Tasmania
Stress leave at Biosecurity Tasmania under-reported, union says
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The Government is under-reporting stress leave in Biosecurity Tasmania related to the fox eradication program controversy, the public sector union says.
Topics: government-and-politics, tas
Vandals deface 8,000-year-old Indigenous art in Tasmania
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Vandals deface "priceless" Indigenous rock art in the state's Central Highlands, prompting calls for tougher penalties under the Aboriginal Relic Act.
Topics: aboriginal, community-and-society, vandalism, law-crime-and-justice, hobart-7000
Treasurer to deliver Tasmania's first surplus in seven years
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Peter Gutwein will hand down his third budget today, delivering the state's first surplus in seven years.
Topics: budget, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, tas
Peak lobby group Australian Dairy Farmers announces a leadership overhaul
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South Australian dairy farmer David Basham to become acting Australian Dairy Farmers president as the lobby group overhauls its senior leadership.
Topics: dairy-production, agricultural-policy, agribusiness, melbourne-3000, adelaide-5000, sale-3850, warrnambool-3280, shepparton-3630, hobart-7000, sydney-2000
Glenorchy City Council board of inquiry has 'become derailed', court hears
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An inquiry into a Tasmanian city council has become "derailed to such a degree that procedural fairness can't be afforded", the lawyer for a council alderman has told the Supreme Court in Hobart.
Topics: courts-and-trials, local-government, glenorchy-7010
New fences installed to stop Tasmanian devils becoming roadkill
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A new fencing program is rolled out in a bid to prevent Tasmanian devils ending up as roadkill, after it is revealed almost 40 per cent of the newly-released animals have been run over since late last year.
Topics: animals, animal-welfare, animal-behaviour, science-and-technology, human-interest, environment, endangered-and-protected-species, tas
Tasmanian MPs get 10.5pc pay rise after move to block it fails
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Some of Tasmania's 40 parliamentarians will receive a hefty pay rise, after a bid to block it fails in the state's upper house.
Topics: states-and-territories, government-and-politics, tas
A rainbow in green and gold breaks 10-year selection drought
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Tasmanian netballer Kelsie Rainbow hopes her selection in the Australian under-20 team will open more doors.
Telstra apology to Tasmanians over internet outages, poor communication
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The General Manager of Telstra in Tasmania apologises over prolonged internet outages and admits communication with affected customers has been lacking.
Topics: internet-technology, science-and-technology, information-and-communication, tas
Hitchhiking for democracy Video
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Dan Ilic hustles rides from Hobart to Devonport for Story Hunters to find out what Australians on the road think about the election.
Topics: government-and-politics, tas
Seven key stakeholders outline what they want from this year's budget
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Ahead of the Thursday's state budget, seven key lobby groups in Tasmania outline what is on their budget wish list.
Topics: government-and-politics, business-economics-and-finance, budget, tas
New York artist finds space to be creative in Hobart
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While many artists in Tasmania dream of moving to the Big Apple to further their careers, New York-born artist Alyssa Bermudez got a plane in the other direction.
Topics: visual-art, painting, popular-culture, person, human-interest, hobart-7000
Hitchhiking for democracy: The view from the road of election 2016
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Dan Ilic hits the road for Story Hunters, asking Australians who pick him up along the way what matters to them this election.
Topics: federal-elections, government-and-politics, federal-government, tas, vic, nsw, canberra-2600
Tasmanian budget to deliver boost for first home builders
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The Tasmanian Government will restore the first home builder's grant to $20,000 and extend it until next June in a move it says will make the state the most attractive place to build in Australia.
Topics: states-and-territories, programs-and-initiatives, government-and-politics, tas
Winning the social media battle during an election
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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has more than twice as many Facebook likes as Opposition leader Bill Shorten, but does that mean he is more popular overall?
Topics: federal-elections, sydney-2000, cairns-4870, melbourne-3000, canberra-2600, brisbane-4000, perth-6000, adelaide-5000, hobart-7000, darwin-0800
Tasmanian politicians set to give themselves a 10.5pc pay rise
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Tasmania's Upper House look set to allow a hefty pay rise for the state's politicians to go through in what is expected to be a close-fought debate.
Topics: government-and-politics, tas
Poo tests uncover new Tasmanian devil genetic variants
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Tasmanian devil droppings help uncover new genetic varieties of the endangered species in the state's remote south-west.
WA rocket woman aims for new record Video
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A leading rocket enthusiast is preparing to launch one of Australia's most powerful amateur rockets in WA.
Topics: science-and-technology, perth-7300
Armed man shot after confronting police dies in hospital
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A 48-year-old man shot by police near Burnie in north-west Tasmania after he ignored repeated warnings to disarm dies in hospital.
Topics: police, burnie-7320, australia, tas
Tasmania's only women's prison to get 20-bed expansion
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A spike in family violence offences committed by women is one of the reasons Tasmania's women's prison needs to be expanded, the State Government says.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, prisons-and-punishment, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, community-and-society, domestic-violence, risdon-vale-7016, tas
Bob Brown's High Court challenge to Tasmania's anti-protest laws delayed
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The first hearing of former Greens leader Bob Brown's High Court challenge to the Tasmanian Government's anti-workplace protest laws is delayed, after a Hobart nurse decides to join the action.
Topics: states-and-territories, government-and-politics, hobart-7000, tas
Pontville stabbing charges could be upgraded after victim dies
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A 20-year-old man who was stabbed in an attack in Tasmania's south on Sunday has died from his injuries, police say.
Topics: crime, pontville-7030
Fox report by Minister investigated 'while nothing done on other sightings'
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Biosecurity Tasmania threw its resources at an investigation into a fox-sighting report lodged by the Primary Industries Minister while other reports were not followed up due to a lack of resources, documents show.
Topics: states-and-territories, government-and-politics, animals, animals-and-nature, pests, environment, pest-management, rural, tas
Would-be bank robber sought after two hold-ups in Hobart
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Police hunt a man who tried to rob a bank and later held up a department store in the Hobart suburb of Moonah.
Topics: crime, law-crime-and-justice, hobart-7000, tas
Fox sighting reported by Rockliff, despite describing them as imaginary
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Tasmania's Primary Industries Minister Jeremy Rockliff admits to making a report of a fox sighting last year, despite previously describing the pest's presence in the state as "imaginary".
Topics: pest-management, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, tas
Top Stories
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- Vandals deface 8,000-year-old Indigenous art in Tasmania
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- Stress leave at Biosecurity Tasmania under-reported, union says
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- Tasmanian MPs get 10.5pc pay rise after move to block it fails
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