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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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| 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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| 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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Biscuit the assistance dog
Topics: disabilities, launceston-7250
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Biscuit pushing the button at the traffic lights for Natasha Street
Topics: disabilities, launceston-7250
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Ken Innes and Natasha Street with assistance dog Biscuit in Launceston
Topics: disabilities, launceston-7250
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Biscuit passing Natasha her mobile phone
Topics: disabilities, launceston-7250
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| UpdatedAssistance dog Biscuit has done more than become a 'best friend' for Natasha Street, who has cerebral palsy.
Topics: animals, disabilities, women, university-and-further-education, community-and-society, multiple-sclerosis, human-interest, 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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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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The Tasmanian members of World War II's so-called 'Doomed Battalion' are remembered, 75 years after their capture by an overwhelming enemy force.
Topics: world-war-2, history, community-and-society, launceston-7250, tas
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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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| UpdatedTasmania Tigers coach Dan Marsh is sacked, with a year left to run on his contract.
Topics: cricket, sport, hobart-7000, launceston-7250
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| UpdatedGilmore, Grenda, Morgan, Sloane, Hodskiss and more — these guys don't know how to stop.
Topics: sport, cycling, community-and-society, aged-care, lifestyle-and-leisure, carrick-7291, launceston-7250
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Horticulture growers and traders will be able to employ an expert mediator in a new fast, efficient and flexible dispute resolution process.
Topics: agricultural-prices, fruit, vegetables, sydney-2000, launceston-7250, gawler-5118, margaret-river-6285, katherine-0850, orange-2800, bundaberg-4670, shepparton-3630
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Superfine wool growers to benefit from increased Italian demand
Topics: wool, launceston-7250
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| UpdatedOne of the Tasmania's largest food and relief organisations experiences a 60 per cent jump in demand during January compared with last year.
Topics: poverty, charities-and-community-organisations, hobart-7000, launceston-7250, tas
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From Borroloola in the NT to Penguin in Tasmania, 41 young Australians are converging on Canberra for the annual ABC Heywire Regional Youth Summit.
Topics: rural-youth, rural, community-and-society, youth, canberra-2600, austinmer-2515, alice-springs-0870, launceston-7250
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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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Tasmanians who rent out rooms on Airbnb will no longer need permits, as the Government unveils its policy on the so-called "sharing economy".
Topics: tourism, state-parliament, hobart-7000, launceston-7250, st-helens-7216, tas
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The remainders of the larvae where the cicadas hatched
Topics: invertebrates---insects-and-arachnids, launceston-7250
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Topics: invertebrates---insects-and-arachnids, launceston-7250
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Simon Fearn holding a cicada in its nymph stage
Topics: invertebrates---insects-and-arachnids, launceston-7250