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Tim Paine joins JackJumpers in high performance role

The Tasmania JackJumpers have bolstered their high-performance department with the acquisition of former Australian Test cricket captain Tim Paine.

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Rain has restored Tasmania’s famous Disappearing Tarn – but swimmers risk $4,000 fine

The ephemeral pond appears for a few days only when water levels in the foothills of kunanyi/Mt Wellington are high enough

The Guardian - AU

'Potential' to deregister CFMEU as Tas weighs options

Tasmania's government is investigating actions to take against the state's CFMEU branch following allegations of corruption.

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Kiwi super trawler targets threatened fish in Australia

Australia is allowing a foreign super trawler to harvest a threatened fish species off Tasmania, amid serious concerns about a population crash.

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Child among bushwalkers waiting for rescue in snow

Bad weather conditions have hampered rescue efforts of two bushwalkers and a child in freezing conditions in Tasmania's Cathedral Ranges.

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Antarctic blast brings damaging winds and alpine blizzards to Victoria and NSW and possible snow in Queensland

Tasmania has already recorded winds of 100km/h from the low-pressure system which is moving up the east coast

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Body found after fire destroys house

One person is dead after fire tore through a house in South Burnie, Tasmania.

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Windy, wintry blast heading for southeast Australia

Damaging winds, snow, and rain are heading for parts of Tasmania, Victoria, and NSW with communities in the Apple Isle first in line to cop the icy blast.

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Hidden Hunter links with famed British explorer Flinders

Why Captain Matthew Flinders still creates interest today

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Sicily the three-goal hero as Hawks down Dockers

Fremantle's top-four AFL hopes have suffered a major blow after they fell victim to a James Sicily-inspired Hawthorn in Tasmania.

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Snowfall possible in northern NSW as low pressure brings Antarctic blast to southern Australia

BoM says most severe impacts expected on Sunday and Monday, with warnings of flash flooding in Tasmania

The Guardian - AU

Red Bull Hardline Tasmania is confirmed for 2025 as dates and first details are released

The Australian version of Hardline is back for its second year

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All-weather cricket stadium in Tasmania set to transform the sport

NEW DELHI: The construction of the world's first all-weather cricket stadium in Tasmania, Australia, has cricket enthusiasts around thrilled. The ground-breaking Macquarie Point stadium, which will be constructed on Hobart's waterfront, will transform the sport by ensuring that it can be played in any weather.

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We used 1,000 historical photos to reconstruct Antarctic glaciers before a dramatic collapse

In March 2002, the Larsen B Ice Shelf collapsed catastrophically, breaking up an area about one-sixth the size of Tasmania.

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Blockade Australia climate activist sentenced to three months in jail over Port of Newcastle protest

Laura Davy, who travelled from Tasmania to take part in a protest at a coal terminal, will appeal prison sentence

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Indigenous people can get cheap or free medicines. But we show access depends on your postcode

Policies designed to ensure Indigenous Australians have equitable access to medicines aren’t being accessed uniformly across the nation, our research shows.

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Tasmania's AFL stadium design world first cricket plans

Concept drawings of Tasmania's 23,000-seat roofed multipurpose stadium on Hobart's waterfront have been released with the state's timber featured in the design.

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PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ can be absorbed through human skin, says research

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) or synthetic forever chemicals have been detected everywhere from the Arctic ice and its polar bears to penguin colonies in Tasmania, even in rain water and sea spray. These persistent chemicals have been found in the blood of people all over the world, as well…

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Demography is destiny: Tassie plan to boost population

Tasmania has unveiled a smorgasbord of incentives to retain and entice young people to live in the island state as it grapples with an ageing population.

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McVeigh boosts Paris hopes in Boomers' win over China

Tasmania JackJumpers star Jack McVeigh has put his hand up for a spot in the Boomers' final squad for the Paris Olympics with a huge performance against China.

The Guardian - AU

Eastern Australia to shiver through cold week as snow predicted for ski fields in Victoria and NSW

Weather bureau says the cold front sweeping from SA to Tasmania will move up into alpine areas to bring much-needed snowfalls

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Gull numbers on the rise but it's not all good news

An increase in gull numbers along the Tasmanian coastline is cause for cheer but habitat destruction has left other bird species on the brink of extinction.

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Hospital staffer certified deaths 'outside the law'

An independent review has found a senior staff member at a Tasmanian hospital signed off on death certificates outside the scope of the law.

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'Controlling, jealous' man jailed for stabbing murder

A man's callous attack on his ex-partner and her new partner is a deadly example of family violence that demands condemnation, a Tasmanian judge has said.

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Firefighter suspended over child abuse material charge

A Tasmanian firefighter has been suspended from the fire service after investigators allegedly discovered child abuse material.

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