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The Latest Breaking News from Tasmania

NSW police taskforce to investigate spate of shootings – as it happened

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Rescue efforts are underway for dozens of whales beached along an Australia coast

The incident is reminiscent of one in September, in which some 200 pilot whales died after a pod stranded itself on the remote west coast of Tasmania, off Australia's southeastern coast.

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Global calls to revoke ‘misleading’ sustainable farming certification for salmon in Tasmania’s Macquarie Harbour

Letters sent to two accreditation schemes say pollution is contributing to the extinction of a critically endangered fish species

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Queer disobedience and uncomfortable truths: your guide to the 2023 Miles Franklin shortlist

This year’s Miles Franklin shortlist takes us from Sydney’s criminal underclass in the 1930s and the quiet waters of rural Tasmania in the 1940s to shopping for design objects in contemporary Japan.

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Stadium pressure forces minority Tas govt into shuffle

Tasmania's premier is handing over health and tweaking cabinet roles as the Liberals govern in minority after two MPs walked to the cross bench.

AAP

Bob Brown to fight anti-logging protest criminal charge

Former federal Greens leader Bob Brown has pleaded not guilty to trespassing over a protest in Tasmania against logging in the habitat of a rare parrot.

AAP

Pedophile priest sentenced for further child abuse

Jailed former priest David Edwin Rapson has been sentenced to more prison time for the historical abuse of three schoolboys in Tasmania.

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‘Aren’t what they used to be’: other Australian states quick to rule out bids for 2026 Commonwealth Games after Victorian withdrawal

Perth’s lord mayor is keen but all other Australian states have ruled out stepping in to replace Victoria

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Bay of Fires review – Marta Dusseldorp brings depth and gravitas to show confused by both

Thriller set in Tasmania is so lost between drama and comedy that its story – and its cast – fails to register either way

The Guardian - AU

Tasmanian court sentences environmental activist to jail for first time in more than a decade

Protester Colette Joan Harmsen says she committed offences due to ‘worsening climate crisis’ and is not a ‘menace to society’

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Activist jailed for anti-logging, mining protests

A Tasmanian activist has been jailed for three months for breaching a suspended sentence during protests at mining and logging sites.

AAP

Targa Tasmania cancelled for 2023

The event had already been postponed from its traditional April slot to late October amid an ongoing safety review into tarmac rallying.

Motorsport

No campaign runs opposite claims on Indigenous voice across different social media pages

Exclusive: Advance lobby group runs multiple Facebook pages that target different demographics, including one that purports to be a neutral news source

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MP says byelections ‘very unpredictable’ – as it happened

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ToniMay is a bohemian inspired Australia jewellery label based in Paddington, Sydney. They create jewels to be loved and lived in, embodying the spirit of wanderlust and a life well-travelled. They are looking for a detail oriented, data driven and self motivated Ecommerce Fulfilment and Inventory Manager to join their…

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Publisher withdraws former police officer’s memoir after force questions Port Arthur massacre claim

Victoria Police says Christophe Glasl was not in Tasmania at the time of Port Arthur massacre, despite his claim to have been involved in its resolution

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Celine Cremer: search for Belgian backpacker missing in Tasmania called off

Police said ‘poor weather conditions and cool temperatures’ meant the tourist could not have survived, but they still hope to bring family ‘closure’

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Weather warnings issued as cold front moves through Australia’s south and south-east

BoM says Victoria, NSW, SA and Tasmania could be in for very strong winds, potentially over 90km/h

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Tasmania's AFL chair focused despite stadium debate

Ongoing debate and political upheaval around Tasmania's entry to the AFL won't distract the new club's inaugural chair Grant O'Brien.

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Paramedic's death prompts Ambulance Tasmania overhaul

A coroner has handed down 13 recommendations for Ambulance Tasmania after a paramedic with long-standing drug and mental health issues took his own life.

AAP

Tasmania trashed as 'Australia's most secretive state'

Tasmania has the highest rate of freedom of information refusals in the nation and average review request wait times have tripled in five years, analysis shows.

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Celine Cremer: waterfall and river to be searched for missing Belgian tourist in Tasmania

Police say swift water will be examined on Tuesday ‘before we begin to scale back the search’

AAP

One conviction set aside over pony deaths on ferry

The Spirit of Tasmania ferry operator will get a chance to have one of its 29 convictions quashed over the deaths of 16 polo ponies.

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New clues in search for missing tourist feared dead

A walker who visited a waterfall in northwest Tasmania is being urged to contact police investigating the disappearance of a Belgian tourist.

The Guardian - AU

July forecast to start off wet and cold across large parts of Australia

Unseasonable cloud band over north of the country predicted to hit parts of New South Wales, Victoria, the ACT and Tasmania

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