Emily Bryan
Emily Bryan is the journalist-in-charge of the ABC newsroom in northern Tasmania. She has been reporting for print and broadcast media since 2004. Follow Emily on Twitter @EmilyBryan.
What to expect when applying for a Russian visa as a journalist
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It took four months and 300 emails to get two ABC correspondents permission to enter Russia to cover international affairs in Moscow.
Topics: government-and-politics, world-politics, journalism, information-and-communication, russian-federation
Rolf Harris 'put his hand up teen's skirt', London court hears
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A woman who alleges she was indecently assaulted by Rolf Harris when she was 12-years-old tells the court she kept the incident a secret after her mother did not believe her.
Topics: crime, law-crime-and-justice, sexual-offences, child-abuse, united-kingdom
Aboriginal heritage raised as a defence for taking whitebait without licence
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A father and son from Tasmania's north-west are using their Aboriginal heritage as a defence for taking 25 kilograms of whitebait without a licence.
Topics: crime, indigenous-culture, tas
Homebuyers evicted after new apartments prove defective
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A long legal battle over an apartment complex in Tasmania's north-west raises questions about the protection afforded the buyers of defective new homes.
Mother 'threatened to kill hospital staff' over injured infant's removal
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A mother threatened to kill Tasmanian hospital staff if they removed her fatally injured baby boy from her care, a coronial inquest hears.
Topics: courts-and-trials, babies---newborns, devonport-7310
Drug trafficker avoids jail in Tasmania after violent kidnapping
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A Victorian man who was trafficking methamphetamine in Tasmania avoids jail, partly because of a violent kidnapping he endured several weeks after his arrest.
Topics: drug-offences, burnie-7320, vic
Dairy growth in north-west Tasmania causing concern for oyster farmers
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The expanding footprint of Tasmania's dairy industry has caused environmental concerns in the state's north-west and farmers are being encouraged to invest in solutions as the two industries meet to resolve tensions.
Topics: water-pollution, dairy-production, fishing-aquaculture, water-management, smithton-7330
Man jailed for assaulting his baby boy to give evidence at inquest
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A north-west Tasmanian man jailed for assaulting his newborn son will give evidence at an inquest into the baby's death.
Topics: death, community-and-society, child-abuse, devonport-7310
Tasmanian steam railway about to employ first female driver in 118-year history
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A Tasmanian steam train firewoman close to realising her dream of becoming the first female driver on the West Coast Wilderness Railway.
Topics: rural-tourism, human-interest, queenstown-7467, strahan-7468
Ta Ann's $16m Smithton plywood mill opens with promise of 120 jobs
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A new plywood mill in Tasmania's north-west is expected to generate $26 million in its first year of operation and eventually employ up to 120 people.
Topics: timber, smithton-7330
Food group targets working poor with entrepreneurial ventures
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An emergency food relief group in Tasmania's north-west, Produce to the People, is changing its operations to target the increasing number of workers who cannot afford to feed their families.
Topics: community-and-society, charities, burnie-7320
Wrest Point Casino fined for allowing faulty poker machine to be played
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Tasmania's Wrest Point Casino is fined for the second time in two years for allowing a faulty poker machine to be played.
Topics: gambling, law-crime-and-justice, tas
Domestic abuse victim gets suspended prison sentence for stealing $46,000
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A magistrate describes a woman's theft of almost $46,000 from her employer as an unusual case because of the domestic abuse that led to the crime, imposing a suspended sentence.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, devonport-7310
Alexander Spirit's departure from Devonport delayed by 24 hours
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The departure of a fuel tanker docked at Devonport in north-west Tasmania for the past 10 days is delayed until Tuesday.
Topics: industrial-relations, unions, devonport-7310
Family of Tas miner killed underground pleads for information
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The family of a miner killed underground at Queenstown's Mount Lyell mine expresses frustration at the time it is taking to complete the investigation.
Topics: workplace, law-crime-and-justice, mining-rural, queenstown-7467
Avebury Nickel Mine sale falls through as buyer misses deadline
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The sale of the Avebury nickel mine on Tasmania's west coast falls through, potentially dashing the prospect of hundreds of new jobs.
Topics: mining-rural, rural, tas
Tasmanian Government defends food safety standards
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The Tasmanian Government defends stringent food safety regulations that forced the state's only organic dairy to close.
Topics: dairy-production, food-processing, health-policy, health-administration, deloraine-7304
Government dismisses Caterpillar taskforce transparency concerns
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The Tasmanian Government defends its Caterpillar Transition Taskforce over claims it lacks transparency, with the Burnie Mayor saying the community "wants a good understanding" funding will be spent locally.
Topics: government-and-politics, state-parliament, community-and-society, states-and-territories, tas
Unmarked baby graves restored by Tasmanian men's group
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The unmarked graves of dozens of children in north-west Tasmania are being restored by the local men's group Wynyard Men's Shed.
Topics: community-and-society, human-interest, history, wynyard-7325, tas
Tasmanian schoolkids lay out their visions for state's west coast
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Tasmanian Primary and high school students are laying out their visions for the state's west coast in 2025 to help plan ahead.
Topics: urban-development-and-planning, community-and-society, local-government, unemployment, queenstown-7467
Decades old Narcissus hut on Overland Track gets facelift
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A 53-year-old hut near Lake St Clair in Tasmania's Central Highlands is renovated to improve the experience for Overland Track hikers.
Topics: national-parks, human-interest, lake-st-clair-7140, tas
DNA tests disprove Sydney man's suspicion he was related to Tasmanian convict
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A man from Sydney who spent 40 years researching suspected family links to a Tasmanian convict finds he has no DNA connection to known descendants.
Topics: science-and-technology, dna, dna-testing, community-and-society, history, colonialism, tas
Hobart composer to distil wild north-west in hour-long opus
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The sounds of the north-west region are being turned into music as part of an artist's residency sponsored by the University of Tasmania.
Topics: music, opera-and-musical-theatre, stanley-7331
Teacher graduates struggling to find work slam government cuts (video)
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Teachers graduates consider leaving Tasmania because they cannot find work after earning their degrees.
Topics: education, teachers, unions, burnie-7320
Tasmanian man gets three years' jail for sexually assaulting young girls
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A north-west Tasmanian man is jailed for three years for sexually assaulting and filming two young girls.
Topics: sexual-offences, child-abuse, crime, law-crime-and-justice, tas
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