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Slight rise in new Tas coronavirus cases

Tasmania has recorded 784 new COVID-19 cases, while the island state's number of active cases has fallen for the first time in about three weeks.

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Call for Marion Bay to be renamed, 250 years after the first encounter between Europeans and Tasmanian Aboriginal people

A Tasmanian Indigenous leader is calling for the renaming of a popular bay, to honour the sacrifice of a man who died defending his land.

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Tasmania's dry summer in review, as BOM eyes autumn with waning La Niña

Tasmania's record-setting warm and dry summer is set to give way to above average rainfall in eastern and north-eastern Tasmania, the BOM says in its seasonal report.

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Tigers veterans star in Marsh Cup thumping

Tasmania have thrashed Victoria by 139 runs in their Marsh One-Day Cup clash in Hobart thanks to Matthew Wade's 86 runs and four wickets to Peter Siddle.

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Ukraine escape complete for Tasmanian teachers Rachel Lehmann-Ware, Duncan Ware

Two Tasmanian teachers who fled Ukraine's capital Kyiv as Russian forces started closing in around them make it across the border into Romania — all the while clutching their beloved cats.

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More warnings in place for NSW as severe storms strike Queensland – as it happened

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Tasmania's south-west is a place people fall in love with, but how should tourism be managed in the remote wilderness?

People come to Tasmania's remote south-west for different reasons, but as the state government continues to encourage tourism development in national parks, is the right balance being struck between development and conservation?

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JackJumpers win ugly over Breakers in NBL

It wasn't pretty but Tasmania JackJumpers found a way to defeat New Zealand Breakers and win their first home game in Launceston.

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Balta shines up front in Richmond AFL win

Richmond have recorded a 25-point AFL pre-season win over Hawthorn in Tasmania, with Noah Balta and Jack Riewoldt booting three goals each.

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$1.4m to be released to Hillcrest families

Families affected by the Hillcrest jumping castle tragedy in Tasmania will soon receive more than $1.4 million in donations, after a legal hurdle was overcome.

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‘He literally had 30 seconds’: an Australian couple’s desperate fight to flee Ukraine

Tasmanians Rachel Lehmann Ware and her husband Duncan detail their journey from the basement of a school in Kyiv to an 18-hour train ride

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Adventures With Purpose diver joins search for missing Tasmanian man Nicola Sallese

Can "Diver Dan", affiliated with a YouTube channel that documents cases of missing people, help bring closure to the family of Nicola Sallese, a 69-year-old last seen in his car in regional Tasmania in 2008?

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Tasmania's Health Department says its ambulances were unregistered for a day, six years after a similar bungle

Ambulances drove around Tasmania unregistered on Thursday following an administrative bungle. It's not the first time that it's happened.

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Queensland records 11th flood death; Australia reports 48 Covid deaths – as it happened

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Vaccine caused Tas man's death: Coroner

A Tasmanian father of four died from adverse effects of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine, a coroner has found.

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Tasmania's COVID mask rules change as they are ditched for retail settings

Tasmanians will be able to take off their masks in retail settings from tomorrow, Premier Peter Gutwein announces, with cafes and offices having to wait a little longer.

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Tas abuser told to pay victim's legal fees

A Tasmanian judge has ruled convicted child sex abuser John Wayne Millwood must pay his victim's legal costs over prolonged and unnecessary court proceedings.

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Masks off in Tas shops as virus rules ease

The Tasmanian premier has eased mask rules as the state records another 937 coronavirus cases.

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COVID-19 updates: Every state and territory's coronavirus numbers in one place

Looking for your jurisdiction's latest COVID-19 statistics? Here's where to find them.

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Fifth death reported in NSW; ‘it’s climate change,’ Palaszczuk says as Qld death toll rises to 10 – as it happened

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Tasmania records driest summer in 40 years as La Niña ‘swings the wind around’

Weather pattern slashes rainfall in Australia’s southernmost state while temperatures soar

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New Tas virus cases rise to four digits

Tasmania has reported 1117 new coronavirus cases and a rise in active numbers for the 16th day in a row.

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More than 100 Tasmanian devils killed on a 25km stretch of road in state's north-west

At least 114 Tasmanian devils have been killed in the last year on a rural road in Tasmania's north-west. Locals say their calls for action appear to be falling on deaf ears.

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Tasmania endures driest summer in 40 years, fourth driest since 1900

While thousands of people across Queensland and New South Wales are grappling with catastrophic floods, the country's smallest state has just endured its driest summer in four decades.

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Tasmanian prison food, kitchen practices in need of overhaul, Custodial Inspector finds

A report into prison food in Tasmania finds no-one engaged in preparing meals was trained in food hygiene, food allergies were scoffed at and religious considerations ignored — with a Muslim inmate fed ham salads.

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