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Tasmania Police have arrested a 25-year-old man over the suspected murder of another man whose body was found on a rural property in the state's northwest.

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Tasmania records third COVID-19 death since border reopening, state 'past the peak' for Omicron, authorities say

Tasmania records its third COVID-19 death, a 79-year-old woman with underlying health conditions, as Public Health director Mark Veitch says he thinks the state is "past the peak of the initial entry of Omicron into the population".

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Tasmanian bushfire season pushes later due to La Niña, with conditions primed for catastrophe

One effect of La Niña is the later Tasmanian fire season; another effect is it has added to the fuel load — and that is deeply worrying, with many seeming to forget the disasters of the past, one fire expert says.

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Women vulnerable under Tas health system

A myriad of issues is keeping women from getting medical care in regional Tasmania, while "urban refugees" add more pressure, a Senate inquiry has been told.

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Covid-19 Australia data tracker: coronavirus cases today, trend map, hospitalisations and deaths

Guardian Australia brings together all the latest on active and daily new Covid-19 cases, as well as maps, stats, live data and state by state graphs from NSW, Victoria, Queensland, SA, WA, Tasmania, ACT and NT to get a broad picture of the Australian outbreaks and track the impact of…

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‘So pissed off’: Midnight Oil kick off final tour with a searing, urgent set in Launceston

Headlining the first weekend of Mona Foma festival, the band offered a rebuke of baby boomer nostalgia in a bittersweet live farewell

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Tasmania has 619 new cases, three in ICU

Tasmania has recorded 619 new COVID-19 cases, with the number of people being treated in hospital increasing slightly to 17.

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Tasmania records 619 new COVID-19 cases, three people in ICU

Public Health deputy director Scott McKeown says the school year starting next month and more workers returning to offices could see Tasmania's daily COVID cases rise again.

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Police probe suspicious rural Tas death

Police are investigating the death of a man whose body was found near a burning car on a rural property in Tasmania's northwest.

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Australia records 58 Covid deaths; Hunt says ‘hoarding’ affecting rapid test shortage – as it happened

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Tasmania again tops rankings: CommSec

Commonwealth Securities quarterly State of States report has found Tasmania topping the ladder for the eighth consecutive quarter.

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Phoenix dominate JackJumpers in NBL

A dominant third quarter display has helped the South East Melbourne Phoenix record their fourth NBL win of the season, beating Tasmania 76-63 in Hobart.

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Tasmania's COVID-19 hospitalisations rise to 39, as the state records 625 new cases

Tasmania has recorded 39 COVID-19-related hospitalisations, up from yesterday's 31, and 625 new cases.

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Mackintosh Dam Road bushfire in Tasmania's west has been downgraded to advice

Tasmania Fire Service has downgraded the fire on Mackintosh Dam Road in Tullah on Tasmania's west coast to advice, but warns there may be increased fire activity this afternoon.

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Western Australia races to contain Perth Covid cluster as Greg Hunt declines to condemn border decision

New South Wales records 30 Covid deaths, Victoria 20, Queensland 10, South Australia three and Tasmania one

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Tasmania suffers second COVID-19 death as the state records 726 new cases

Health Minister Jeremy Rockliff says the person who died presented to the Mersey Community Hospital on Thursday with "a range of medical conditions".

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NSW records 30 deaths, Victoria 20, Qld 10, SA three and Tasmania one – as it happened

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Why does a shipwreck on Tasmania's north-west coast show itself only once a decade?

Parts of a ship that was beached in 1854 have recently been seen in Tasmania's north-west. While it may not contain hidden treasures, it does offer priceless information.

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Man sacked for being too fat after he moved his family 2,000 miles for new role

Only two hours into their new managers' roles at of the Big 4 Strahan Holiday Retreat in Tasmania, Australia, that Hamish and Hazel Griffin were given the earth-shattering news that they were sacked

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First virus death in Tas since reopening

Tasmania has recorded its first coronavirus-linked death since reopening its border, a 90-year-old unvaccinated woman who was an aged care resident.

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Tasmania reports first COVID-linked death since reopening borders, as state records 866 new cases

An unvaccinated 90-year-old nursing home resident becomes Tasmania's first COVID-linked death since the 2020 north-west outbreak, as the state records 866 new cases.

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Nation records highest death toll for the pandemic following grim two weeks of rising numbers – as it happened

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Man fired by Big 4 Strahan for being 'too fat' urges others to know their rights

Hamish Griffin and his family packed up their lives in Queensland and moved to Tasmania. On the first day of his new job, Mr Griffin was sacked because of his weight.

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Back-to-school RATs for Tasmanian children

Tasmania has released its back-to-school plan which includes two rapid antigen coronavirus tests as part of a pack for students.

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Tasmania records 927 COVID cases, three in ICU, as national cabinet meets to discuss return-to-school plans

Tasmania records 927 new COVID cases and one more patient in intensive care, as a major hospital in the state's north activates escalation level three amid an outbreak in a ward.

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