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Tasmanian windfarm approved despite concerns for threatened wildlife

Environment groups say Robbins Island, home to Tasmanian devil colony and critically endangered orange-bellied parrot, is ‘worst possible place’ for energy park

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Tasmanian Premier Jeremy Rockliff encourages kunanyi/Mt Wellington cable car proponents to keep proposal alive

Tasmanian Premier Jeremy Rockliff says he would be "pleased" to receive an updated kunanyi/Mt Wellington cable car proposal after the company behind the project hit a major snag in the state's planning tribunal.

ABC News

Robbins Island wind farm proposal approved on condition of 5-month annual shutdown due to orange-bellied parrots

A wind farm proposal in Tasmania is given the green light — but under the condition it doesn't operate for five months of the year, so as not to interfere with the annual migration of a parrot species.

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Illegal poppy seeds pulled from Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens' gift shop

The Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens is urging customers who bought restricted poppy seeds from its gift shop to return them, after realising it was selling the prohibited product following recent raids on a Hobart flower farm.

ABC News

Tasmanian man wins worker's compensation claim after falling during dog walk while on-call

A Tasmanian man who fell and broke his leg while walking his dog wins his worker's compensation claim, after a court ruled it happened in the course of his employment as he was on-call at the time.

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Fears changes to after-hours animal care in Tasmania will shift burden to vets opting to stay on-call

There are fears a proposed change by Tasmania's veterinary board will leave some areas without options for after-hours pet care, and put an extra burden on staff who are already at their limit.

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Woman's fatal fall from wheelchair in sloping car park examined by Tasmanian coroner

The daughter of a 90-year-old woman who died after her wheelchair rolled away and toppled over had moments earlier told a taxi driver of her concerns about a steep sloping car park, a coroner says.

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The long-lost remains of the last known Tasmanian tiger have been found in a cupboard

The skeleton and skin of what is believed to be the last Tasmanian tiger have been stashed away in a cupboard at a museum in Tasmania, where experts lost track of the bizarre looking creature.

WEKU

German backpacker sentenced over death of Jingai Zhang in Tasmania in 2020

A 29-year-old German man is sentenced to five years' jail over the death of a sex worker on Boxing Day 2020 in Tasmania. Warning: This story contains details of strangulation.

ABC News

Tas govt doubles down on cable car support

Tasmania's government supports a cable car to the top of Hobart's mountain, despite latest plans seemingly reaching a dead end after several rejections.

AAP

Sea urchins have invaded Tasmania and Victoria, but we can’t work out what to do with them

While crown-of-thorns starfish on the Great Barrier Reef have long been ecological villains in the popular imagination, sea urchins have mostly crawled under the national radar – until now.

The Conversation

Stop calling the last thylacine Benjamin, Tasmanian tiger researcher says

Ever since a dodgy character told a story about the last-ever Tasmanian tiger 54 years ago, the poor animal has come to be known as Benjamin — and that annoys the heck out of researcher Robert Paddle.

ABC News

Remains of last Tasmanian tiger discovered after decades-long mystery

‘It is bittersweet that the mystery surrounding the remains of the last thylacine has been solved’

The Independent UK

Long-lost remains of last Tasmanian tiger from 1936 found in museum cupboard

The last-known Tasmanian tiger died in Hobart’s Beaumaris Zoo in September 1936

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Gale calls on govt to support Tas AFL team

Richmond boss Brendon Gale wants the federal government to tip in for Hobart's proposed new stadium to help ensure Tasmania is granted an AFL licence.

AAP

Long lost Tassie tiger found at museum

Researchers have realised the long-lost remains of the last-known thylacine have in fact been in the collection of a Tasmanian museum.

AAP

Bester faces court over Tame 'harassment'

The man who sexually abused former Australian of the Year Grace Tame has faced a Tasmanian court for allegedly harassing her via social media.

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Inside Tasmania's troubled Ashley Youth Detention Centre, where kids say they get no help

A "gladiator pit", a "war zone", a "kindergarten for the adult prison" — these are just some of the ways Tasmania's only youth detention centre has been described. This is what it's like inside.

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Wade fires as Tigers chase 417 to win

Tasmania batsman Matthew Wade was dropped early but reached 41no at tea with the Tigers 1-69 against South Australia chasing 417 for Sheffield Shield victory.

ABC News

Family of 4yo burned in shed fire in northern Tasmania says he is 'doing well' in hospital

The grandmother of a four-year-old child who was severely burnt in a shed fire in Tasmania's north describes him as a "beautiful and kind boy", as he recovers in a Hobart hospital.

ABC News

Tasmanians under guardianship orders to be allowed to speak out under proposed reforms

People under guardianship orders in Tasmania would be able to speak publicly for the first time under potentially groundbreaking and nation-leading changes being considered by the state's attorney-general.

AAP

SA near 300 Shield lead after quicks star

A strong pace bowling effort has given South Australia the advantage in their Shield match in Hobart, leading Tasmania by almost 300 runs after day two.

ABC News

How a new clinical trial is aiming to improve the lives of people living with MS

A new treatment to repair the damage the disease causes could be on the horizon, thanks to a ground-breaking study underway in Tasmania.

ABC News

Nurses warn aged care reform 'loophole' could see positions axed across the country

Nurses lobby federal ministers after a Tasmanian aged care provider's shock decision to axe enrolled nurses, citing a lack of funding.

ABC News

Tasmanian farmer wages battle over logging plan, fearing swift parrot habitat loss

A Tasmanian apple farmer says he was told forest next to his property was safe from logging but then out of the blue, bulldozers started to roll in.

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