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Hobart Guilford Young College fire burns through 'high fuel load' and destroys trade school

A trade school full of stacked timber, machinery and cars goes up in flames in Glenorchy, in Hobart's northern suburbs, with authorities estimating the damage bill at many millions of dollars.

ABC News · Mar 21, 2022

Australian Greens celebrate 50 years

Australian Greens members are gathering in Hobart on Saturday to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the movement beginning in Tasmania's capital.

AAP · Mar 19, 2022

How the fight to save Tasmania’s Lake Pedder led to the world’s first green party

A rowdy meeting in Hobart 50 years ago was the start of an organised effort to push for a spotlight on environmental issues

The Guardian - AU · Mar 18, 2022

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Australian teachers touch down in Tasmania after fleeing Ukraine

Two Australians fleeing the war in Ukraine have finally touched down in Tasmania to the warm embrace of family after a marathon 30-hour journey — but their thoughts keep swinging back to those they left in the besieged city.

ABC News · Mar 18, 2022

Hobart tops country in opioids in latest wastewater drug monitoring report

A new drug report finds Hobart is Australia's capital city with the highest consumption of the highly addictive and commonly abused opioids, oxycodone and fentanyl. Though the numbers appear worrying, experts have an explanation.

ABC News · Mar 16, 2022

Tax Airbnb, short-stay accommodation at higher rates to help ease Hobart rental crisis, Deputy Mayor says

A proposal that will come before council this evening will look at whether home owners who rent their properties through short-stay providers should have to pay higher rates.

ABC News · Mar 15, 2022

Cruise ship return cannot come fast enough for Tasmanian retailers after COVID crisis

Before COVID, cruise ship tourism contributed $100 million a year to the Tasmanian economy and supported around 400 jobs — but the return of ships might still be a way off.

ABC News · Mar 14, 2022

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House of Longing exhibition to celebrate works of artist Gay Hawkes before and after Dunalley fires

Artist Gay Hawkes lost her life's work when a bushfire destroyed her house and studio, but a new exhibition will showcase her loss, resilience, and the furniture she has made for her imagined home.

ABC News · Mar 13, 2022

Murder charge over Hobart unit death

Police have charged a 53-year-old woman with murder after the body of a 51-year-old man was found inside an apartment in Hobart.

AAP · Mar 9, 2022

Man found dead in Harrington Street home near Hobart CBD, woman charged

Police charge a woman after discovering a body at a home on Harrington Street, near Hobart's CBD. A man who was earlier taken into custody is released without charge.

ABC News · Mar 9, 2022

Launceston Gorge Hotel extra height approved, as opponents bemoan 'monstrous' plan

The spokesperson for a group opposed to a "monstrous building of glass and mirrors" development warns Launceston could become "just another city … like Hobart" if it goes ahead, as those behind the project welcome a big planning win.

ABC News · Mar 9, 2022

Brisbane Bullets take down Breakers in NBL

Jason Cadee and Robert Franks put on a shooting clinic in Hobart, helping the Brisbane Bullets sail past the struggling New Zealand Breakers 92-74 in the NBL.

AAP · Mar 7, 2022

CCTV shows machete-carrying man locked in by Hobart shop owner mid-robbery

CCTV captures the moment a shop owner locks in a machete-carrying man while he is distracted and trying to steal cigarettes from a takeaway shop in Hobart.

ABC News · Mar 7, 2022

Tigers veterans star in Marsh Cup thumping

Tasmania have thrashed Victoria by 139 runs in their Marsh One-Day Cup clash in Hobart thanks to Matthew Wade's 86 runs and four wickets to Peter Siddle.

AAP · Mar 6, 2022

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ABC News · Mar 2, 2022

How Tasmanians coped with the network outage following Telstra cable damage

Tuesday's communications blackout across all of Tasmania caused by a "dial before you dig" blunder had wide-ranging effects: a house settlement delayed, businesses struggling to operate and one person even saying they would miss their uncle's funeral.

ABC News · Mar 2, 2022

Two charged amid 'one of the largest' cocaine busts in Tasmania, police say

Two men will face a Hobart court after about "10,000 street deals" of illicit drugs were found in the cabin of a truck that returned from Victoria.

ABC News · Mar 2, 2022

Tasmania's planned $750 million Hobart stadium divides opinion as state appeals for an AFL licence

Plans for a $750 million AFL stadium in Hobart divide opinion, with some seeing it as big step towards a Tasmanian team but others scoffing at the price amid a pandemic.

AAP · Mar 1, 2022

Tassie unveils plans for stadium in Hobart

The Tasmanian government has unveiled plans for a $750 million stadium in Hobart, should the AFL grant the state a licence for a team.

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ABC News · Feb 28, 2022

University of Tasmania plan for Sandy Bay campus 3,000 car spaces short, Hobart Council documents show

Locals fear their suburb and streets will never be the same once the University of Tasmania moves its southern campus into the Hobart CBD and redevelops the Sandy Bay site into 2,700 homes, a tourism precinct and new sporting facilities.

ABC News · Feb 28, 2022

Tasmanian government to reveal plans for a new AFL stadium near Hobart's Macquarie Point

The push for a Tasmanian AFL team is set to enter overdrive, with the state government to officially endorse the construction of a new inner-city stadium that would house a new team.

AAP · Feb 26, 2022

Australians paying record transport costs

Hobart and Launceston residents spend highest share of household income on fuel costs as the country pays $70 more at the bowser than they were a year ago.

ABC News · Feb 23, 2022

Icebreaker RSV Nuyina not yet cleared to travel under Tasman Bridge to reach refuelling port

It could be weeks until a decision is made on whether the new icebreaker, RSV Nuyina, can safely fit under Hobart's Tasman Bridge, TasPorts says.

ABC News · Feb 21, 2022

COVID-19 absconder from New South Wales loses appeal against jail term for sparking lockdown, family violence order breaches

The man whose escape from hotel quarantine in Hobart last year prompted a three-day lockdown has had his appeal dismissed, with the judge describing him as having a "consistent disregard for the law".

ABC News · Feb 20, 2022

Fifty years after Karen's grandfather lost his house in a blaze, she had to defend hers with a hose

When an incident with a brush cutter started a vegetation fire that threatened Karen Cupit's home in a Hobart suburb, she recalled a disaster from half a century ago.

AAP · Feb 20, 2022

Brush cutter sparks blamed for Hobart fire

Authorities say a fire that came within metres of homes in Hobart's south was accidentally caused by sparks emitted by a brush cutter.

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