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New stadium not part of formal Tas AFL bid

Tasmania Premier Jeremy Rockliff says a new stadium won't be part of the state's formal AFL bid but remains an…

Launceston General Hospital patient dies after being ramped for more than nine hours

The death of a woman in her 70s who was ramped and waiting to be admitted to an emergency department…

Polo ponies death case ordered to proceed

A court hearing in Tasmania surrounding the deaths of 16 polo ponies will proceed after a magistrate rejected the latest…

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Donna Adams appointed as Tasmania's first female Commissioner of Police

It has taken 125 years, but Tasmania will soon have its first female Commissioner of Police.

Tas appoints first female police chief

Tasmania will have its first female police commissioner when a decorated officer with more than three decades of experience assumes…

TT-Line want pony death case pushed back

A court case relating the deaths of 16 polo ponies, found dead after a trip across Bass Strait on the…

Launceston's Albert Van Zetten the 10th mayor not standing in October poll

Ten of Tasmania's 29 mayors will not recontest the role in coming local government elections as the sector faces challenges…

Wife of missing man Bruce Fairfax faces seven-year wait or Supreme Court for death certificate

The wife of a man missing since 2017 says she feels hamstrung by the fact she cannot obtain a death…

'I left with the kids and ended up homeless with them': the nightmare of housing wait lists for people fleeing domestic violence

People who flee domestic violence desperately need safe, affordable and secure housing. Our study of people on housing waiting lists…

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Tasmanian premier's statue could go

Hobart City Council has been told to vote to remove the statue of a former Tasmanian premier who mutilated the…

McEvoy milestone as Hawthorn battle Suns

Hawthorn captain Ben McEvoy will bring up his 250th match when his team takes on Gold Coast in Tasmania on…

Hydrowood salvages drowned logs from the bottom of Tasmania's Lake Pieman and turns them into hardwood timber

For Andrew Morgan and Dave Wise, a chance meeting at a university bar led not only to a long friendship,…

Storms, wild winds batter five states, territories

Five states and territories face another day of damaging winds and dangerous surf, with conditions are expected to worsen for…

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Tasmania's State of the Environment report is overdue and last seen 13 years ago. So where is it?

Tasmania's State of the Environment report is due every five years, a reporting requirement set down in legislation. Here's what…

Ventilation key to battling COVID-19, experts say, urging Australia to do more

It might be the middle of a Tasmanian winter, but that doesn't stop this primary school making the most of…

Australian Explorers Set New Record for Deepest Cave

A team of Australian cave explorers descended in a 400-meter-deep cave chain in Tasmania region, bringing a new record to…

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Nurses strike in Launceston as government offers last-minute proposal

A last-minute proposal from the state government to improve working conditions for Tasmania's nurses fails to stop a strike from…

Calls for more social housing and higher allowances for Tasmania's homeless youth

Layla was only in year 8 when she found herself on the streets. It was an incident she does not…

Negative Tas emissions 'envy of nation'

Tasmania has maintained net negative emissions for seven consecutive years, the state government's latest greenhouse gas report shows.

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Veterans falling through cracks: inquiry

Ex-service personnel in Tasmania are at higher risk of harm because of the state's isolation, a royal commission has heard.

Vulnerable veterans ‘being left at risk’

Tasmania’s isolation is a major challenge for organisations offering support to former defence personnel in the island state, a royal…

Eastside Lutheran College's former finance officer pleads to stealing over $144k from Tasmanian school

The former employee of a private school in Tasmania's south has pleaded guilty to stealing almost $150,000 from the college…

Tasmanian rural council's $8.2m plan for agricultural town's main street met with tractor protest

It will add to the town's charm, they said. It will increase safety and "make a positive contribution to the…

Explorers just uncovered Australia’s deepest cave. A hydrogeologist explains how they form

Cave explorers have traversed what’s now the deepest known cave in Australia. On Saturday a group of explorers discovered a…

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Migrant caught masturbating in his car faces deportation, but his lawyer says the punishment doesn't fit the crime

A migrant caught masturbating in a car could be deported from Australia if he is put on a Tasmanian sex…