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Nostalgic athletes from around Australia descend on a town in Tasmania's north for the National Penny-Farthing Championships.
Topics: events, human-interest, evandale-7212, tas
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| UpdatedThe State Government moves to ban super trawlers from Tasmanian waters and wants the Federal Government to follow suit.
Topics: fishing-aquaculture, government-and-politics, tas, ulverstone-7315
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| UpdatedThe garden of Stanwell Hall, the former Hobart home of the father of Australian landscape painting John Glover, is open to the public this weekend to celebrate his 250th birthday.
Topics: art-history, arts-and-entertainment, history, community-and-society, hobart-7000, tas
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Bob Brown recently helped inspire the creation of a brand new oboe concerto, premiering at the Sydney Opera House next week.
Topics: brown-bob, classical, music, arts-and-entertainment, environment, cygnet-7112, tas, australia
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| UpdatedAn 1896 premiership football trophy won by a Tasmanian club is returned to Launceston after being displayed in the wrong museum for 15 years.
Topics: sport, australian-football-league, launceston-7250, tas, fitzroy-3065, vic
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| UpdatedJarryd Roughead kicks a goal in his first game in 500 days as Hawthorn wins after the siren against Geelong in preseason game in Launceston.
Topics: sport, australian-football-league, cancer, melbourne-3000, vic, launceston-7250, tas, australia
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| UpdatedA $400-million science and technology precinct for Hobart's CBD is now a step closer to becoming a reality after being given approval from Australia's peak infrastructure advisory body.
Topics: science-and-technology, university-and-further-education, education, government-and-politics, hobart-7000, tas
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| UpdatedTassal says it will comply with all required conditions to develop a salmon farm on Tasmania's east coast as it says it is not proud of its role in polluting Macquarie Harbour.
Topics: fishing-aquaculture, government-and-politics, triabunna-7190, strahan-7468, tas
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Charity returns to Hobart to give children with disabilities the chance to sail a yacht and discover disability does not mean inability.
Topics: disabilities, sailing, charities-and-community-organisations, hobart-7000, tas
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A 60-year-old man who had a blood alcohol reading almost six times the legal limit and was using his mobile phone when he crashed his vehicle, seriously injuring another driver, is jailed for 18 months.
Topics: road, law-crime-and-justice, tas
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The acrimonious battle for control of Tasmanian dairy group Bellamy's takes a new twist after dissident shareholder Jan Cameron admits being aligned to a mysterious offshore trust that has been attempting to roll the board.
Topics: company-news, business-economics-and-finance, stockmarket, tas
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An independent review panel rejects arguments Okehampton Bay on Tasmania's east coast is too hot and too shallow for fish farming, greenlighting a controversial proposal for Tassal to farm salmon in the area.
Topics: fishing-aquaculture, triabunna-7190, tas
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In this episode: the century-old murder mystery that gripped South Australia, a Queensland school teacher prepares to square-off against one of boxing’s biggest names, the tourists overwhelming Tasmania’s natural wonders and a West Australian cricket club rallies to support two young members suffering a rare cancer. #AustraliaWide
Topics: government-and-politics, information-and-communication, community-and-society, cancer, tourism, boxing, australia, tas
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Tasmania's biggest salmon producer is set to lose its key sustainability certificate and there are fears for the local tourism industry over the poor health of Macquarie Harbour on the state's west coast.
Topics: fishing-aquaculture, regulation, tas
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| UpdatedPeople with criminal records, single parents and pet owners are facing discrimination when it comes to renting in Tasmania, and there are reports of racial discrimination, a tenant's advocacy group says.
Topics: housing, government-and-politics, housing-industry, industry, business-economics-and-finance, tas
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| UpdatedMike Fitzpatrick reflects on the ups and downs of his 10-year reign as AFL chairman, including Essendon's doping saga, the AFL's expansion plans, gambling and the new women's league.
Topics: australian-football-league, sport, melbourne-3000, vic, australia, nsw, sa, wa, tas, qld, nt
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| UpdatedA call by a Tasmanian young Liberal supporter group to banish poker machines wins rare praise from an arch political rival — but also a distancing from the Liberal Party.
Topics: gambling, political-parties, tas
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| UpdatedASX-listed agribusiness Ruralco Holdings Limited is emerging as a key player in the nation's irrigation and water services.
Topics: rural, agribusiness, agricultural-marketing, irrigation, water-supply, stockmarket, somerset-7322, tas, renmark-5341, mildura-3500
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| UpdatedA bid by Tasmanian businesswoman Jan Cameron to be installed on the board of trouble-stricken baby formula maker Bellamy's will see the battle for control come down to the wire, a finance expert says.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, tas
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| UpdatedBushfires, floods and heatwaves are the new standard in Australia, leading climate scientists say, but they are growing fatigued explaining it to people who cannot accept it or have a vested interest that means they do not want to.
Topics: climate-change, environmental-impact, environmental-policy, weather, australia, nsw, wa, qld, tas
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Tasmanian survivors of sexual abuse linked to the Anglican Church plan to launch legal action after damming findings by the royal commission.
Topics: child-abuse, anglicans, sexual-offences, royal-commissions, tas
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| UpdatedKlaus Dieter Neubert, who allegedly shot his wife dead on a busy Hobart road, was not in a "murderous rage" his lawyer tells court in closing statements at his trial.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, crime, law-crime-and-justice, hobart-7000, tas
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| UpdatedIt is "ethically disgusting" the Tasmanian Government is profiting from the gaming industry while people's lives are being ruined, a gambling counsellor tells a parliamentary inquiry.
Topics: gambling, state-parliament, tas
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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