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Trade unions back Local Party's Leanne Minshull for Senate, in break with tradition

In a break with tradition, several trade unions in Tasmania are backing the lead candidate of a newly founded political party over Labor for the Senate.

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Braddon is one of the most marginal seats in this federal election, and these young voters want their voices heard

Tasmania's north-west and west are one of the most important battlegrounds in the federal election, with the electorate of Braddon changing hands in six of the past eight elections. Now, these young voters want their voices heard.

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Sydney Kings defeat Tasmania JackJumpers to win NBL grand final series

The Sydney Kings beat the JackJumpers in game three of the NBL grand final series, denying Tasmania a title in their maiden season.

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Commission of Inquiry hears teacher was given new position after being reported for sexually abusing student

When Rachel* was groomed and sexually abused by a high school teacher in Tasmania, she worked up the courage to report him. She later learned he was found not to have breached the state service code of conduct and had taken up another position.

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Tasmanians to be slugged with 3.5pc increase to water bills each year until 2025-26

In another hit to cost of living pressures, Tasmanians' water bills will increase by 3.5 per cent from July this year, and each year for the next four years.

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Mother and teenage son die in crash as Tasmania's road toll continues to climb

A woman in her 50s and her teenage son are killed in a crash on a Tasmanian road, with authorities now saying a Hilux driven by an off-duty police officer is thought to have drifted into the wrong lane.

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Tas education head offers abuse apology

Tasmania's education department secretary has apologised to survivors for historical abuse experienced by students in the state school system.

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JackJumpers coach slams Kings star abuse

Tasmania JackJumpers coach Scott Roth has labelled the abuse of Sydney's Dejan Vasiljevic unacceptable on the eve of game three of the NBL grand-final series.

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Tas child sex abuse survivor 'palmed off'

A child abuse survivor in Tasmania says she feels disdain for the education system, and her request for a meeting with a government minister was 'palmed off'.

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Northern Tasmania needs more people, and businesses want government help to get them

Businesses in the marginal Liberal seats of Bass and Braddon want help getting people to the island. They also need somewhere to live.

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Longley keeps Sydney focused on NBL goal

Basketball legend Luc Longley says the Sydney Kings need to solve another puzzle in game three of the NBL grand final series against the Tasmania JackJumpers.

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Ambulance 'error' before Tas man's death

A coroner has found an error in how Ambulance Tasmania triaged a call from a 77-year-old man who waited four hours for paramedics and died from a head injury.

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Fire destroys Cradle Forest Inn near world-famous national park

The Cradle Forest Inn in Tasmania's north-west is reduced to a smoking ruin after fire ripped through the building, with one witness on the scene describing an explosion that sent fragments flying up to 700 metres away.

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Tasmania's Art Deco, modernist architecture captured by photographer Thomas Ryan

A photographer on a mission to celebrate and protect Tasmanian modernism says there's more to heritage than just sandstone.

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Tasmania's housing market frenzy may be over, but prices still at an all-time high

There are signs Tasmania's real estate market has started to soften, with the Real Estate Institute of Tasmania's March quarterly report indicating the number of property sales has dropped — but prices are still running hot.

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Salmon company Huon Aquaculture used underwater explosives more than 8,000 times to deter seals

Huon Aquaculture accounted for three quarters of all seal deaths attributable to the three salmon companies in Tasmania, documents show.

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Tasmania abuse survivor 'beaten by system'

A child sexual abuse survivor in Tasmania who progressed complaints against her alleged abuser several times says she feels "beaten by the system".

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Kings edge JackJumpers in NBL GF thriller

The Sydney Kings are 2-0 up in their best-of-five NBL grand final series against the Tasmania JackJumpers after a tense 90-86 victory in Hobart.

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The towns that refuse to be torn apart by trauma: How Tasmanians are banding together to prevent suicide through 'postvention'

Suicides are devastating for tight-knit towns. Knowing that, these Tasmanians are working together to break the chains of trauma.

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Kings plan to use bigs more in second GF

Sydney coach Chase Buford plans to give his big men more shots in Sunday's game two of the NBL grand-final series against Tasmania in Hobart.

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Is Tasmania still the Apple Isle? Growers crunch the numbers as domestic and export markets shrivel

For 100 years the state was marketed to the world as an idyllic English farming utopia. But last year it produced a small fraction of Australian apples. So what now for an industry started by William Bligh and buffeted by the winds of change?

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Tasmania's satirical stage show Uni Revue changing with the times as it celebrates 75th anniversary

For generations, Tasmania's public figures have been at the mercy of one of the state's most beloved traditions: the Uni Revue. But the director of the 75th revue is acutely aware that even beloved traditions need to move with the times.

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Sydney Kings win NBL grand final opener

Sydney have beaten Tasmania 95-78 in Game 1 of the NBL grand final series but star guard and league MVP Jaylen Adams left the court early.

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Ex-cop jailed over fatal Tas car crash

A former Tasmanian police officer who drove through a red light above the speed limit and caused a crash that killed a father will spend three years in jail.

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Upper House elections in Huon, Elwick and McIntyre this weekend for Tasmanians

It is escaping everyone's attention, but there is another election taking place in Tasmania's south-east — the battle to enter the state's Upper House.

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