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Simplot and Tasmanian spud farmers in standoff over rising prices

Farmers have rejected a second price offer made by food manufacturer Simplot for their potato crop this season, saying the extra money put forward is not enough to cover the cost of growing their crops.

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Tas premier 'concerned' over free RATs end

Tasmania's premier says it is not the right time for the federal government to put an end to pandemic leave and free rapid antigen test schemes.

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Tasmanian cultural heritage curator Elspeth Wishart reflects on a fascinating career

Researching convicts and ghosts has taken the museum curator to some of the world's most remote places — but after 40 years, there's still one mystery she desperately hopes can be solved.

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Tasmania tops the list for new COVID-19 cases per capita — but is that really what's going on?

The average number of new confirmed COVID-19 cases per capita in Tasmania is double NSW and the national average. Here's why it might not actually be as alarming as it sounds.

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Virus ramps up pressure on Tas hospitals

The Royal Hobart Hospital is considering reducing elective surgeries as rising coronavirus cases take their toll on beds and staff in Tasmania's wards.

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Hospital wards and aged care homes battling COVID-19 outbreaks as Tasmania records 1,812 new cases

Five hospital wards and more than a dozen aged care homes in Tasmania are battling COVID-19 outbreaks, as infections continue an upward trend in the state.

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Tasmanian wildlife carers invest house savings in new wildlife charity

Meet the Tasmanian couple who are happy they ditched 'the Australian dream' to rescue injured animals.

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It was an unprecedented housing crisis that called for an urgent summit, now four years on, it's worse

A new group has been formed to come up with solutions to Tasmania's housing crisis, about four years after an urgent housing summit pledged to do the same, but the situation now is even worse.

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A new start after 60: ‘I risked my house to launch a chain of 24-hour gyms’

Bob Cheek was in his 60s and worrying about his future. Then he hit on a scheme that would make him millions

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Porsche-backed HIF Global wants to build an e-fuel plant in north-west Tasmania. So what are e-fuels and what could it mean for Burnie?

Porsche wants 80 per cent of its cars to be electric by the end of the decade, and is developing a synthetic fuel to power those that will still run on liquid fuels. So what are e-fuels and why choose Tasmania as the site to make them?

ABC News

Indigenous Tasmanians calling on private landholders to share access to cultural sites

Andry Sculthorpe is part of a Tasmanian Aboriginal group calling on private landowners to share information on known cultural sites on farms, and consider allowing access for knowledge sharing and reconnection.

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Tasmania's state lawyers play a key role in child sexual abuse cases — do they have too much power?

Concerns have been raised at the commission of inquiry about the Tasmanian Office of the Solicitor-General being the sole source of legal advice to most government entities, the power it has in dealing with civil claims of child sexual abuse, and its approach to dealing with civil cases.

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AFL great Nicky Winmar cancels north-west Tasmania trip over Ricky Nixon protest

AFL great Nicky Winmar cancels his NAIDOC week visit to Tasmania's north-west after "consistent harassment" of his controversial manager, Ricky Nixon, over a controversy in 2010.

ABC News

Tassie victim support service underfunded

An inquiry into child sexual abuse in Tasmania has been told the state's victims of crime support service is underfunded amid a rise in demand.

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Former Australian polo captain pleads guilty to charges arising from pony incident on Spirit of Tasmania

A former Australian polo captain pleads guilty to putting more than a dozen polo ponies — 16 of which died during the journey — at risk of suffocation and asphyxiation when put he put them on the Spirit of Tasmania in 2018.

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Airbnb suspends short-stay 'party house' of notorious Tasmanian sex offender Shane Farmer

Convicted rapist Shane Farmer, once labelled Tasmania's worst sex offender by a former top prosecutor, has had his Airbnb account suspended as he attempts to win council approval to convert his inner Hobart property into visitor accommodation.

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Tasmania Police apologise to abuse victims over paedophile James Geoffrey Griffin

Tasmania Police was handed credible evidence that a man working as a children's nurse had been discussing child abuse online, years before he was charged — but nothing was done because it was "filed inappropriately".

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Tas premier urges masks amid virus spike

Tasmanian Premier Jeremy Rockliff has urged people to wear masks indoors amid a rise in COVID-19 infections.

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Health department boss Kathrine Morgan-Wicks's tearful apology to abuse victims at commission of inquiry

After listening to hours of child abuse horror stories from victims and family members, the head of Tasmania's health department took her turn in the witness box, tearfully apologising for their hurt and pledging the department she now leads would never again fail so badly.

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Tasmania police sorry for abuse failings

Tasmania's top police officer has apologised for multiple failures investigating a male nurse, who was ultimately charged with child sexual abuse offences.

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Cradle Mountain lures truffle farm tree-changers from Brisbane city life

A paramedic and marine biologist have bailed on the big smoke to unearth a new life in the foothills of Tasmania's Cradle Mountain.

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Apology for Tiffany Skeggs, Zoe Duncan for child abuse ordeal and disbelief by Tasmanian authorities

A veteran of child protection says she can "barely" find the words to say how sorry she is for the treatment of two sexual abuse survivors who weren't believed by authorities when they went for help. Sadly, one of those survivors will never hear the apology.

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'No apology' over Tas hospital child abuse

A survivor has told an inquiry into child sexual abuse in Tasmania's public service she was left without support or an apology after making her disclosure.

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Tas hospital missed 'red flags' of abuser

An inquiry has been told about red flags relating to a male nurse in Tasmania who was later charged with child sexual abuse offences.

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Tas to review hospital handling of abuser

The Tasmanian government is establishing its own review of a Launceston hospital where a pedophile nurse was able to keep working despite multiple complaints.

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