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• New Labor leader Rebecca White gives nod to Shane Broad for Braddon

  By Annah Fromberg

  Posted March 19, 2017 15:42:18 | Updated March 19, 2017 22:41:18

  Rebecca White gives the nod to Shane Broad to take Bryan Greens' Braddon seat during her first meet and greet as new leader.

  Topics: alp, states-and-territories, tas

• Bushwalkers helping drive Tasmania's record tourist numbers

  By Emilie Gramenz

  Posted March 19, 2017 13:03:00 | Updated March 19, 2017 16:03:15

  Tasmania's tourism boom shows no signs of slowing down with record growth in the past year, partially driven by a massive uptake on the Three Capes Track.

  Topics: tourism, travel-and-tourism, states-and-territories, tas

• Push for onshore salmon farming alternative in Tasmania

  By Peta Carlyon

  Posted March 19, 2017 10:25:11 | Updated March 19, 2017 10:33:10

  Tasmania's Shooters and Fishers Party is pushing for land-based salmon farming, saying the move would silence the industry's critics.

  Topics: fishing-aquaculture, environmental-management, oceans-and-reefs, tas

• New take on rock art Video

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  Posted March 18, 2017 14:04:16

  Tasmania's Ten Days on the Island festival blasts off, literally, with 30,000 tonnes of rock blown up for a Dutch artist to create sculptures.

  Topics: events, carnivals-and-festivals, offbeat, tas

• Beautifully weird: Tasmania's festivals of the bizarre

  By Aneeta Bhole

  Posted March 18, 2017 14:04:16 | Updated March 18, 2017 15:53:34

  Experimental Norwegian rock? Tick. Garlic munching? Tick. Ferret racing? Tick. While other places do weirdness well, Tasmania surely must be the home of the bizarre.

  Topics: carnivals-and-festivals, events, arts-and-entertainment, games, animals, community-and-multicultural-festivals, tas

• Brenton Best flags possible return to Braddon but as an independent

  By Annah Fromberg and Harriet Aird

  Posted March 18, 2017 09:17:36 | Updated March 18, 2017 11:12:01

  Former Tasmanian MP Brenton Best is undecided whether to put his hand up for ex-leader Bryan Green's seat but says if he does, it may be under the banner of "independent Labor".

  Topics: alp, political-parties, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, burnie-7320, tas

• New Labor leader Rebecca White stays on course with Labor's priorities

  By Elise Fantin

  Posted March 17, 2017 19:38:10 | Updated March 17, 2017 20:01:15

  Tasmania's new Opposition Leader wants to make parliament more family friendly but says the party's priorities remain unchanged.

  Topics: alp, states-and-territories, tas

• Nant whisky distillery put into receivership by major creditor

  By Will Ockenden

  Posted March 17, 2017 12:14:56

  The whisky company Nant Distilling has been put into receivership by a major creditor which is moving to protect its estimated $2.5 million in assets.

  Topics: small-business, business-economics-and-finance, bothwell-7030, tas, australia

• Push to open up Tasmanian forests passes first hurdle in Parliament

  By Emilie Gramenz and Elise Fantin

  Posted March 17, 2017 06:55:49 | Updated March 17, 2017 08:08:29

  A controversial bill to unlock Tasmanian forests, opposed by sections of the industry, passes the Lower House after a marathon debate.

  Topics: forestry, forests, states-and-territories, tas

• Prison release bungles continue in Tasmania

  By Rhiannon Shine

  Posted March 16, 2017 17:47:49

  Tasmania's Attorney-General orders urgent action after yet another prisoner is mistakenly released, the seventh in the past two years.

  Topics: prisons-and-punishment, states-and-territories, tas

• Australians urged to know when to call triple-0

  By Isaac Egan

  Posted March 16, 2017 14:22:29 | Updated March 17, 2017 10:52:16

  St John Ambulance is urging Australians to save triple-0 calls for life-threatening emergencies to free up ambulance resources.

  Topics: disasters-and-accidents, emergency-incidents, emergency-planning, health, healthcare-facilities, doctors-and-medical-professionals, australia, act, nsw, nt, qld, sa, tas, vic, wa

• Safe Pathways email suggests care provider still operating despite concerns

  By Richard Baines

  Posted March 16, 2017 08:20:55

  An email obtained by the ABC suggests a company that is under investigation for alleged sub-standard care for children is still operating in Tasmania.

  Topics: children, family-and-children, community-and-society, states-and-territories, tas

• Massive jump in penalty for defacing Tasmanian Aboriginal relics

  By Rhiannon Shine

  Posted March 16, 2017 06:20:45 | Updated March 16, 2017 13:42:03

  The maximum fine for damaging Aboriginal relics in Tasmania will jump from $1,500 to $1.57 million under changes designed to strengthen their protection.

  Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, aboriginal, indigenous-culture, indigenous-policy, tas

• Precautions for students after child diagnosed with meningococcal disease

  Posted March 15, 2017 21:03:42 | Updated March 15, 2017 21:07:23

  A fourth case of meningococcal disease for the year is diagnosed in southern Tasmania, with antibiotics given as a precaution to those who had recent contact with the student.

  Topics: meningococcal-disease, tas

• Facebook ad for Tasmanian foster carers devalues children, Labor says

  By Emilie Gramenz

  Posted March 15, 2017 18:23:24 | Updated March 16, 2017 08:59:10

  Is Facebook really the place to advertise for people to care for at-risk children? The Tasmanian Government thinks so.

  Topics: social-media, children, family-and-children, community-and-society, internet-culture, states-and-territories, tas

• TasWater executives back claims with legal papers in stoush with Treasurer

  By Damian McIntyre

  Posted March 15, 2017 17:16:06 | Updated March 16, 2017 09:21:29

  The stoush between TasWater and the State Government over a proposed takeover of the water body comes to a head, with its executives signing legal documents disputing the Government's approach.

  Topics: water-supply, water-management, states-and-territories, tas

• Bioluminescence dazzles beachgoers at Tasmania's Preservation Bay

  By Rebecca Hyam

  Posted March 15, 2017 14:32:30 | Updated March 15, 2017 15:09:57

  A natural phenomenon known as bioluminescence is dazzling Tasmanians and tourists who are flocking to photograph the rare blue glow known as "sea sparkle"

  Topics: science-and-technology, earth-sciences, marine-biology, biology, tas, preservation-bay-7316

• Xavier Doherty announces retirement from cricket

  Posted March 15, 2017 12:36:23 | Updated March 15, 2017 12:40:15

  Former Test spinner and World Cup winner Xavier Doherty has announced his retirement from cricket.

  Topics: cricket, sport, hobart-7000, tas, australia

• Forestry plan set for logjam as industry group prepares campaign

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  By Richard Baines

  Posted March 15, 2017 07:16:02 | Updated March 15, 2017 11:13:07

  Tasmania's peak forestry industry body is set to launch a campaign against government moves to open up forests to logging earlier than planned.

  Topics: forestry, government-and-politics, environmental-management, environmental-policy, tas

• Man jailed for $7m methamphetamine trafficking bust

  By Elise Fantin

  Posted March 14, 2017 21:03:29

  Ryan Michael Zmendak — who once had links to the Rebels Outlaw Motorcycle Club — will spend at least four years in jail.

  Topics: crime, drug-offences, hobart-7000, tas

• Meander drug rehab project wins council approval

  By Laura Beavis

  Posted March 14, 2017 20:06:21 | Updated March 14, 2017 20:32:01

  The former Meander Primary School will be turned into a 22-bed drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre for women and children despite strong opposition.

  Topics: drug-education, drugs-and-substance-abuse, local-government, tas

• 'We damaged World Heritage Area', salmon company claims

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  By Natalie Whiting

  Posted March 14, 2017 19:55:42 | Updated March 15, 2017 18:56:05

  Huon Aquaculture says it has obtained evidence the salmon industry in Macquarie Harbour has damaged the World Heritage Area that borders the fish pens.

  Topics: fishing-aquaculture, environmental-impact, tas

• Minister trumpets forestry ties with mountain bikers as they protest outside Parliament

  By Emile Gramenz

  Posted March 14, 2017 18:24:32

  The Resources Minister celebrates cooperation between mountain bikers and Forestry Tasmania in Parliament, but at the same time a biking group protests against logging in protected areas.

  Topics: forestry, forests, tas

• Council to sell 'God's properties' for unpaid rates

  By Sallese Gibson

  Posted March 14, 2017 16:48:49 | Updated March 14, 2017 17:34:32

  The Meander Valley Council in Tasmania's north decides to sell three properties after the owners refused to pay rates on religious grounds.

  Topics: religion-and-beliefs, local-government, tas

• One of the properties the Meander Council wants to sell image

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  Posted March 14, 2017 16:36:13

  Topics: religion-and-beliefs, local-government, tas

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