Sallese Gibson is a television, radio and online reporter in the Launceston newsroom. Prior to this, she worked for ABC South Australia, covering news in the Riverland region. Follow Sallese on Twitter @sallesegibson
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| UpdatedThe State Government and some Aboriginal groups reject a push for a separate Upper House electorate for Tasmania's Indigenous community.
Topics: government-and-politics, aboriginal, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, launceston-7250, tas
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| UpdatedThe Meatworkers Union slams a northern Tasmanian abattoir run by JBS Australia for standing down workers for a second time in six months.
Topics: livestock, rural, industry, longford-7301, 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 board of troubled baby formula maker Bellamy's will see off the challenge from Tasmanian shareholder Jan Cameron, the company chairman says.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, food-and-beverage, bicheno-7215
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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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| UpdatedA bid to build a $7-million resort in the seaside town of Boat Harbour in north-west Tasmania gets council approval but some residents are still fighting it.
Topics: urban-development-and-planning, tourism, boat-harbour-7321
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| UpdatedTasmania's peak training body for palliative care is set to close, with fears dying people and their families will miss out on support.
Topics: death, state-parliament, federal---state-issues, hobart-7000, launceston-7250, burnie-7320
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| UpdatedTwo Launceston men are facing murder charges over the disappearance of man Bradley Breward, and police say others may be charged.
Topics: courts-and-trials, murder-and-manslaughter, south-launceston-7249, mowbray-7248, west-launceston-7250
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| UpdatedTasmanians take to the race track with their ferrets and bash out a few thongophone tunes to celebrate Australia Day.
Topics: australia-day, latrobe-7307, tas
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Seven-year-old Deklyn Gibson has had five prosthetic feet since he was five and now delays with the latest mean he might miss the start of school.
Topics: human-interest, children, burnie-7320
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| UpdatedTasmania Police say they hold "grave concerns" for 22-year-old Bradley Breward who has not been seen since a night out with friends on New Year's Eve in Launceston.
Topics: missing-person, mowbray-7248
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| UpdatedA beekeeper is using a helicopter to bypass a flood-damaged bridge and deliver 216 of his hives to trees that allow his bees to make award-winning honey.
Topics: agribusiness, agricultural-crops, rural, arthur-river-7330, tas
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| UpdatedA small town in Tasmania's north west has a new skateboard park, thanks to a three-year campaign led by a mother and her son.
Topics: community-and-society, railton-7305, tas
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Longford-trained gelding Powercharged wins the $100,000 Devonport Cup in front of nearly 6,000 racegoers at one of Tasmania's biggest race days.
Topics: horse-racing, devonport-7310
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| UpdatedA jet ski rider may not have had time to avoid another rider who fell off his vehicle in Lake Trevallyn on Monday and later died, police say.
Topics: emergency-incidents, launceston-7250
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| UpdatedThe female winner of a major Tasmanian foot race has taken home less than a third of the prize money of the male winner, with race organisers admitting the discrepancy is "not a good look".
Topics: discrimination, sport, burnie-7320
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| UpdatedA Muslim group delivers messages to homes in Hobart saying they stand for peace and loyalty to Australia, in a move sparked by the rise of One Nation and Reclaim Australia.
Topics: islam, religion-and-beliefs, hobart-7000
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| UpdatedSix months after Tasmania's devastating floods, some north-west residents are still unable to return home for Christmas.
Topics: floods, disasters-and-accidents, latrobe-7307, tas
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| UpdatedThe Walls of Jerusalem National Park is still out of bounds to bushwalkers because of damage to roads during Tasmania's devastating June floods.
Topics: floods, national-parks, disasters-and-accidents, mole-creek-7304
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| UpdatedHobart's much-maligned stainless-steel Christmas tree, lashed on social media as pathetic and embarrassing "scaffolding", is decorated in the middle of the night by a "yarn-bombing collective".
Topics: community-and-society, local-government, hobart-7000
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| UpdatedA stonemason, a primary school teacher and a cafe owner are among the Tasmanian winners of a prestigious grant which will allow them to travel the world.
Topics: awards-and-prizes, human-interest, tas
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| UpdatedEnvironmentalist and former Greens leader Bob Brown backs away from earlier calls to use aerial culls to control Tasmania's wild fallow deer population.
Topics: pest-management, rural, states-and-territories, environmental-policy, environmental-management, campbell-town-7210, hobart-7000
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Launceston cyclist Richie Porte will get back on the bike in his hometown this weekend as he begins his preparations for next year's Tour de France.
Topics: cycling, sport, launceston-7250, tas
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TasRail's CEO vows an unexpected $5.8 million operating loss, which it blames on flood damage and a mine closure, will not defer the company's three-year capital works program.
Topics: rail-transport, tas, launceston-7250
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Heavy rains again hit a flood-prone tourist attraction in Tasmania's north, just as the region is getting over the catastrophic June floods.
Topics: floods, emergency-planning, launceston-7250, cressy-7302