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‘Super anxiety-inducing’: Rents are a national crisis with Hobart worst in the country

Rental affordability has tanked nationwide, with tenants in many cities and regions slugged with prolonged periods of rapidly rising rents.

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A New Rental Affordability Report Has Found Sydney Isn’t The Worst City To Rent So We’re All Fkd

The rental affordability report found Hobart — no, not Sydney — was Australia's least-affordable city to be a renter in 2022.

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The rental squeeze is tightening. And these Australians say there's no escape

Huge crowds at inspections, bidding wars, rent increases and eviction notices. Experts say not since The Great Depression has it been this hard to rent in Australia.

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Newcastle crews hope for southerly test in Sydney to Hobart

A trio of Newcastle Cruising Yacht Club (NCYC) boats are expected to do well if southerly conditions dominate in the Sydney to Hobart race next month. Four Hunter boats are in the 118-strong fleet set to contest the 77th edition of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's 628-nautical mile race,…

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Tasmanian writer Robbie Arnott's new novel Limberlost captures his climate anxiety and passion for the natural world

Climate anxiety is at the heart of Tasmanian author Robbie Arnott's fiction, with his latest novel, Limberlost, garnering rave reviews and awards buzz.

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Antarctic resupply ship to replace broken Australian icebreaker RSV Nuyina also breaks and returns to port

An Antarctic expedition ship chartered to replace Australia's broken icebreaker limps back to Hobart due to mechanical problems.

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Tasmanian family forced to move to Sunshine Coast to access autism specialists for 3yo son

When Jessica was told she would have to wait 18 months to get her three-year-old autistic son into a specialist, she made the desperate decision to move states to get early intervention support.

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ACT Health is a finalist in prestigious award

The winners will be announced in Hobart next month

The Canberra Times

Hobart's proposed inner-city AFL stadium backed by WA tourism boss as debate continues

The Tasmanian government has found an ally in its push for a new inner-city stadium, with an interstate tourism chief labelling the construction of a new stadium in his state as an "economic game-changer."

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Hobart farmer accidentally grows restricted pharmaceutical poppies for wedding season

When Kate Dixon planted the fluffy pink poppies, she thought prospective brides might be the most interested — not drug authorities.

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Ancient Aboriginal rock art leaves museums to return home to Tasmania's far north-west

After more than five decades, three apologies and painstaking preservation work, ancient Indigenous rock carvings are making the journey from museums to their original home hundreds of kilometres away in a remote corner of Tasmania's far north-west.

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Tasmanian Premier Jeremy Rockliff 'sick of mistruths' about $750m AFL Hobart stadium plan

Tasmania's Premier goes on the offensive at those who question his plan to spend an estimated $375 million of taxpayer money on a new Hobart stadium in order to launch a local AFL team, as a federal Liberal colleague says he has reservations over the cost.

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Sixers to host WBBL GF after Hobart loss

Adelaide Strikers captain Tahlia McGrath made a brilliant unbeaten 93 in an eight-wicket win over Hobart Hurricanes to keep her team's WBBL title hopes alive.

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Hobart's rivulet platypus dies days after being found tangled in twine

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Rain slows Tigers' hopes of Shield success

Wet weather in Hobart has left the first session of day four washed out, halting Tasmania's charge at a Sheffield Shield win over NSW.

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Rain arrives after Tigers all out for 333

Rain has stopped play on the morning of the second day of Tasmania's Sheffield Shield clash with NSW after the Tigers posted 333.

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US Navy arrives in Hobart as USS Tripoli amphibious assault ship docks to give its crew a break

One of the US Navy's most potent assets has pulled into Hobart for a break, following time spent in the contested South China Sea, with the crew ready for some "excitement", a pilot on board says.

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Schools close amid public sector strike action around Tasmania over pay and conditions

Inside Parliament House in Hobart, the debate focused on the public sector pay offer, cost of living and inflation — but outside, where thousands of striking workers gathered, there was far more at stake than the annual percentage increase.

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Hurricanes leggie puts Renegades in a spin

Legspinner Maisy Gibson has taken a career-best four wickets for the Hobart Hurricanes to consign the Melbourne Renegades to a sixth consecutive WBBL defeat.

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Hobart cable car blow as plan knocked back

Tasmania's planning tribunal has knocked back a controversial proposal for a cable car to the pinnacle of Hobart's kunanyi/Mt Wellington.

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Silk's career-best knock against Victoria

A career-best knock from Tasmania captain Jordan Silk has guided his side to an imposing total in the Sheffield Shield clash with Victoria.

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Gardener stars in Sydney Sixers WBBL win

Australian star Ashleigh Gardner was in fine form for the Sydney Sixers in their eight-wicket WBBL win over Hobart Hurricanes.

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Handscomb continues his shield run feast

Victoria captain Peter Handscomb made 95 against Tasmania to take his season run tally to 518 in the Sheffield Shield.

Irish Independent

Conservationists fear Russia will block protected marine zones in Antarctica

Delegations from Russia and Ukraine are among those meeting in Australia this week to decide the future of Antarctica’s pristine waters.

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Council results coming in for Tasmanian local government elections

Bitter enemies in the same chambers, a golliwog defender firming as mayor in one municipality, and other political careers shredded — who said Tasmania's council elections would be boring?

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