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Infrastructure funding changes 'abandon' rural Tasmania

Tasmania has lost just one project as part of federal cuts to infrastructure plans, but says an overall funding shake-up lets down rural areas.

AAP

As the federal government prepares to scrap road and rail projects – find out what is being funded in your area

The government is backing hundreds of infrastructure projects across Australia, however some may now be cancelled due to cost overruns

The Guardian - AU

Libs limp on as new fights loom for minority government

Tasmanian's minority Liberal government has avoided a snap election but will face further challenges when parliament resumes.

AAP

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Tasmania’s government is in crisis. Could it spell the end for Australia’s only Liberal administration?

Jeremy Rockcliff’s administration is teetering on the edge of collapse after Elise Archer quit as attorney general amid a leaked messages scandal. Here’s the state of play

The Guardian - AU

Archery prodigy targeting success at World Archery Youth Championships

ASG & Partners hits the bullseye by supporting rising archery star

Belfast Live

More money than expected for AFL team in Tasmanian budget but public sector cuts on the way

There's hundreds of millions of dollars in the state budget to kickstart Tasmania's entry into the AFL — but there's also a debt blow-out on the horizon, explains Adam Langenberg.

ABC News

Tasmania's surplus delayed and stadium costs could rise

Tasmania's expected budget surplus has been pushed back, with net debt forecast to grow to almost $5.6 billion within the next four years.

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Premier Jeremy Rockliff 'only has himself to blame' for turmoil, says rogue MP Lara Alexander

Newly independent MP Lara Alexander says a "huge weight" has been lifted from her shoulders, while the Tasmanian Greens' push to axe Hobart's new stadium look set for failure without Labor's support.

ABC News

Buses, ferries key to fixing Hobart AFL stadium transport dilemma, Liberals say

The Tasmanian government is planning for an expanded bus and ferry network to transport people to and from the proposed 23,000-seat stadium in Hobart's Macquarie Point and has firmly ruled out light rail — sparking calls of "broken promises" by Labor.

ABC News

Launceston's bus transit centre to close leaving commuters, tourists on the street

Launceston's transport hub is closing, leaving travellers to be picked up and dropped off on the side of a street.

ABC News

Hobart council powerless as another rental becomes Airbnb, but there may be a solution

Zac Lewin and his housemates are the latest Hobart renters to face having their accommodation converted to an Airbnb. Sixteen objections to the landlord's application could not stop it.

ABC News

Tenant anger over landlord's plan to convert entire row of North Hobart flats into short stay

A landlord's plans to convert an entire row of terrace-house flats into short-stay accommodation may end tenants' leases in the midst of the rental crisis.

ABC News

Portable, prefabricated homes constructed inside warehouses could help ease housing shortage, builders say

As building costs soar, some builders are seeing increased demand for smaller, cheaper homes — and for many customers, that means portable, factory-built houses.

ABC News

Tasmanian government to push ahead with a 2,500-dwelling Skylands housing plan

Tasmania's Planning Minister will attempt to overrule a council's decision to reject a massive housing plan on Hobart's eastern shore — and it could come down to a line on a map — but neighbours say the minister has gone back on his word.

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Minister willing to give Metro 'tougher powers' to deal with driver abuse as shortages drive more cancellations

As Metro Tasmania deals with driver shortages and bus cancellations, Transport Minister Michael Ferguson says tougher powers to deal with abuse are an option if requested by his department.

ABC News

Hobart's Macquarie Point wastewater plant regularly breaching rules for toxic discharge

Documents obtained by the ABC reveal Hobart's largest wastewater treatment plant — next to the site of the proposed AFL stadium — is regularly breaching environmental standards for discharging chemicals into the River Derwent.

ABC News

Bushfire near Lake Pedder in 'mop-up stage' as fire authorities brace for coming heatwave

Firefighters working in Tasmania's south-west wilderness are hitting a bushfire hard ahead of hot conditions expected later in the week.

AAP

Tasmanian firey vacancies 'unforgivable'

The opposition has called for 28 Tasmania Fire Service job vacancies to be filled urgently, which the government blames on low unemployment rates.

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Belfast Live

Brother of RUC constable shot dead 30 years ago will "never stop fighting" for justice

21-year-old changed his shift so he could meet a girl

AAP

Tas election grants lawful, say Libs

Tasmania's treasurer has defended a funding process for 111 election grants which has been criticised as lacking transparency.

AAP

Tas Liberals state election grants probed

A parliamentary inquiry will examine the Tasmanian Liberal government's process of delivering funds for commitments made at the 2021 state election.

ABC News

Parliamentary probe into multi-million-dollar Tasmanian Liberal election grants

It has been called an extreme version of the federal "sports rorts" saga — now the Tasmanian Liberals' controversial election grants process will be examined by a parliamentary committee.

ABC News

Tasmanian government taking an 'emergency response' to Cam River Bridge impacted by floods

A rescue helicopter has been deployed to Tasmania's north as a precaution after a major highway was choked by closures due to flood damage to a key bridge.

ABC News

Flood evacuations reach northern Victoria, with Tasmania on high alert, as NSW begins clean-up

Thousands of people in communities throughout northern Victoria are told it's too late to leave as flooding exceeds the devastation of 2011.

The Guardian - AU

Victoria floods: Shepparton and Mooroopna ‘too late to leave’ as man found dead in Rochester backyard

Victorian authorities warn flooded rivers yet to peak and prepare for one of the largest evacuation operations in the state’s history

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