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Tasmania's Ashley youth prison closure must be brought forward, children's commissioner, advocates say

One of the people instrumental in the examination of the notorious Don Dale youth prison in Darwin says Tasmania's government should "learn from the example" of how the Northern Territory went against the recommendations of a damning royal commission into its facility for young offenders.

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Tas youth staff 'bashed detainee on bed'

An inquiry has been told a detainee at Tasmania's youth detention centre was bashed into a bed frame by a worker after being found self-harming.

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Biggest seismic testing for oil and gas at odds with Australia’s net zero push, activists say

Environmentalists condemn ‘outrageous’ testing plans in Otway Basin off coast of Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia

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Ashley youth detainee alleges bribes offered if 'nice things' said about Tasmanian prison at abuse inquiry

A former detainee of Tasmania's youth detention centre tells an inquiry he was bribed by the current centre manager to say nice things about the facility — while the centre's manager says he was greeted with a "voodoo doll with pins through the heart" on his first day.

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Uniting church in Australia tells staff to avoid using Uber due to company’s ‘unethical foundations’

Church’s decision in Tasmania and Victoria made in part because of Guardian’s Uber Files investigation

The Guardian - AU

'You get burnt together, you get wet together, you dance together': how festivals transform lives – and landscapes

Every year in lutruwita/Tasmania, tens of thousands of people journey to and meander through the island state and take in festivals such as Dark Mofo, Cygnet Folk Festival or Nayri Niara Good Spirit Festival.

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Allegations of cover-ups, staff frustration and management inaction at Ashley youth prison, abuse inquiry hears

Shredded documents, missing reports and staff too scared to speak up, or ignored — Tasmania's commission of inquiry hears more evidence of what goes on behind the gates at the island's only youth prison.

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Female detainee tells of abuse, torment, while at Tasmania's Ashley youth prison

Stealing a bag of chips — that was the crime that would land Erin in Tasmania's Ashley youth prison, a place where she would be sexually abused, punished if she complained and taught that it was better just to shut up and accept it.

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Ex-Test skipper Paine eyes cricket return

Former Australian Test captain Tim Paine is returning to training in Tasmania as he eyes a comeback to cricket.

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Tasmanian salmon industry used more than 2,400 anti-seal explosives in three months

‘Seal crackers’ and bean bag rounds are designed to scare off protected wildlife but critics say the occasionally deadly measures amount to animal cruelty

The Guardian - AU

Tas youth centre staff a 'pack of animals'

A child sexual abuse inquiry has been told staff at a Tasmanian detention centre would break the arms and legs of detainees and block the sun in their cells.

AAP

Resurrecting the Tasmanian tiger may be a noble idea – but what about preserving existing species?

While de-extinction research may benefit conservation efforts overall, we shouldn’t have to rely on it to give a wildlife a future

The Guardian - AU

Police investigating suspicious fire that caused $500,000 damage at Circle Coffee House in New Norfolk

ABC News

Hockey: Rams leader eyes off shot at 2022 nationals

"Any chance to play at that level, whether that be for NSW, Victoria, Tasmania, I don't care."

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Abled Kitchen program helping young Tasmanians with sensory disabilities labelled a success

A new home is almost locked in for Abled Kitchen in Launceston after a successful 12-month trial helping Tasmanians who have sensory disabilities.

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A plan to bring the Tasmanian tiger back from extinction raises questions

The thylacine had trademark stripes and, rare in the animal world, abdominal pouches in both females and males. The last known specimen died in a zoo in 1936.

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Landmark study finds snow skinks can change sex before birth

After years of speculation, scientists are finally able to confirm that a native Tasmanian skink can change sex before it's born — and it may make this lizard more vulnerable to climate change.

The Guardian - AU

From pest to quest: how the Tasmanian tiger captured the imagination

Today the possible re-creation of the thylacine generates worldwide headlines. By contrast the last thylacine’s death did not generate any headlines at all

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Amnesty call to shut Tas youth detention

Amnesty International is calling on the Tasmanian government to immediately close a youth detention centre described as having a culture of brutality.

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Bulldogs chase backdoor AFL finals entry

The Western Bulldogs will need to beat Hawthorn in Tasmania before hoping Carlton lose to Collingwood to reach this year's AFL finals.

ABC News

Child inmate at Ashley Youth Detention Centre ruined by incarceration experience, mother tells inquiry

The mother of a boy imprisoned at Tasmania's Ashley Youth Detention Centre tells an inquiry her son was "savable" and "a child who still had a future" when he went in — but his ordeal at the prison changed that.

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The Ashley Youth Detention Centre is set for closure, so here's how the government will replace it

Revelations about a culture of violence and sexual abuse at Tasmania's only youth detention facility have shocked and appalled many, with one expert saying it should be "razed to the ground" — so what is Ashley and what is proposed to replace it?

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Launceston's Cataract Gorge floods again, as more heavy rains predicted for Tasmania

What was meant to be a pleasant chairlift ride across a popular swimming spot instead gave a mother and daughter a bit of a fright, with the visitors to Tasmania's Cataract Gorge spooked by the river which "sounded like a wild animal".

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Ashley Youth Detention Centre guards forced child to perform sexual acts to get his medication, inquiry hears

A former child detainee at Tasmania's only youth detention centre tells an inquiry he was made to perform sexual acts on guards in exchange for his ADHD medication, with counsel assisting calling the centre, which still operates, a "monster".

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68-year-old Tasmanian runner has his 100th marathon within reach

Launceston marathon runner Michael Booth is showing no signs of slowing down as he chases a goal of 100 events.

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