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| UpdatedIndependent senator Jacqui Lambie says she is considering fielding candidates for her own political party at the next Tasmanian election if nothing is done to fix the state's health system.
Topics: government-and-politics, immigration, refugees, states-and-territories, health-policy, elections, tas
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| UpdatedTasmania's Anglican Bishop takes disciplinary action against Philip Newell — a bishop in Tasmania for 18 years — who was found to have allowed a man he knew had sexually abused boys to stay in the church.
Topics: child-abuse, royal-commissions, law-crime-and-justice, sexual-offences, anglicans, tas
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| UpdatedAs Tasmania sees an uptick in tourism, instances of snakebites and bushwalkers getting themselves into trouble see the state's police rescue helicopter crew clock up a record number of flying hours.
Topics: emergency-planning, national-parks, tas
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| UpdatedThe Tasmanian Greens say a $150 million budget windfall from a booming property market should be spent on fixing Launceston's ageing water and sewerage system.
Topics: states-and-territories, water-management, water-supply, tas
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| UpdatedNew South Wales, Queensland and the ACT swelter in a heatwave, while southern Western Australia braced for more rain and flooding.
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| UpdatedA thief who stole hiking gear from the back of a ute returns one of the items after the Hobart victim posts a letter pleading for their return on a street pole — and now beer is on offer in exchange for the remaining goods.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, crime, community-and-society, hobart-7000, tas
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Tasmania's youths are less likely to commit a crime today than they were in 2008, official figures show.
Topics: crime, police, youth, population-and-demographics, hobart-7000, tas
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| UpdatedA Facebook post that targets the sexuality of the former Australian Greens leader demonstrates the need for tough anti-discrimination laws, a prominent gay rights activist says.
Topics: government-and-politics, gays-and-lesbians, community-and-society, discrimination, tas
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The Tasmanian Government is supporting industry calls to lift the ban on the sale of hemp-derived food products in Australia.
Topics: agricultural-crops, government-and-politics, federal---state-issues, rural, tas
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| UpdatedKlaus Neubert, who is accused of murdering his wife at a Hobart intersection, told a prison guard he "snapped" because there was no hope of reconciling his relationship, a court hears.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, hobart-7000, tas
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| UpdatedThe largest wooden boat festival in the southern hemisphere is set to celebrate 375 years since Abel Tasman reached Tasmania.
Topics: sailing, carnivals-and-festivals, history, hobart-7000, tas
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Recordings of Fanny Cochrane Smith — the last surviving fluent speaker of Tasmanian Aboriginal language — are inducted into the UNESCO Australian Memory of the World Register, 120 years after they were made.
Topics: aboriginal-language, aboriginal, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, community-and-society, tas, canberra-2600, act
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| UpdatedA Facebook post implying former Greens leader Bob Brown enjoyed being manhandled by forestry workers during a protest will be the subject of an official complaint.
Topics: social-media, internet-culture, gays-and-lesbians, tas
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| UpdatedA Senate Committee will investigate whether representatives of Tassal improperly influenced a mussel farmer to back out of an inquiry into the aquaculture industry.
Topics: fishing-aquaculture, government-and-politics, tas
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A booming economy and more working parents create longer waiting lists for before and after school care in southern Tasmania, according to childcare providers.
Topics: schools, child-care, family-and-children, tas
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A woman who witnessed her friend's murder was shot in the hand while trying to protect her, and says the accused was a "control freak", Hobart's Supreme Court hears.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, hobart-7000, tas
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| UpdatedA green and red Tasmanian slug is the latest animal to be named after naturalist David Attenborough, who was honoured today as a lifetime patron of the Australian Museum.
Topics: science-and-technology, environment, human-interest, animals, biology, animal-science, earth-sciences, offbeat, tas, united-kingdom, australia
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Liberal senator Jonathon Duniam not impressed with ALP senator's Facebook video.
Topics: government-and-politics, tas
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ALP senator Helen Polley responds to Senator Duniam's criticism of her Facebook video.
Topics: government-and-politics, tas
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Tasmanian ALP senator Helen Polley's Facebook dig at the Liberal party.
Topics: government-and-politics, tas
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| Updated"Juvenile and puerile" Labor and Liberal senators draw fire after trading barbs via Facebook, including a video from Helen Polley where she addresses a sombrero she named Sonny.
Topics: government-and-politics, tas
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The head of the company that holds a monopoly on poker machines in Tasmania dismisses evidence that the majority of Tasmanians are worried about the social impact of pokies.
Topics: gambling, community-and-society, states-and-territories, tas
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The Tasmanian town of Snug was all but wiped out in the 1967 bushfires but is now a green and vibrant community.
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| UpdatedFour siblings orphaned by Tasmania's 1967 bushfires — the state's worst — join others pausing to commemorate the event.
Topics: bushfire, history, community-and-society, snug-7054, tas
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| UpdatedLegal action brought against the Government's environmental watchdog by a salmon producer will be "vigorously" defended, the Tasmanian Premier says.
Topics: fishing-aquaculture, environmental-impact, environmental-management, environmentally-sustainable-business, government-and-politics, tas