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Mining entrepreneur Joseph Gutnick promises to support Tasmanian AFL team if lucrative mine goes ahead

The former president of the Melbourne Football Club says he will financially support an AFL team in the state he now calls home. However, it hinges on his plans for a lucrative mine in Tasmania's north-west becoming a reality.

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Tasmania's free bus day a mess but union, Metro disagree on reasons why

Commuters seeking to take advantage of Tasmania's free public bus initiative have been met with 81 cancellations of services — with the reason given by the bus company described as "bullshit" by the union.

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Jacqui Lambie threatens to name Tasmanian school after child allegedly raped and left homeless

Tasmanian senator Jacqui Lambie threatens to name a school in her state where a child was allegedly raped unless the state government helps the child's homeless family.

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Tasmanians waiting weeks for doctors as regional GP shortage puts pressure on EDs

Denis Webber says booking a GP when he is feeling unwell or needs medication isn't a simple matter. With no doctors in his town available for weeks, he's had to turn up at a hospital instead.

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Calstock, Woodbridge Georgian-era mansions with convict pasts on the market in Tasmania

Are you sick of the mainland and fancy a change to the country life? Well, two of Australia's oldest mansions, both with a convict past, are up for sale — but the prices being asked are anything but a steal.

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Tas posts record COVID-19 daily high

Tasmania has recorded 2324 new COVID-19 infections, the island state's highest daily figure since it reopened to mainland hotspots on December 15.

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Ambulance Tasmania staff report depression, drug use, despondency in wellbeing survey

The vast majority of Tasmania's ambulance staff have trouble sleeping, large numbers are suffering from mental health conditions and many feel threatened by their bosses, documents obtained by the ABC reveal.

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Van Gisbergen: No mind games to passing

Shane van Gisbergen says his panel-rubbing passing moves in Tasmania were simply hard racing, rather than the product of any mental advantage.

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$6m cocaine find in Tas shipping container

Police have seized 15 kilograms of cocaine worth about $6 million from a shipping container in Tasmania that arrived from Sydney.

AAP

Tasmania's Health Department apologises for incorrect COVID notifications — then issues corrections

Tasmania's Health Department issued an apology for sending out incorrect COVID notifications to people — and then corrected that apology three times.

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Cocaine haul worth $6 million seized by police in Bell Bay in northern Tasmania

Police seize $6 million worth of cocaine in northern Tasmania in one of the state's biggest-ever drug busts and the second this month.

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Hundreds in Tas get wrong virus message

More than 500 people with coronavirus in Tasmania received incorrect information from the state's health department telling them they were close contacts.

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University of Tasmania's $7 million spend on Hobart hotel revealed after ombudsman overturns secrecy

After three years of withholding information, the University of Tasmania is forced to reveal how many millions of dollars it has spent on council rates and refurbishing a central Hobart hotel for student accommodation only for it to turn back into a hotel.

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Van Gisbergen, Davison win pole spots

Red Bull have come out firing at the final day of the Tasmania SuperSprint with Shane Van Gisbergen and rookie Broc Feeney to head the grid in race four.

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Six years retired, Coyte's a better bowler

Former Australia seamer Sarah Coyte, who first retired six years ago, believes her best cricket is to come as she prepares for Tasmania's maiden WNCL final.

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Red tape holding farmers back from global hemp market as Tasmanian government conducts review

Australian industrial hemp farmers believe crops with no psychoactive properties could be five times more valuable if regulations are relaxed.

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Veterans’ affairs minister threatened to quit over budget; Australia reports 30 Covid deaths – as it happened

Andrew Gee calls backlog of veteran’s compensation payments ‘a national disgrace’; WA teenager among 30 Covid deaths across the country. This blog is now closed

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Shayla Phillips's rescuers tell of joy, relief of finding 4yo missing in Tasmanian bush

The mother of Shayla Phillips, the four-year-old girl who was found after being lost for two days in the Tasmanian bush, says her "precious baby girl" is doing well, apart from having "a few bruises, scratches, bites".

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From Lambie’s ‘loud girl’ to Ericmentum, Tasmania’s fierce Senate race is a taste of what’s to come

Weeks out from the 2022 federal election, it pays to remember the House contest determines who governs but the Senate always shapes what happens next

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Shayla Phillips, 4, found 'safe and well' after two days lost in southern Tasmania

Four-year-old Shayla Phillips has been found "safe and well" in southern Tasmania more than two days after she was reported missing, police say.

Motorsport

Supercars explains Tasmania tyre rule tweak

Supercars has explained a tweak to its tyre rules for the Tasmania SuperSprint that will see two versions of the super soft in action during practice.

Motorsport

2022 Supercars Tasmania SuperSprint session times and preview

The 2022 Supercars season continues this weekend with a two-day trip to the Symmons Plains circuit in Tasmania.

ABC News

Motorcyclist killed on Bass Highway as truck ploughs into crash scene

A motorcyclist dies and another driver is flown to hospital after a truck smashes into cars and a motorbike at the scene of a crash on the Bass Highway, in northern Tasmania.

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Missing four-year-old Shayla Phillips spends second night lost in southern Tasmania

Emergency crews say they are rechecking areas they have already searched in case four-year-old Shayla Phillips is moving between sites.

The Conversation

Tasmania’s forests are burning more as climate change dries them out. Our old tools can’t fight these new fires

The summer of 2021-22 will be remembered for the extraordinarily destructive flooding across eastern Australia. At the same time, however, western Tasmania was experiencing extreme drought, with some areas receiving their lowest rainfall on record.

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