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The Latest Breaking News from Tasmania

Toddler's shed fire death ruled an accident

The death of a three-year-old boy in a shed fire in Tasmania has been ruled an accident by the coroner.

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Edwards stars as NSW thump Tasmania in one-day cup

All-rounder Jack Edwards has led NSW to a six-wicket win against Tasmania in the one-day competition.

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Child abuse risk at detention centre 'live and current'

It will take years to close a troubled youth detention centre described as being a "live" sexual abuse risk, Tasmania's government says.

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Kids in care sexually abused for decades, inquiry finds

Tasmania's premier has apologised to child sexual abuse survivors after an inquiry found failings across multiple government institutions.

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Handscomb half-ton helps Vics down Tassie in one-dayer

Peter Handscomb has struck an important half-century in Victoria's three-wicket win against Tasmania in their domestic one-day competition opener.

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Crews work to keep Tasmanian bushfire under control

Fire authorities are still mopping up, days after people were told to evacuate a popular tourist destination on Tasmania's east coast.

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In a first, RNA is recovered from extinct Tasmanian tiger

Researchers have recovered RNA - genetic material present in all living cells that has structural similarities to DNA - from the desiccated skin and muscle of a Tasmanian tiger

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Man changes plea, admits murdering young mother

A man has pleaded guilty to the murder of a 23-year-old woman whose body was found in a home on Tasmania's northwest coast.

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Are Australia's roads becoming more dangerous? Here's what the data says

In 2022, there were nearly 1,200 road crash deaths in Australia – a figure that has remained largely the same over the past decade. However, some states and territories have seen dramatic increases in just the last five years, such as the ACT (100%), Tasmania (59.4%) and Queensland (21.2%).

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Afternoon Update: communities warned to prepare for ‘tough summer’; gunman shot dead by police; and a dolphin sex scandal

Communities are being warned of a tough season ahead as bushfires burn along the east coast during the spring heatwave

The Guardian - AU

Bushfire forces people to sleep in cars as threat eases

A bushfire near a tourist hotspot on Tasmania's east coast sparked the evacuation of campers and forced some people to sleep in their cars overnight.

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Harness racing horse welfare fails to keep pace in Tas

An interim review into Tasmania's harness racing industry has found welfare regulations and rehoming requirements are behind other states.

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Bushfires stretch along east coast as Sydney and Hunter region warned of extreme fire danger

Dozens of blazes in NSW, Queensland and Tasmania as extreme heatwave moves north

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Indigenous group condemns Jacinta Nampijinpa Price’s ‘denial of history’ – as it happened

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Campers flee tourist hotspot as bushfire sparks alerts

A warning urging people to seek shelter has been issued as a bushfire burns out of control on Tasmania's east coast near the popular Freycinet Peninsula.

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Evangelical church minister admits to child sex abuse

An evangelical church minister who was extradited to Victoria from Tasmania to face child sex abuse charges has admitted to two historic offences.

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New Species Of Venomous Spider Named After ‘Venom’ Star Tom Hardy

Venomius tomhardyi was discovered in Tasmania, Australia.

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HG Wells, Hitler and Tasmania’s dark past: the stories behind arrival cards in Australia’s National Archives

Archive material captures arrival in Australia of celebrities including Princess Anne, Fred Astaire and four-year-old Russell Crowe, as well as The War of the Worlds author’s explosive 1938-39 visit

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Polls suggest Australia Indigenous Voice referendum will fail

Latest polls suggest the only state that backs the proposal to create Indigenous advisory body is Tasmania.

The Guardian - AU

Controversial new Tasmanian AFL stadium could add $226m a year to economy, report finds

But a parliamentary committee says there has been no evidence to bolster the key assumptions underpinning the business case

Evening Standard

Australia rescues sick researcher from remote outpost in Antarctica

The researcher has been evacuated and is on a ship headed for Tasmania for treatment

The Guardian - AU

Covid cycling boom has ended with just one-third of Australians riding in 2023

The Guardian - AU

Australia records warmest winter caused by global heating and sunny conditions

NSW, Queensland and Tasmania experienced hottest winters with spring likely to deliver hotter than average temperatures too

The Guardian - AU

The massacre of Tasmania’s forests could be stopped at any time. Where are Australia’s leaders?

The tallest flowering trees on Earth reduced to stumps and a fernery maybe millions of years old razed to the ground – and this butchery is condoned

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