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Why Ian Thorpe has signed up for Sydney-Hobart race

Olympic legend Ian Thorpe will make his Sydney to Hobart debut in 2025, sailing aboard one of the fleet's most impressive supermaxi yachts.

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Tasmania’s $1.13bn AFL stadium likely to be given green light at parliamentary vote

The controversial stadium on the Hobart waterfront is set to go ahead after three crossbenchers expressed their support for the project

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Hurricanes stay top of WBBL after shooting down Stars

Danni Wyatt-Hodge struck 71 and Molly Strano bagged 5-16 as the top-ranked Hobart Hurricanes trounced the second-placed Melbourne Stars at Bellerive Oval.

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Division and derision: how plans for an AFL stadium left Tasmania in pieces

Whatever parliamentarians decide this week, the acrimonious debate over the Macquarie Point plan in Hobart has been damaging

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Tucker's all-female crew gear up for Sydney to Hobart

Sydney to Hobart sailor Elizabeth Tucker is preparing to guide an all-female crew to Constitution Dock from Boxing Day.

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Sons aboard for follow-up to 'tragic' Sydney to Hobart

The 80th Sydney to Hobart yacht race will be a family affair for LawConnect's Christian Beck and Sam Haynes of Celestial V70.

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Confidence in shadow fix at proposed Hobart stadium

Cricket Tasmania and the state's government are confident they've found a solution to shadow problems at the proposed Macquarie Point stadium in Hobart.

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Aussie star's sublime over snaps Hobart's WBBL streak

A stunning Ash Gardner over has helped the Sydney Sixers end Hobart Hurricanes' undefeated start while Perth Scorchers have beaten Adelaide Strikers by one run.

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Vintage Lanning produces WBBL knock for the ages

Meg Lanning has hit her highest T20 score, the 135 from 74 balls more than tripling the 42 made by the Sydney Sixers in their loss to the Melbourne Stars.

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Ex-Wallabies winger more at home at sea than land

Preparing for his 12th Sydney to Hobart, former Wallabies winger Michael Martin feels more comfortable on the high seas than he does on dry land.

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Police accused of signing secret agreement with CFMEU

A man whose report triggered a CFMEU inquiry claims the embattled union had a secret deal preventing police from intervening in industrial disputes.

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Sixers teen's surprise hat-trick as Thunder fizzles out

Caoimhe Bray, still just 16, took a hat-trick in the Sixers' big win over the winless Thunder, after Hobart's Lizelle Lee starred to continue the Heat's woes.

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Bondi Sands recalls two sunscreens due to formulation concerns – as it happened

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Australia happy to be favourites for BJK Cup play-offs

Australia's tennis stars are confident of progressing out of this weekend's play-offs in Hobart to be a chance of winning the Billie Jean King Cup in 2026.

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Schoolgirl floats alternatives to doomscrolling with PM

Hobart girl Flossie Brodribb's research into the negative impacts of social media has been praised, as she suggested hobbies to pick up instead of a phone.

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India chase on point, level series against Australia

Despite some Tim David white-ball fireworks, India have held their nerve to chase down Australia's 6-186 and square the series with two games to play.

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India defeat Australia by five wickets: third men’s Twenty20 international – as it happened

The tourists cruise to their 187-run target with nine balls remaining to level the T20 series against Australia at Bellerive Oval in Hobart

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Teen charged with murder over stabbing at tourist spot

A teenager has been charged with murder after a young man died in a stabbing at a sandstone-lined tourist strip in Hobart.

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History beckons in Sydney-Hobart juggling act

Sam Haynes almost stopped racing the Sydney to Hobart when he took over the race's main organising body. Now he is eying off back-to-back titles as skipper.

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‘We just have to be defiant’: irrepressible environmentalist Bob Brown reflects on a life of activism

Hobart’s Theatre Royal was packed to the rafters on a chilly October evening when the irrepressible nature warrior Bob Brown launched his latest book Defiance.

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AFL stadium opponents tip 'bitter chapter' ahead

The independent MPs who will decide the fate of the Hobart waterfront stadium say they are aware of the "generationally" significant call they will soon make.

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Tigers roar to set up final-day Shield thriller

Momentum has swung regularly on day three as visiting Western Australia were left needing 44 more runs with just two wickets in hand to beat Tasmania in Hobart.

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Pratt reveals Australian team for BJK Cup play-offs

Breakout teenage star Maya Joint will lead a five-player Australian team into battle for the Billie Jean King Cup tennis play-offs in Hobart.

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Anti-stadium leaders slam AFL's 'reckless overreach'

A collection of MPs and mayors are making a last-ditch appeal to the AFL to abandon its demands for a Hobart waterfront stadium.

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Test hopefuls struggle, WA on top at tricky Bellerive

Jake Weatherald and Cameron Bancroft both missed chance to apply pressure for Ashes selection as 14 wickets fell on the opening day in Hobart.

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