Energy Minister Guy Barnett MHA, right, at Norske Skog Boyer. HYDRO Tasmania and Norske Skog have agreed on an energy supply agreement for the Boyer paper mill for the next decade. Hydro Tasmania chief executive Steve Davy said the new agreement locked-in Boyer’s energy supply until the end of 2030.
Crusader Homes apprentice Lucas Henderson,left, and chief financial officer Kelvin Derksen-Luelf, at the Australian Training Awards. LOCAL business Crusader Homes has been named the Small Employer of the Year in the Australian Training Awards. Held in Brisbane last Thursday, the awards are the peak level of Australia’s vocational education and
MyState Bank has taken down the signs andclosed its New Norfolk branch. MYSTATE has shut the door on more than three decades of providing financial services to the people of the Derwent Valley, closing its New Norfolk branch last Friday. The bank announced in August that it would close the
Rod Graham, left, Tammi and Justin Abrahams, and SamanthaAndrews with the Bridgewater PCYC’s award. THE achievements of three local ventures were recognised at the Telstra Tasmanian Business Awards in Hobart on Friday night. New Norfolk-based Crusader Homes won its category in the awards; the Bridgewater Police and Citizens Youth Club
PAPERMAKER Norske Skog has announced the closure of the Boyer Mill’s sister factory at Albury following the ongoing drop in demand for newsprint from Australia’s newspapers. The Albury mill opened in 1981 – 40 years after Boyer – and many of its original workers transferred from New Norfolk to get
The Crusader Homes team with their trophy. LOCAL business Crusader Homes has another trophy to add to its collection after being named Small Employer of the Year at the Tasmanian Training Awards last night. Recently accredited as an Employer of Choice, this is the second time the family-owned business has
Nicola Rouleston and Pauline Ackerly cutting the ribbon at theentry to the New Norfolk Vinnies Superstore. THE honour of cutting the ribbon at the official opening of the new Vinnies Superstore in New Norfolk went to the St Vincent de Paul Society’s long-serving local manager Pauline Ackerly. Mrs Ackerly has
The first batch of Cyrene exported to the US from Norske Skog Boyer earlier this year. A REVOLUTIONARY product made in the Derwent Valley is being used in England to assist in the industrial-scale recycling of electric-vehicle batteries. Since earlier this year, the Norske Skog Boyer paper mill has been
Mood Food New Norfolk will soon have an electric vehicle fast-charger for public use. THE State Government will contribute to the cost of a fast-charging station for electric vehicles at New Norfolk as part of a network of 14 across the state. Environment, Parks and Heritage Minister Peter Gutwein said
Philp Lighton Architects’ plan for the Corumbene Care development at Willow Court. Click image to enlarge. CORUMBENE’S $5 million project at Willow Court has been described as a “leap of faith” by the organisation’s chief executive. Speaking on ABC radio, Corumbene Care’s Damien Jacobs said the organisation saw itself as
Five councillors at the table at the start of last night’s meeting.Another councillor arrived after this photo was taken. A LACK of councillors prevented consideration of a rum distillery project at last night’s Derwent Valley Council meeting. Meeting at Lachlan, the council found itself without the necessary numbers to decide
IT has been a big week in business in New Norfolk, with the opening of two new shops, two businesses preparing to move locations in the town, and another getting ready to open. Liquor chain 9/11 Bottleshops has opened a branch in the old Woolworths building in Charles St, becoming
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