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‘Bulk billing is almost non-existent’: Tasmanian councils turn to ratepayers to prop up flailing GP clinics

Exclusive: A lack of federal support means several rural areas are using council rates to subsidise health services for vulnerable patients

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Intruder who broke into monkey enclosure in Tasmania at risk of ‘potentially fatal’ herpes

Launceston council urges person who entered enclosure to seek medical attention urgently as monkeys can carry herpes B virus

The Guardian - AU

Ponies 'suffocated' on Bass Strait sailing

A court has been told 16 polo ponies found dead after a Spirit of Tasmania sailing across Bass Strait "suffocated" inside a trailer without proper ventilation.

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New stadium not part of formal Tas AFL bid

Tasmania Premier Jeremy Rockliff says a new stadium won't be part of the state's formal AFL bid but remains an important part of future plans.

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Launceston General Hospital patient dies after being ramped for more than nine hours

The death of a woman in her 70s who was ramped and waiting to be admitted to an emergency department for more than nine hours is "totally unacceptable" and shows Tasmania's health system is crumbling, a union says.

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Polo ponies death case ordered to proceed

A court hearing in Tasmania surrounding the deaths of 16 polo ponies will proceed after a magistrate rejected the latest bid to have the matter delayed.

AAP

Donna Adams appointed as Tasmania's first female Commissioner of Police

It has taken 125 years, but Tasmania will soon have its first female Commissioner of Police.

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Tas appoints first female police chief

Tasmania will have its first female police commissioner when a decorated officer with more than three decades of experience assumes the top job this year.

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Polo ponies death case delay bid rejected

A bid to delay a court hearing relating to the deaths of 16 polo ponies, found dead after crossing Bass Strait on a ferry, has been rejected.

AAP

Launceston's Albert Van Zetten the 10th mayor not standing in October poll

Ten of Tasmania's 29 mayors will not recontest the role in coming local government elections as the sector faces challenges and changes ahead.

ABC News

Wife of missing man Bruce Fairfax faces seven-year wait or Supreme Court for death certificate

The wife of a man missing since 2017 says she feels hamstrung by the fact she cannot obtain a death certificate and move forward with her life, almost five years after they became separated on a bush path in Tasmania.

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'I left with the kids and ended up homeless with them': the nightmare of housing wait lists for people fleeing domestic violence

People who flee domestic violence desperately need safe, affordable and secure housing. Our study of people on housing waiting lists in New South Wales, Tasmania and Queensland found private rental housing isn’t an option when leaving domestic violence.

The Conversation

Tasmanian premier's statue could go

Hobart City Council has been told to vote to remove the statue of a former Tasmanian premier who mutilated the corpse of an Aboriginal man in 1869.

AAP

McEvoy milestone as Hawthorn battle Suns

Hawthorn captain Ben McEvoy will bring up his 250th match when his team takes on Gold Coast in Tasmania on Saturday afternoon.

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Hydrowood salvages drowned logs from the bottom of Tasmania's Lake Pieman and turns them into hardwood timber

For Andrew Morgan and Dave Wise, a chance meeting at a university bar led not only to a long friendship, but also the creation of Australia's first drowned timber company.

The New Daily

Storms, wild winds batter five states, territories

Five states and territories face another day of damaging winds and dangerous surf, with conditions are expected to worsen for millions of Australians.

ABC News

Tasmania's State of the Environment report is overdue and last seen 13 years ago. So where is it?

Tasmania's State of the Environment report is due every five years, a reporting requirement set down in legislation. Here's what we can find out about why the report was last seen in 2009.

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Ventilation key to battling COVID-19, experts say, urging Australia to do more

It might be the middle of a Tasmanian winter, but that doesn't stop this primary school making the most of fresh outdoor air to help keep COVID-19 at bay — something more places should be doing, experts say.

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Australian Explorers Set New Record for Deepest Cave

A team of Australian cave explorers descended in a 400-meter-deep cave chain in Tasmania region, bringing a new record to their country, according to the German News Agency. “The team successfully connected a newly discovered cave, named ‘Delta Variant,’ to the Niggly/Growling Swallet Cave system, taking the record for Australia’s…

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Nurses strike in Launceston as government offers last-minute proposal

A last-minute proposal from the state government to improve working conditions for Tasmania's nurses fails to stop a strike from going ahead at the Launceston General Hospital.

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Calls for more social housing and higher allowances for Tasmania's homeless youth

Layla was only in year 8 when she found herself on the streets. It was an incident she does not want to detail that prompted her to seek a different path — to a place where she now helps other young people in Tasmania.

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Negative Tas emissions 'envy of nation'

Tasmania has maintained net negative emissions for seven consecutive years, the state government's latest greenhouse gas report shows.

AAP

Vulnerable veterans 'being left at risk'

Tasmania's isolation is a major challenge for organisations offering support to former defence personnel in the island state, a royal commission has been told.

ABC News

Eastside Lutheran College's former finance officer pleads to stealing over $144k from Tasmanian school

The former employee of a private school in Tasmania's south has pleaded guilty to stealing almost $150,000 from the college during the course of her employment.

ABC News

Tasmanian rural council's $8.2m plan for agricultural town's main street met with tractor protest

It will add to the town's charm, they said. It will increase safety and "make a positive contribution to the overall street", they said. Well, if this Tasmanian local council thought their $8.2 million plan for Longford's main drag was going to be welcomed, a gaggle of grumpy farmers in…

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