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The Latest Breaking News from Tasmania

Tasmania cops 'crap' AFL fixtures for 2023 as wait for state's own team drags into the new year

The AFL's decision to schedule a series of eight potentially low-drawing matches for Tasmania in 2023 has been described as "crap" by a former premier, as talks over the state's own licence drag on.

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JackJumpers win NBL grand final rematch

Milton Doyle and Jack McVeigh have combined to lead the Tasmania JackJumpers to a stunning come-from-behind 84-76 NBL victory over the Sydney Kings.

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Tasmania to remember Hillcrest victims

Public and private commemorations will be held in Tasmania this week to remember the victims and impact of the primary school jumping castle tragedy.

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Looking back at a time when Tasmania's ancient reptiles and dinosaurs packed a bite

Meet Tasmaniosaurus, the ancient reptile fossil found in West Hobart.

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Forth pub celebrates colourful, sometimes tragic, 150-year history in Tasmania

A music festival this weekend celebrates a much-loved Tasmanian bush pub with a colourful, sometimes tragic, history.

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Inquest into four Tasmania Police suicides exposes harsh toll on officers

Overworked, enduring nightmares of dead bodies, self-medicating with alcohol and other drugs, with the help from well-meaning colleagues in some cases doing more harm than good: An inquest examining the suicides of four police officers in four years has laid bare the torment members can face.

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AFP, ATO target 'dodgy' tax software

Businesses allegedly using software to avoid paying tax have been targeted by the AFP in Victoria, NSW, Queensland, Western Australia and Tasmania.

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Native forest logging near Blue Tier mountain bikes given green light as court case dismissed

A group worried about the environmental and economic impact of native forest logging on the Blue Tier mountain bike trails loses a legal challenge but says the fight is not over.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

AAP

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.

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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.

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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.

The Independent UK

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’

Evening Standard

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

AAP

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.

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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.

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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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