Adam Holmes
Hobart, TAS
Adam Holmes is a journalist at ABC Hobart, formerly of the Examiner and Advocate in Tasmania, the Bendigo Advertiser and rural publications in Victoria. He has covered local, state and federal politics in depth, but also enjoys telling genuine grassroots stories. Follow him on Twitter @AdamHolmes010
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Maree and 18 others are banned from 12 per cent of Tasmania. They say it's unconstitutional
Tasmania's native forestry estate covers 812,000 hectares, including walking and biking trails, but 19 people have been given indefinite bans from entering any of it. The move is facing a constitutional challenge.
He was known as 'Hitler' — now, a Catholic school has erased this teacher's name from records
His nickname was 'Hitler'; now former attendees of a Catholic boys school have received a letter telling them a school building has been renamed after a review into the teacher's conduct. Some of them have told the ABC what they endured.
'That includes me': Tasmanian magistrates ruled out from hearing criminal case against Supreme Court Justice
An interstate magistrate will be called in to hear a criminal case involving Tasmanian Supreme Court judge Gregory Geason. Justice Geason has pleaded not guilty to charges of common assault, and emotional abuse or intimidation.
Analysis
analysis:The two rogue MPs are in a delicate bargaining position — as neither may survive an election
Australia's last Liberal government has been on the brink of an early election for nine months. So how does Jeremy Rockliff keep surviving? The answer could be a fear of what comes next.
Divers capture red handfish as severe marine heatwave poses extinction threat
There are fewer than 100 red handfish left in the wild. As a severe marine heatwave threatens their last remaining habitat, researchers say they had to take drastic action.
Emergency Department director lays bare the daily crisis in Tasmanian hospitals
The doctor in charge of the Royal Hobart Hospital's emergency department says the lack of inpatient beds is creating a dangerous situation every day.
Almost one person a week dies after being ramped at hospital. Tim's father narrowly missed being one of them
Over the past five years, 136 people died in Tasmanian hospitals in the 24 hours after being "ramped", a parliamentary inquiry has been told. But the Health Department warns against drawing conclusions.
Scientists hoped to save endangered ray from a degraded harbour. But half have died in captivity within weeks
With intensive salmon farming degrading the habitat for the endangered Maugean skate, hope was placed in a captive breeding program. But weeks after it starts, two of the four rays are dead.
These three women all found lumps in their breasts. They were told they'd be waiting months for a mammogram
Three Tasmanian women speak of their anguish and fear after being told they have to wait months for a mammogram — with the Minister for Women saying she is "really sad" to hear of their plight and the government is working on the problem.
The Goods Shed sits in the middle of Hobart's proposed stadium. Heritage listing might not save it
Built just after the start of World War I, this shed has seen a lot in its 109 years. But despite being deemed a "rare" and "significant" example of its kind, that may not be enough to save it from Hobart's planned AFL stadium.
Victims feared being silenced over plans to make inciting 'animosity' towards sex offenders a new offence
It was described as a "slap in the face" for victim-survivors, who feared that a new law making it an offence to incite animosity towards child sex offenders would harm their ability to speak out.
How the media ended up locked out of court when a judge faced criminal charges
Media being allowed to report on a powerful person facing criminal charges, could be argued, is textbook public interest journalism — so, why were reporters locked out of court when a Supreme Court judge appeared?
Macquarie Harbour oxygenation trial hoped to save endangered skate
With depleted oxygen levels in Tasmania's Macquarie Harbour pushing the Maugean skate towards extinction, the salmon farming industry and federal government are combining to fund a "nano bubbles" trial.
A landlord body was given a $100,000 government grant. The way it was spent raised questions
When a landlord association headed by an Airbnb owner and mayoral aspirant was given a grant, it raised questions. An audit has found multiple concerns.
'G'day Su': The dreaded text message from a budget airline just days before flight
Bonza Airline planned to use two aircraft from Canadian budget carrier Flair Airlines and took airfares from passengers – but the airline had not gained approval from the regulator Civil Aviation Safety Authority
Leaked text shows chief justice telling judge he could 'resign before this goes further'
Tasmania's chief justice texted a Supreme Court judge who is charged with criminal offences suggesting he could "resign" to avoid facing an inquiry to determine his future tenure.
Heritage listing looms for this old shed, and that spells trouble for Hobart $715m stadium plan
Could Hobart's $715 million AFL stadium plan — and subsequently the dream of a Tasmanian team in the AFL— be derailed by a 108-year-old shed?
Youth crime is on the rise. Police say the 'patrol, catch, prosecute' model isn't working
Eastlands shopping centre could be anywhere in Australia. It has the usual shops, and a growing youth crime problem. The Tasmanian government is moving to a new model of youth justice.
Minister's request for 'positive consideration' over grant for Tasmanian Liberal-linked distillery flagged as 'not acceptable practice'
A Tasmanian minister's request for "positive consideration" for a distillery with ties to the Liberal party to receive a grant was flagged by the government department who assessed such applications as "not acceptable practice or normal protocol".
Supreme Court judge faces court on assault charge, media barred from court building
Justice Gregory Geason has appeared in an out-of-hours session in the Hobart Magistrates Court, charged with one count each of assault and emotional abuse. The media was barred from entering the court building.
Taylor Swift, other big name acts, unlikely at Hobart's promised stadium, promoter says
Charles Touber brought world-class acts to Tasmania for 25 years. He's sceptical a new, roofed stadium on Hobart's Macquarie Point will attract the international stars the government says it will.
This Tasmanian electorate could be make or break. Labor has just made the first move
A Labor upper house member will attempt to move to the lower house at the next election in a key Hobart-centred electorate, where resignations, independent support and major party shifts have made things unpredictable.
Court hears details of jailed paedophile's attempts to offload art to hide assets from victim
In a series of letters read to a court, a prominent Tasmanian art dealer details how a convicted paedophile was continuing to negotiate the sale of his colonial art collection while in jail to divest his assets.
Twenty-hour day for harness racing stables worker before early morning crash
A young harness racing stable worker who did a 20-hour day in the lead up to an early morning crash in which he and four others were injured was on the clock, a tribunal finds, and not — as his employer Ben Yole argued — volunteering and ineligible for worker's compensation.
Police seize cocaine, meth haul in car boot after Spirit of Tasmania ferry trip
Tasmania Police say they have intercepted one of the largest drug seizures in the state's history, after a man allegedly smuggled meth and cocaine across Bass Strait in his car boot.