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| UpdatedA missing piece of Australian music history, which was integral to punk music, is the subject of an Australia-wide search.
Topics: arts-and-entertainment, music, hobart-7000, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedThe Tasmanian Opposition says the Human Services Minister "lied to the public" after she was forced to correct the record about her knowledge of a Right to Information request.
Topics: state-parliament, welfare, government-and-politics, hobart-7000, launceston-7250
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| UpdatedNew Tasmanian laws amending the Police Powers Act will allow officers to arrest anyone who they "reasonably believe" has evaded police, following calls for change after the tragic death of young mother Sarah Paino in 2016.
Topics: laws, human-interest, hobart-7000, launceston-7250
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A Tasmanian financial planner who stole more than $2.3 million from a client to fund his own extravagant lifestyle is jailed for eight years.
Topics: crime, law-crime-and-justice, hobart-7000, tas
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| UpdatedA father of six pleads for help in finding a home for his family as new data reveals the Tasmanian public housing waiting list has blown out.
Topics: housing, homelessness, charities-and-community-organisations, hobart-7000, launceston-7250
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| UpdatedTasmania's Premier issues a please explain to the head of the Education Department after parenting author and educator Steve Biddulph is gagged from speaking out against the State Government's education changes.
Topics: state-parliament, education, community-and-society, hobart-7000, devonport-7310, launceston-7250
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Portable analytic devices
Topics: computers-and-technology, hobart-7000
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An Australian researcher is turning bulky chemical labs into portable devices that can be carried around in your pocket.
Topics: research, computers-and-technology, chemistry, mobile-phones, human-interest, hobart-7000
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Professor Michael Breadmore with a nitrate measuring device
Topics: computers-and-technology, research, hobart-7000
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The Tasmanian Government is moving to broaden the definition of rape in legislation to be introduced in April, making the charge more gender-neutral and to recognise a raft of non-consensual sex acts.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, sexual-offences, hobart-7000, tas
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| UpdatedTasmania's Aboriginal Centre proposes having Aboriginal seats in the state's Parliament, saying Indigenous people are "locked out" of elections.
Topics: government-and-politics, indigenous-culture, indigenous-policy, community-and-society, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, hobart-7000, tas
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| UpdatedTasmanian man Klaus Neubert, who murdered his wife as she sat in her car in peak-hour traffic in Hobart, may be forced to pay the shooting survivor $1 million.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, hobart-7000, tas
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The mystery of a fireball crossing the Tasmanian skyline is solved, but not before Facebook users had declared alien life had finally made it to Tasmania.
Topics: popular-culture, social-media, internet-culture, pseudo-science, hobart-7000
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Grape picking for this year's vintage in southern Tasmania's Coal River wine region is getting underway, albeit a little later in some vineyards than last season.
Topics: viticulture, agricultural-crops, hobart-7000
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Topics: viticulture, agribusiness, hobart-7000
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| UpdatedTopics: viticulture, agricultural-crops, hobart-7000
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Topics: food-processing, hobart-7000
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Dr Wilson talking about innovation in food packaging
Topics: food-processing, hobart-7000
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Packaging fresh produce in stores and supermarkets is now big business, with retailers seeking ways to improve the appearance, freshness and shelf life of fruit and vegetables.
Topics: agricultural-marketing, packaging, fruits, hobart-7000
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| UpdatedHobart Lord Mayor Sue Hickey backs the State Government's decision to forcibly acquire council land to help the Mount Wellington cable car project.
Topics: government-and-politics, urban-development-and-planning, community-and-society, hobart-7000, tas
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A 70-year-old pensioner wants Housing Tasmania to "wake up" and do the right thing by removing a wasp nest outside his bedroom window.
Topics: pests, state-parliament, housing, hobart-7000
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The Tasmanian Government announces plans to compulsorily acquire land on Hobart’s Mount Wellington to help facilitate the construction of a cable car.
Topics: urban-development-and-planning, tourism, hobart-7000
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In a bid to liven up Hobart's streets and provide dining alternatives, the City Council makes it easier for food trucks to operate, despite concerns from the hospitality industry.
Topics: food-and-beverage, local-government, hobart-7000
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Hobart's Lord Mayor supports the Tasmanian Government's plan to take control of water and sewerage infrastructure, despite concerns about the loss of dividends to councils.
Topics: water-management, water-supply, water-pollution, state-parliament, local-government, hobart-7000, launceston-7250, burnie-7320, st-helens-7216
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As the sun rises over the River Derwent, Lomu and Snap are barking out the stroke for training rowing crews.
Topics: animals, rowing, offbeat, hobart-7000