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Australia's leading harness racing stable, Yole Racing, at centre of cheating allegations

One stable dominates the harness racing industry — sometimes fielding an entire race with its horses. Insiders warn unusual races and betting mean integrity officers need to act.

ABC News · Mar 25, 2023

Women fleeing violence living on the streets, returning to abusers as shelters turn them away

In desperate search of a safe space, 1,182 women and children called the Hobart Women's Shelter last financial year — 943 of them were turned away.

ABC News · Mar 16, 2023

Beauty Project challenges ideas of what's beautiful at Tasmania's Ten Day on the Island festival

Artist Elise Romaszko is challenging the concept of what beauty is, through a dance piece where all the costumes and props are made from recycled materials.

ABC News · Mar 10, 2023

Daily struggle for homeless who have set up tents passed by pedestrians every morning at Hobart's Rivulet Park

On a regular weekday morning in Hobart, the city's popular Rivulet Park track is busy with pedestrians and cyclists — but few seem to have noticed the tents which have popped up in the trees.

ABC News · Mar 1, 2023

Million-dollar windfall for club connected to senior Tasmanian Liberal Mark Shelton

A senior Tasmanian government MP is at the centre of fresh questions about a perceived conflict of interest, after a community project he and his family are involved with won $1 million in taxpayer funding following recent state and federal elections.

ABC News · Feb 28, 2023

Allied health graduates offered a financial incentive to stay or move to Tasmania

When Chloe Winkler Sheean was offered a job at the Launceston Hospital, she had to turn it down. She says a financial incentive to move to Tasmania's north could have changed everything.

ABC News · Feb 27, 2023

Tasmanian government urged to hear from children as institutional child sexual abuse inquiry nears end

An 18-year-old who has experience in Tasmania's out-of-home care system has a message for ministers and bureaucrats responsible for implementing recommendations from the state's commission of inquiry.

ABC News · Feb 24, 2023

Tasmanian Aboriginals want cultural objects returned to country as TMAG holds exhibition

Members of Tasmania's Aboriginal communities are calling on international institutions to repatriate their cultural treasures, arguing "loans" are not good enough because "nobody borrows their own belongings".

ABC News · Feb 22, 2023

Calls for national container deposit scheme to stop 'discouraging innovation' of small producers

Small brewers in Tasmania and Victoria are struggling to keep up with individual container refund schemes across the country. Brewers say the red tape is killing innovation.

ABC News · Feb 18, 2023

Caesar the dog had separation anxiety — but found his perfect home with Risdon prison program

Caesar used to be a shy and anxious dog that nobody wanted, but after prisoners participating in a program fell in love with him, he's now enjoying a life sentence at Risdon Prison — and the inmates are feeling the benefits as well.

ABC News · Feb 17, 2023