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The Latest Breaking News from Tasmania

Fifth death reported in NSW; ‘it’s climate change,’ Palaszczuk says as Qld death toll rises to 10 – as it happened

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Tasmania records driest summer in 40 years as La Niña ‘swings the wind around’

Weather pattern slashes rainfall in Australia’s southernmost state while temperatures soar

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New Tas virus cases rise to four digits

Tasmania has reported 1117 new coronavirus cases and a rise in active numbers for the 16th day in a row.

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More than 100 Tasmanian devils killed on a 25km stretch of road in state's north-west

At least 114 Tasmanian devils have been killed in the last year on a rural road in Tasmania's north-west. Locals say their calls for action appear to be falling on deaf ears.

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Tasmania endures driest summer in 40 years, fourth driest since 1900

While thousands of people across Queensland and New South Wales are grappling with catastrophic floods, the country's smallest state has just endured its driest summer in four decades.

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Tasmanian prison food, kitchen practices in need of overhaul, Custodial Inspector finds

A report into prison food in Tasmania finds no-one engaged in preparing meals was trained in food hygiene, food allergies were scoffed at and religious considerations ignored — with a Muslim inmate fed ham salads.

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How Tasmania's major digital blackout was fixed, and how another could be avoided – an electrical engineer explains

Tasmanians yesterday suffered a six-hour digital blackout, with phone and internet services down across the state. Some radio and television broadcasts were also affected, as well as banking and electronic payment services.

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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.

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'Largest-ever' cocaine bust in Tasmania

Tasmania Police say they have pulled off the largest cocaine seizure in the state's history after intercepting a truck that had returned from Victoria.

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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.

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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.

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Calls to rethink geotagging of social media posts depicting Tasmania's sensitive wilderness

More and more people are heading out into Tasmania's wild areas inspired by their Instagrammable aesthetics, prompting calls for bushwalkers to remove the geotagging before posting photos.

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Tasmania reports 868 new virus cases

Tasmania has reported 868 new COVID-19 infections, a dip on the number recorded 24 hours earlier, as it records a 15th successive day of rising active cases.

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Tasmania to build 10,000 affordable homes in 10 years but thousands of people sit on public housing waitlist

The Tasmanian government unveils an ambitious 10-year plan to build more homes. But with the state's housing crisis more acute than ever, some are worried it might still leave many without a home in the short term.

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NSW death toll rises to five; more ‘high impact’ storms forecast for Queensland – as it happened

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IPCC report: Australian coral, kelp, alpine and some forest ecosystems at risk of irreversible damage due to climate change

Some of Australia's iconic and unique natural ecosystems are headed for irreversible damage if we keep emitting carbon at current rates, climate experts warn. But they're not necessarily the ones you might expect.

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Tasmania's internet outage caused by damaged Telstra cables demonstrates the state's vulnerability

The vulnerabilities of Tasmania's links to the outside world have again been on show, with errant roadworks and construction sending the state into a communications blackout for hours — with yet another problem reported less than a day later.

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Jessup drives Illawarra to NBL victory

Justinian Jessup scored 14 of his match-high 23 points in the third quarter to propel Illawarra to a 102-87 NBL win over NZ Breakers in Tasmania.

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The Loop: Flooding emergency continues, Australia to fund weapons for Ukraine and Tasmania hit by statewide internet outage

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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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Tasmania coming back online after six-hour outage of internet and mobile services

Much of the state was left without internet after two of the three cables connecting Tasmania to the mainland were taken offline

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Tasmanian internet and phone services down in 'major' outage across much of the state

EFTPOS, banking services and travel are affected by a major network fault which cut Tasmania off from the rest of the country.

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Tasmania reports 957 COVID-19 cases

Tasmania has reported 957 new COVID-19 cases, the island state's highest daily figure in more than five weeks.

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Death toll rises to 10 as bodies found in Lismore and Glen Esk – as it happened

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Just how bad could a big solar storm be in the internet age? And how would Australia be affected?

In 1859 a massive solar storm knocked out the telegraph, but back then there was no electricity or internet. So what would happen if a storm that big hit today?

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