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The Latest Breaking News from Tasmania

Number of Aboriginal Tasmanians in prison more than doubles in a decade

A support worker who helps Aboriginal prisoners when they are released in Tasmania is not surprised the rates of incarceration have doubled in a decade, saying the system is failing her community.

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Ex-Vic priest extradited on assault charge

A paedophile priest who abused Victorian schoolboys will be sent to Tasmania to face further indecent assault charges.

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How car crash detection works in an emergency — and which phones have the life-saving technology

It only took emergency services eight minutes to respond to a car crash early this morning in Tasmania's north, after one of the passengers' phones detected the incident and made the call. Here's how the technology works.

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Cradle Mountain's new Dove Lake viewing shelter officially unveiled as part of million-dollar upgrades

One of the largest gems in Tasmania's tourism crown, Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park, has been made more friendly to visitors, with the new Dove Lake viewing shelter officially unveiled — but not everyone is happy about it.

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Five people injured, four horses dead after crash at Rowella in northern Tasmania

Police say they suspect fatigue may have played a role in an early morning crash that injured five people and killed four horses in a float being towed by a young woman in Tasmania's north today — with a prominent racing stable thanking the public for their support.

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Deloraine residents still struggling four months after damaging floods

Months on from the devastating floods that wreaked havoc in Tasmania's north, residents in Deloraine are still struggling to rebuild their lives.

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Back from extinction: Resurrecting the Tasmanian tiger

The last thylacine is thought to have died in the 1930s. Meet the scientists who want to bring it back.

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Trackers show rescued whales surviving and thriving after mass stranding in Tasmania

Months on from a mass whale stranding on Tasmania's west coast, researchers say all the effort saving and refloating 44 of them has paid off with electronic trackers confirming they are thriving.

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At 16 years plus, Speedy is the oldest known sea dragon, facial-recognition project finds

John has been diving with Speedy the sea dragon on Tasmania's east coast for 16 years. Using facial recognition, scientists have identified Speedy as the longest-living sea dragon recorded.

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Tasmanian 'angry farmer' looks to boost school literacy levels after education system disillusionment

A 2006 survey found Tasmania has the lowest level of adult literacy in the country; fed up with an education system that he feels is letting children down, one cattle farmer decided to take matters into his own hands.

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Record dry spell threatening Tasmania's Wilderness World Heritage Area

Unusually dry weather is leaving the state's Wilderness World Heritage Area sensitive to fire. It's a prospect that threatens a living fossil that traces its history to the ancient super-continent Gondwana.

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Paddling calendar: the best places to kayak and canoe in Australia, every month of the year

With a coastline that stretches thousands of kilometres, Australia is an all seasons, bucket list destination for on-water adventures

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Vasiljevic hot as Kings down JackJumpers

Dejan Vasiljevic's hot shooting powered the Sydney Kings to a dominant road win over Tasmania JackJumpers to end a two-game slide in the NBL.

AAP

Australia-first trial to retain GPs in rural areas will see them employed directly by state government

Tasmania will be the first in the country to trial a new $13 million statewide rural GP training model in the latest attempt to help combat widespread doctors shortages and GP clinic closures.

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Cradle Mountain's Dove Lake now accessible by kayaks made from King Billy pine

Meet the tour operators who are hand-building kayaks from a rare Tasmanian timber for paddling on Dove Lake.

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Metro Tasmania drivers report abuse and low morale, as spike in crashes blamed on inexperienced staff

Morale among drivers with Tasmania's state-owned bus operator is tanking, with one saying they hear of a colleague being spat on or hit "every day" and concerns from the unions that streamlined training is leading to more crashes.

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Once a footy giant, the Glenorchy Magpies Football Club is struggling to attract players

There are fears one of Tasmania's former powerhouse Australian rules football teams is dangerously close to not being able to field a team, with sporting greats likening the situation to a canary in a coalmine for other clubs.

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Search for missing round-the-world sailor Peter Baggenstos continues two months after he was last seen

Tasmania Police has taken over the investigation into the disappearance of Swiss sailor Peter Baggenstos, who was last seen leaving port in Hobart on December 1.

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Concerns for missing 80-year-old sailor

Tasmanian police hold concerns for the welfare of 80-year-old sailor Peter Baggenstos who has been missing since December.

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Tasmanian Aboriginal community frustrated over lack of monuments marking frontier violence

Tasmanian Aboriginal community members say it is frustrating that the state still has no public physical recognition of its bloody history of frontier violence.

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Fears for at-risk kids as Tasmanian child protection investigation times blow out

New figures show it is taking about 20 per cent longer to start and finish child safety investigations in Tasmania than just a year earlier, as one worker says staff are struggling to keep on top of priority cases.

AAP

Tas emergency reform after critical review

Tasmania's government has announced plans to merge the state's fire and emergency services after reviews found current laws were hampering frontline services.

The Conversation

They're on our coat of arms but extinct in Tasmania. Rewilding with emus will be good for the island state's ecosystems

The emu is iconically Australian, appearing on cans, coins, cricket bats and our national coat of arms, as well as that of the Tasmanian capital, Hobart. However, most people don’t realise emus once also roamed Tasmania but are now extinct there.

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Owner of missing drone found in Franklin River revealed to be Casey Station worker in Antarctica

The search for the owner of a drone lost in a river in central Tasmania has led all the way to the frozen wastes of Antarctica, with the pilot — now based at Casey Station — "hugely thankful" it has been found.

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Hobart City Council shuns Australia Day for citizenship ceremonies in close vote

Hobart City Council becomes the first council in Tasmania and one of the first in Australia to move its citizenship ceremony away from Australia Day — but the vote only just succeeded.

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