, Coalition, Carbon Tax, Manufacturing, Australia

Quotes

"That was the ultimate test, I think, the final tick we needed. He's actually only got one eye as well, so fairly unstable. But it worked first-shot, which is good proof."

Kiwi's cracking good idea [Published New Zealand Herald - 7 hours ago]

"The strange thing is, there is no issue with the sabres. The powers that be aren't interested in them."

The Tamar Valley Westerners, taking their fun seriously for 30... [Published Plymouth Evening Herald - Jun 15 2013]

"We do not want to see Simplot close its doors, we want to see that company operating successfully here in Tasmania for the long term."

Simplot begins survival talks [Published Campus Daily Australia - Jun 12 2013]

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Kiwi's cracking good idea [Published New Zealand Herald - 7 hours ago]
Dart in to support local champion players [Published Northwest Tasmania Advocate - 22 hours ago]
The Tamar Valley Westerners, taking their fun s... [Published Plymouth Evening Herald - Jun 15 2013]
Bathurst plant on chopping block [Published The Land Australia - Jun 14 2013]
Brake on Braap store [Published Northwest Tasmania Advocate - Jun 12 2013]
Governments called on to help food processing p... [Published Nyngan Observer - Jun 12 2013]
Simplot begins survival talks [Published Campus Daily Australia - Jun 12 2013]
Cars get more government help than food processing [Published ABC Online - Jun 12 2013]
Tasmania's best businesses vying for prestigiou... [Published Individual.com - Jun 11 2013]
News story: Reservists practise humanitarian di... [Published Cabinet Office - Jun 11 2013]
Australian food processing company Simplot warn... [Published Campus Daily Australia - Jun 11 2013]
Land of opportunity [Published Northwest Tasmania Advocate - Jun 10 2013]
Liberals in crisis talks with Simplot [Published Northwest Tasmania Advocate - Jun 10 2013]
Trying times could see Simplot plants shut up shop [Published Manufacturers Monthly - Jun 10 2013]
Parliamentary Answers – to 6th June 2013 [Published Think Defence - Jun 09 2013]
Entertainers hit high note in Queen's Birthday ... [Published ABC Online - Jun 09 2013]
Queen's Birthday honours list 2013 [Published Sydney Morning Herald - Jun 09 2013]
Burns' royal reward [Published Tasmania Mercury - Jun 09 2013]
Insolvency figures just tip of iceberg: Brooks [Published Northwest Tasmania Advocate - Jun 08 2013]
Fantasy Island: Fishing and Four-Wheeling on Ta... [Published Truck Trend - Jun 07 2013]
Simplot crisis not a surprise to farmers [Published Northwest Tasmania Advocate - Jun 06 2013]
Simplot feels the squeeze [Published Individual.com - Jun 06 2013]
Simplot feels the squeeze [Published North Queensland Register - Jun 06 2013]
Echuca Simplot not affected by site closures [Published McPherson Media Group - Jun 06 2013]
Simplot may close two factories [Published Transport & Logistics News - Jun 06 2013]
Simplot warns on jobs [Published Tasmania Mercury - Jun 06 2013]
Simplot Australia considers closure of two vege... [Published Food Processing Technology - Jun 06 2013]
Australian food processing company Simplot warn... [Published The Sydney News - Jun 06 2013]
Preserve NSWs canning industry, AMWU urges [Published FoodProcessing - Jun 06 2013]
Simplot warns of possible factory closures [Published ABC Online - Jun 06 2013]

Blogs

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Parliamentary Answers – to 6th June 2013 [Published Think Defence - Jun 09 2013] This is a regular round up of Parliamentary questions and answers from ministers relevant to defence issues. In addition to oral questions, MPs and Peers can ask government ministers questions for written answer. These are often used to obtain detailed ...