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Westbury locals relieved as Deloraine's Ashley Youth Detention Centre becomes preferred site of new prison instead

The plan to build an adult prison in the northern Tasmanian town of Westbury has been ditched, with the Ashley Youth Detention Centre site instead identified as the preferred option.

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Weather warnings for Tasmania as severe thunderstorm brings flooding to Hobart, power outages and school closures

Conditions ease after a severe thunderstorm sweeps through parts of Tasmania, leading to power outages, school closures and roads flooding.

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Tasmania's 'unexamined dark past' has led to latest reckoning with child sexual abuse

The current inquiry into sexual abuse in Tasmania has opened wounds, with one expert saying the "unexamined dark past" of the prison island has a lot to answer for — made worse by lingering shame and a compulsion for secrecy.

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Tas abuse inquiry told of disclosure risks

A commission of inquiry is examining the Tasmanian government's responses to allegations of historical and contemporary sexual abuse by public servants.

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Goliath cement ship was in wrong steering mode during crash that sank Tasmanian tugs, report finds

An incorrect steering setting was selected on a cement carrier ship when it unexpectedly sped up and collided with two tugboats in Tasmania's north-west, causing millions of dollars worth of damage.

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Race for the Senate: could Labor and the Greens gain control?

As well as the whole House of Representatives, 40 of the 76 Senate seats will be up for election on May 21. There are 12 senators per state and two per territory. At half-Senate elections, six senators for each state and the four territory senators are up for election. Unless…

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Jacqui Lambie preferences Labor in two Tasmanian seats but backs Bridget Archer in Bass

ALP will benefit in Braddon and Lyons and will preference JLN Senate candidate Tammy Tyrrell

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Winter comes early for the south-east as Tasmania stares down an east coast low

Temperatures four to eight degrees below average are set to chill the south-east as Tasmania braces for an east coast low.

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Kings coach wants to avoid NBL rugby match

Sydney coach Chase Buford is wary of Tasmania drawing his side into a highly physical encounter in the NBL's grand final series.

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Work culture could be why detention centre staff have 'unfavourable views about children', commission hears

"Negative socialisation" could explain why the behaviour and attitudes of Ashley Youth Detention Centre workers might reflect attitudes of "years past", Tasmania's child sexual abuse commission of inquiry hears.

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Tas baby boy died after 'mismanaged' birth

The death of a two-week-old baby boy in Tasmania was the result of a severe brain injury that occurred during a "mismanaged" birth, a coroner has ruled.

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Austin's heartwarming firelighters make CEO on autism spectrum 'visible'

Tasmanian parents make their son, who has autism and is non-verbal, the CEO and public face of their business.

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Environmentalists say logging in Tasmania has been illegal since 1987. Here's why law changes are being rushed through

A "technical issue" in a 1987 Tasmanian law has started a debate over whether all logging and related protester arrests since then have been illegal. So, what does it mean for the Tasmanian forest industry and those who want the trees to be left as they are?

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Tasmanian school crossing guards to trial wearing body cameras amid bad driver behaviour

Tasmanian school crossing guard Brett Carhart says he has nearly been run over and abused by people who "needed to get to the hairdresser real quick" and now feels safer wearing a body camera.

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Pioneering ABC cinematographer Dorothy Hallam reflects on filming news stories in Tasmania from 1961 to 1983

Ninety-seven-year-old Dorothy Hallam reflects on her trail-blazing career, shooting news for the ABC in Tasmania from 1961 to 1983.

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Tasmania goes into carbon negative, with researchers saying native forests must be preserved

Tasmania has gone from being an emitter of carbon dioxide to now removing more than it is emitting to the atmosphere — with researchers saying the turning point was when the logging of native forests stopped.

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Mother's worry about Tas nurse 'dismissed'

A Tasmanian woman has told an inquiry of her daughter's distress and anxiety after being treated by a nurse who was later charged with child sex offences.

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Australia's rocketing rural land prices

A report from the Rural Bank shows rural land values have hit their highest level of growth in 27 years, with parts of Tasmania seeing the biggest hikes.

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Fairytale continues for JackJumpers

Coach Scott Roth hails Tasmania JackJumpers' resilience as they write their way into the record books reaching the NBL grand final series in their debut year.

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Tasmania JackJumpers reach NBL grand final with victory over Melbourne United

The JackJumpers will play the Sydney Kings in the NBL grand final series after defeating Melbourne United in the deciding game-three semifinal 76-73.

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Tasmania complete historic run to NBL GF

NBL newcomers Tasmania will play Sydney in the championship decider following an upset 2-1 semi-final series victory over defending champions Melbourne United.

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Mother tells Tasmania's commission of inquiry about how paedophile nurse James Griffin gained family's trust

A Tasmanian mother speaks of her anguish at reading in a newspaper about allegations against now notorious paedophile nurse James Griffin, years after her daughter's death.

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Finding next Cathy Freeman, Ian Thorpe the mission of Ian Chesterman as Australian Olympic Committee president

Ian Chesterman has set himself an almost unreachable goal in his new job — to find superstar athletes the calibre of Cathy Freeman and Ian Thorpe, to spearhead Australia's Olympic hopes into the future.

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Bob Brown Foundation loses federal court bid to stop MMG mine tailing dams in Tarkine over masked owl concerns

The Bob Brown Foundation loses its Federal Court bid to halt preliminary works for a controversial mine tailings dam inside the takayna/Tarkine rainforest in Tasmania's west.

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World-first women's fly fishing championships beckons Tasmanian trio

A world-first event is just weeks away for Tasmania's three best female fly fishers, who are heading to Norway to compete in the first-ever championships for women.

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