Damian McIntyre is an ABC reporter based in Launceston where he has covered some of the regions biggest stories over the past seven years.
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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 man convicted over one of the state's largest ever drug busts, during which police seized cannabis with an estimated street value of $2.3 million, is sentenced to more than three years in jail.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, burnie-7320, tas
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| UpdatedA husband and wife are accused of abandoning their dairy herd on a Bass Strait island, leaving pregnant cows and calves to fend for themselves.
Topics: animal-welfare, law-crime-and-justice, livestock, animals, king-island-7256
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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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| UpdatedA Tasmanian man charged over one of the state's largest ever drug seizures sold pot to fund his retirement, the Burnie Supreme Court hears.
Topics: drug-offences, crime, lileah-7330
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Environmentalists step up their campaign against the harvesting of timber in north-west Tasmania over fears logging will threaten the giant freshwater crayfish population.
Topics: environmental-impact, forestry, endangered-and-protected-species, tas, hobart-7000, smithton-7330
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| UpdatedYour money goes further when buying a house in Tasmania, compared to any other state, according to the Housing Industry Association's latest report.
Topics: housing-industry, housing, launceston-7250, hobart-7000, tas
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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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| UpdatedA transport safety authority's report into a freight train derailment in Tasmania is questioned by the rail operator's CEO, who admits he has not read the report "completely".
Topics: rail, rail-transport, nala-7120
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| UpdatedTwo weeks after a salmon producer broke industry ranks on the state of Macquarie Harbour, Tasmania's environmental watchdog has told companies to reduce their environmental impact.
Topics: fishing-aquaculture, environmental-management, environmental-impact, environment, strahan-7468, tas
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A prosecutor criticises the safety standards of the operator of a Tasmanian copper mine in relation to the deaths of two workers in 2013.
Topics: courts-and-trials, workplace, mining-industry, queenstown-7467
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| UpdatedA farmer in Tasmania's flood affected north-west says more needs to be done to help the rural sector recover.
Topics: floods, latrobe-7307
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A Launceston man is lucky to be alive after a heavy stone wall collapsed through his house as he watched television.
Topics: community-and-society, launceston-7250, tas
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| UpdatedMine owner MMG has entered into a $25-million share sale agreement with Tasmanian company Dundas Mining.
Topics: mining-rural, rural, mining-industry, industry, zeehan-7469, tas
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Jousting knights in armour, sword-fighting and archery wow the crowds at a medieval festival in Tasmania.
Topics: sheffield-7306
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| UpdatedA 19-year-old man from Burnie is set to appear in court over a crash in which his partner and baby son died in Tasmania's north-west.
Topics: death, road, law-crime-and-justice, burnie-7320
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The Queen Victoria Museum in Launceston acquires a book that is more than 500 years old.
Topics: library-museum-and-gallery, arts-and-entertainment, launceston-7250
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Tasmanian boxer Daniel Geale returns to his hometown of Launceston to promote his upcoming world super middleweight title fight.
Topics: boxing, sport, launceston-7250, tas
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The Health and Community Services Union criticises the State Government over the treatment of workers at the Ashley Youth Detention Centre in northern Tasmania.
Topics: youth, states-and-territories, prisons-and-punishment, law-crime-and-justice, tas
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| UpdatedTasmania faces a $180 million bill to fix the widespread damage caused by flooding in June and July.
Topics: floods, states-and-territories, tas
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Thousands of chocoholics descend on the north-west Tasmanian town of Latrobe, buoying local businesses still recovering from the June disaster.
Topics: carnivals-and-festivals, community-and-society, floods, latrobe-7307
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| UpdatedThe standing down of more than 100 abattoir workers in northern Tasmania could last longer than the company's estimate, the State Government confirms.
Topics: government-and-politics, rural, longford-7301
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| UpdatedPolice name two fishermen whose bodies were found in southern Tasmania, as the search continues for two others.
Topics: maritime, accidents, disasters-and-accidents, cremorne-7024, tas
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| UpdatedAnother prisoner is mistakenly released from Tasmania's Risdon Prison, prompting operational changes to sentence checks.
Topics: prisons-and-punishment, law-crime-and-justice, hobart-7000, tas, launceston-7250
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| UpdatedA group vying for a decommissioned navy ship to be scuttled off Tasmania's east coast to boost diving tourism says the project has been sunk by a lack of government support.
Topics: community-and-society, tourism, binalong-bay-7216