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The last King Island emu died a stranger in a foreign land

In 1805 black swans, kangaroos, and the world's last King Island emu lived amongst the sweeping lawns of the Château de Malmaison in Paris. So how did this creature make it to an empress' garden?

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'I'm living every parent's worst nightmare - my daughter has been missing for a month'

Mum-of-four Bobbi-Lee Ketchell, 34, says she has barely been able to sleep or eat since her daughter Shyanne-Lee, 14, went missing

Daily Mirror

The remarkable life of Edith Emery - from prisoner of the Nazis to groundbreaking Tasmanian architect

Edith Emery's life reads like something from a Hollywood movie script — a successful career as a doctor cut short by Hitler's invasion of Austria, a long-distance romance that landed her in a prisoner of war camp, and her final chapter, breaking new ground in Tasmania.

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Stacey's garden was so overgrown she feared eviction — then a stranger stepped in

A local business in Tasmania began mowing lawns free of charge after noticing a lot of clients simply couldn't afford their services — for Stacey Gaspero, it may just have saved her from being evicted.

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Tasmanian woman who starved to death in her home was let down, neighbour says

The neighbour of a Tasmanian woman who starved to death in her own home says the 71-year-old was let down by those who should have stepped in to help her.

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Deadloch review – ripsnorting whodunnit pumps new blood into old tropes

Australian comedy duo Kate McLennan and Kate McCartney are behind this dark and funny series about a series of murders in a small Tasmanian town

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Tasmanian town pharmacy turns grocery shop, post office after closures leave residents stranded

When this town's residents need to collect the post or the bread, they go to the local pharmacy.

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Woman with mental health issues starved to death in community housing after Tasmania Police welfare check

A woman's "lonely death" of starvation in the suburbs of an Australian capital city raised "several issues", including with police inaction, a Tasmanian coroner has said.

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The dangers of fungal diseases on crops

"Ever since potatoes emerged . . . growers have battled the threat of soil-borne fungal and bacterial diseases"

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Tasmanian Labradoodles face court over alleged breaches of animal welfare act

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Snow and fog, sure — but what other weather does winter bring to Tasmania?

Winter in Tasmania is not all snow-capped mountains and teeth-chattering frosts. The coldest season brings all kinds of possible weather around the island state.

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Calls for jack jumper ant allergy program to be expanded in Tasmania

One sting from a jack jumper ant lurking in Jennie Kun's garden could be deadly. She's just started a treatment program to train her body to stop being allergic, but says it needs to be made more accessible.

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Jimmy Taylor vanished in Derby 49 years ago. Now the cold case has a new suspect and a $1 million reward

It's been almost 50 years since Jimmy Taylor vanished from outside a shop in his home town. Now a new suspect and a $1 million reward have sparked hopes the mystery may be solved.

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Tasmanian minister Nic Street apologises to community services over lack of money in budget

The minister responsible for Tasmania's community services sector — which includes mental health, disability and homelessness organisations — apologised to the peak body for last week's state budget, which he described as "inadequate".

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Their fight made history, but Franklin blockade activists say their tactics wouldn't work today

Activists involved in the protest that saved the Franklin River say the environmental win would not have been possible under today's anti-protest laws.

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Work to cull number of councils in Tasmania takes another step forward

Attempts to cut down the number of councils in Tasmania have failed dismally in the past. Now, what a reduced number could look like has been released for public comment.

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Tasmania says it is committed to truth and treaty, but how is it progressing?

While other states take steps, and even strides, towards reconciliation with their Indigenous communities, what’s happened in Tasmania in the 18 months since a report urged the Tasmanian government legislate a framework towards a treaty?

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Tandara Lodge Nursing Home Auxiliary in Tasmania's north-west closing after 45 years

A volunteer group that's helped make residents of a Tasmanian nursing home feel comfortable and looked after for 45 years is closing because its members are ageing and it can't find new recruits.

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At What Cost? Nathan Maynard explores the fraught issue of who can call themselves Aboriginal, in the safe space of the theatre

Tasmanian playwright Nathan Maynard is using the safe space of the theatre to examine the fraught issue of who can call themselves Aboriginal, in his play At What Cost?

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Tasmanian timber industry wants greater access to native forests. Conservationists are resisting that push

It's been more than a decade since a peace deal was signed to put an end to Tasmania's "forest wars". But Victoria's decision this week to end native forest logging has reignited debate about the future of the industry in the island state.

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ABC News reporter Katri Uibu named journalist of the year at Tasmanian media awards

ABC Tasmania's investigative reporter Katri Uibu is named Tasmanian Journalist of the Year, with six other categories also won by the Tasmanian newsroom.

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Shane Barker murder trial hears co-accused lied to Tasmania Police in 2009 interview

A Tasmanian jury has been played a 2009 police interview with a man accused of shooting his son-in-law in which he tells police he made-up a fake alibi to avoid being a suspect — and tells detectives if he wanted to kill someone, he "would have done it during deer…

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Deer cull in Tasmanian wilderness nets double number expected in first aerial pest control operation

Tasmania's first aerial pest control operation aimed at eradicating wild fallow deer nets double the number expected.

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Navy ship HMAS Launceston runs last border patrols ahead of June decommissioning

HMAS Launceston is being decommissioned on June 1, ending a run of navy vessels named after the Tasmanian city dating back to 1942.

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More money than expected for AFL team in Tasmanian budget but public sector cuts on the way

There's hundreds of millions of dollars in the state budget to kickstart Tasmania's entry into the AFL — but there's also a debt blow-out on the horizon, explains Adam Langenberg.

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