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Safety and culture reset needed after rally deaths

The organiser of the Targa Tasmania tarmac rally has flagged a suite of safety reforms following the deaths of four competitors in two years.

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Inflation may be falling but business’s drive to maximise profits fuelled Australia’s cost-of-living nightmare

A significant reason for the drop in inflation was the federal government’s energy bill relief fund and the rebates in Queensland, WA and Tasmania

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Tasmania-Queensland One-Day match washed out

Queensland were struggling at 5-128 when rain washed out their One Day Cup clash with Tasmania at the Junction Oval.

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Big states still truant in school funding stoush

Pressure is mounting on some of Australia's biggest states after Tasmania became the third jurisdiction to agree to the Commonwealth's school funding deal.

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Rally deaths inquest raises safety system questions

An inquest into four deaths in three crashes at the Targa Tasmania tarmac rally event is examining safety procedures, including briefings and car assessments.

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Ray of light for endangered fish as salmon debate rages

Numbers of an endangered ray at the centre of a fight between conservationists and the salmon industry have increased for the first time in nearly a decade.

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‘Amazed I’m still alive’: surfer survives massive wipeout in Tasmania

Mikey Brennan disappeared from view as wave crashed over him at notoriously dangerous surf spot Shipstern Bluff

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Tasmanians have lost more than $1bn on poker machines since 2018 election, data reveals

Anti-gambling advocates say pre-commitment card offers best chance to reduce ‘overwhelming’ harm caused by losses of half a million dollars a day

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Seventh heaven as Sam Elliott's 7-12 rattles Tasmania

Victorian paceman Sam Elliott has narrowly missed out on breaking Shaun Tait's 20-year-old bowling record after snaring 7-12 against Tasmania.

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Shareholders test Coles, Woolies over extinction threat

Australia's supermarket duopoly is facing a double-barrelled shareholder challenge over fish farming threats to an ancient, imperilled species.

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'No clear answers': fresh call in missing veteran case

Police have renewed a call for information 35 years after a Vietnam War veteran went missing in Tasmania's remote highlands.

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Fossils from lush 53 million-year-old South Pole rainforest discovered in Tasmania

Researchers have identified 12 ancestral plant species from an early Eocene fossil assemblage in Tasmania that once formed part of a giant, circumpolar forest.

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JackJumpers express fear over hectic pre-season prep

The Tasmania JackJumpers have opened their title defence with a loss, but it is their costly pre-season that is worrying coach Scott Roth the most.

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Privacy experts shocked as Hobart council agrees to beam live CCTV footage into police station

Sharing livestream from 330 council-operated cameras with force via ‘portal’ in Hobart police station labelled ‘a massive intrusion on rights’

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Dellavedova stars as Melbourne beat JackJumpers

Melbourne United have exacted a small slice of revenge for their Championship Series loss to Tasmania, defeating the defending NBL champions 88-79 in Perth.

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Melbourne United wise up ahead of grand final re-match

The NBL season begins on Thursday night as Melbourne United attempt to turn the tables on the all-conquering Tasmania JackJumpers in a grand final re-match.

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Heat on state leaders as emissions, temperatures rise

An analysis of Tasmania's environment has found the state is in poor shape on more than half of its indicators, prompting calls for stronger climate action.

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'Absolutely magical': Rare glowing duo of tree frog and parasitic ghost fungus captured in otherworldly photo

An image of a biofluorescent frog perched on a bioluminescent mushroom is the People's Choice winner for the Beaker Street Science Photography Competition 2024.

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Minority Liberals hit another cross bench bump

A cross bench MP has refused to sign a new deal of support with Tasmania's minority Liberal government but has instead given a "verbal agreement".

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Perth in the box seat to keep NBL's HoopsFest

The NBL's inaugural HoopsFest will be launched this week, with the four-day festival starting with a grand final rematch between Melbourne United and Tasmania.

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Remnants of NZ supereruption found in Tasmanian wetland

Invisible volcanic glass shards found in Tasmanian wetland sediment may have originated from the supereruption of New Zealand's Taupo Volcano 26,000 years ago.

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Weekend cold front to bring hail, snow and chilly winds to parts of east coast

BoM modelling shows chance of above average rainfall for eastern states in coming months, and high bushfire risk for parts of NT and Queensland

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'Mortgaging the future': Liberal state debt criticised

Labor and key cross bench independents have lashed the Tasmanian Liberal minority government for a budget which doubles debt.

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Fossils of bone-crushing and meat-slashing Tasmanian tiger ancestors discovered in Australia

Three newfound thylacine relatives recently unearthed in Australia suggest that marsupial predators were more widespread in ancient Australia than previously thought.

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Liberals to double debt, delay budget surplus

The Tasmanian Liberal government's 2024/25 budget has pushed back a projected surplus and forecast net debt to double in four years.

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