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Tasmanians are being prescribed morphine-based medications more than any other state and it directly relates to long wait lists for elective surgery, says the peak body representing family doctors.
Topics: doctors-and-medical-professionals, medical-procedures, health-administration, state-parliament, federal---state-issues, hobart-7000, launceston-7250, tas
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Tasmania's tourism industry wants an overhaul of parks and reserves legislation, saying stakeholders are mired in conflict without a proper management framework.
Topics: tourism, rural-tourism, national-parks, tas, hobart-7000, launceston-7250
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| UpdatedThe Hobart Hurricanes decide against contracting head coach Damien Wright for another season, after the team miss the finals for the past three years.
Topics: cricket, sport, tas, hobart-7000
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Australia's winemakers rely on free trade, so as export values surge, they are taking nothing for granted.
Topics: agribusiness, viticulture, trade, agreements-and-treaties, melbourne-3000, sydney-2000, adelaide-5000, perth-6000, brisbane-4000, darwin-0800, hobart-7000
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If your child does not like to read, sits as close as they can to the television or acts up in the classroom, it is probably time to have their eyes tested.
Topics: eyes, adolescent-health, health, child-health-and-behaviour, children, schools, hobart-7000
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| UpdatedTasmania's Governor again enters political debate, calling for a discussion about the date for Australia Day and saying she understands the feelings of Aboriginal people.
Topics: aboriginal, community-and-society, australia-day, hobart-7000, tas
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| UpdatedA police officer is injured and a man charged after clashes between police and protesters at an Invasion Day march through inner-city Sydney.
Topics: australia-day, aboriginal, aboriginal-language, community-and-society, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, sydney-2000, hobart-7000, brisbane-4000, alice-springs-0870
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Many Australians have no idea how to deal with attacks from venomous creatures and young people are most at risk, new research suggests.
Topics: animal-attacks, emergency-planning, brisbane-4000, adelaide-5000, melbourne-3000, sydney-2000, perth-6000, darwin-0800, hobart-7000, australia
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Tasmania is examining how the state's out-of-hours bail system operates in the wake of last week's deadly driver rampage in Melbourne's CBD, which killed five people.
Topics: courts-and-trials, government-and-politics, hobart-7000, launceston-7250
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| UpdatedA massive stockpile of about 1 million car and truck tyres at the Tasmanian town of Longford should be gone within three years with the approval of a shredding facility.
Topics: environmental-management, longford-7301, hobart-7000
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| UpdatedHobart's controversial $35,000 metal stake Christmas tree is being given a new lease of life as a year-round art installation.
Topics: community-and-society, human-interest, local-government, hobart-7000
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| UpdatedIt took 67 days, 12,000 images and a climb to stomach-churning heights, but Steven Pearce finally got the image he was after of Tasmania's eucalyptus regnans.
Topics: photography, environment, tree, human-interest, tas, maydena-7140, hobart-7000
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| UpdatedFor the third year in a row, the Big Bash finals will not feature the purple team from Hobart, but the team insists it is not time for an overhaul of the playing roster.
Topics: cricket, sport, hobart-7000, launceston-7250, tas
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| UpdatedThe father of Tasmanian mother Sarah Paino says today will be "full of emotion" as family deal with the first anniversary of her death, while also celebrating the first birthday of her son.
Topics: human-interest, crime, crime-prevention, hobart-7000
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Shaun Marsh finds form with the bat to help steer the Perth Scorchers to a home BBL semi-final with a seven-wicket win over the Hobart Hurricanes.
Topics: twenty20, cricket, sport, hobart-7000, tas, australia, perth-6000
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The University of Tasmania launches a nationwide project to improve the treatment of chronic wounds in Australia.
Topics: health, science-and-technology, research, hobart-7000, tas
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With Tasmania's proximity to Antarctica, it is no surprise that it's a popular posting for penguins. Here are some tips on where you can see them in the wild.
Topics: animals, environmental-management, travel-and-tourism, human-interest, tas, hobart-7000
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An early 20th century garage will take centre stage and give Hobart's new $90 million arts precinct its name, the developers have revealed.
Topics: urban-development-and-planning, arts-and-entertainment, building-and-construction, hobart-7000, launceston-7250, tas
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Continued high levels of car theft in Tasmania prompts police to urge owners of older cars to install security devices to deter thieves.
Topics: crime-prevention, hobart-7000, launceston-7250, tas
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| UpdatedThree people are admitted to hospital after being bitten by snakes across Tasmania in the space of four hours, prompting emergency services to urge people to know the correct first aid.
Topics: animals, community-and-society, tas, hobart-7000, launceston-7250
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| UpdatedMore than 50 scientists from around the world arrive in Hobart after completing the first leg of a three-month voyage around Antarctica.
Topics: research, research-organisations, science-and-technology, marine-biology, hobart-7000
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Health authorities are contacting the parents of newborn babies in southern Tasmania who may have been exposed to a hospital worker carrying whooping cough.
Topics: babies---newborns, infant-health, hobart-7000
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| UpdatedBowel Cancer Australia says less than 20 per cent of bowel screening participants who require a colonoscopy are getting it within the recommended 30 days, while others are waiting a year, and there are concerns the delays could be fatal.
Topics: bowel-and-rectal-cancer, medical-procedures, hobart-7000
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The past is being dug up at Triabunna on Tasmania's east coast at a site believed to have once been a British military barracks.
Topics: archaeology, 19th-century, 20th-century, university-and-further-education, community-and-society, human-interest, triabunna-7190, sydney-2000, canberra-2600, hobart-7000
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| UpdatedPolice arrest six more men in Melbourne and Queensland in connection to a major cocaine seizure in international waters off Tasmania last month.
Topics: drugs-and-substance-abuse, community-and-society, police, crime, melbourne-3000, hobart-7000, tas, qld