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Tasmanian government and UNESCO seemingly at odds over national park development: Greens

"Confused" is how Tasmanian Greens leader Cassy O'Connor says she feels about the way the Tasmanian government is continuing to support development in the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area.

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Tasmanian cavers head underground in a bid to find Australia's new deepest cave

Imagine dangling from a rope "higher than tallest part of Sydney Harbour Bridge" — in the dark. Add to that squeezing through rocky gaps, deep underground. That's what a group of explorers are planning to do in order to prove Australia has a new deepest cave in southern Tasmania.

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Sailing down the Stuart Highway, Guts Touring revives the Blackfella/Whitefella spirit

In the year Midnight Oil plays its farewell tour, another group of musicians is taking inspiration from the Oils' iconic 1986 'Blackfella/Whitefella' tour with the Warumpi Band, touring from the Top End all the way down to Tasmania.

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National Labor launches Tas intervention

The national executive of the Labor Party has taken over the Tasmanian branch following years of dysfunction and poor results at the ballot box.

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ALP national executive launches 'intervention' into Tasmanian Labor to repair branch

Years of damaging infighting and bitter spats culminate in Labor's Tasmanian branch being effectively taken over by the party's national executive, in order for it to "improve the culture" and reinstate "trust".

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Sexual assault reports in Tasmania skyrocket, ABS data shows

Tasmania sees a more than 50 per cent jump in the number of people reporting sexual assault compared to the year before, the largest percentage increase in the country.

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Carter hits out at Suns' AFL boss over Tas

Colin Carter, the author of a report into a potential Tasmanian AFL club, has slammed Gold Coast president Tony Cochrane over his views on a 19th team.

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Rape, abuse alleged at Tas youth facility

Former detainees of a youth detention centre in Tasmania allege they were sexually and physically abused by guards at the facility.

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Violinist Susan Collins to star at Newcastle Music Festival

By the time she was 14, Susan was performing with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, uat the Sydney Opera House

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Miner ordered to remove equipment in Tas

A court has ordered a mining company remove equipment from the site of a proposed expansion in Tasmania, ruling approval for works was invalid.

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Carter weighs in on Tas AFL stadium talk

Former Geelong president and author of a report into the viability of a Tasmanian AFL team, Colin Carter, says focus should not be on a building a new stadium.

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Tasmanian nurses flag increasing strikes

Nurses and midwives at Tasmania's biggest public hospital have walked off the job in their battle for better resources and more pay.

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Tasmanian teacher's Catholic school job offer withdrawn to 'avoid religious injury'

A Tasmanian teacher has had his offer of employment rescinded by a Catholic school in Hobart after the school claimed it was advised the Archbishop could not support his employment due to the teacher's "relationship arrangement".

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Tasmanian bush community comes together to heal after devastating and tragic storm

People from across the Kentish municipality come together to seek healing after last month's terrifying storm that left hurricane-like damage.

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Tas disability workers underpaid $700k

A major disability services provider in Tasmania has discovered it underpaid staff for years by up to $700,000.

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Fair Work to probe $700k underpayment to disability workers by Li-Ve Tasmania

As a disability provider in Tasmania which underpaid staff $700,000 pledges to return "every dollar" there are concerns the issue is becoming more widespread in a sector where workers are already low paid.

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Nurses to walk off the job in Hobart

Nurses at the Royal Hobart Hospital will walk off the job on Wednesday, despite an offer from the Tasmanian government to bring negotiations forward.

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Record 85.7% of Greens preferenced Labor at federal election; electoral reform proposals

Under compulsory preferential voting, all formal votes must eventually preference one of the major parties over the other. The electoral commission has released preference flow information for all minor parties, This means we can tell, for example, how many Greens voters preferred Labor and how many the Coalition.

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Tasmanian parents brace for school return amid expected COVID peak

With the peak of the latest Omicron wave expected to hit Tasmania, some parents and teachers are nervous about today's start to Term 3 and want masks mandated in schools, not just recommended.

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Bob Brown Foundation wins legal case against Chinese-owned MMG mine tailings dam approval

A Federal court finds the Morrison government's approval for a tailings dam in Tasmania's wilderness area is invalid, prompting calls for people arrested during protests there to be compensated as "citizen heroes".

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Bob Brown win in Tas mine court battle

The Federal Court has declared government approval for mine expansion-related works in west Tasmania didn't properly consider potential harm to a rare owl.

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Tas Liberal government exodus continues

Tasmania's Police Minister Jacquie Petrusma has walked away from politics, the fourth cabinet member to quit the state government this year.

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Laws allowing pet ban in rentals to be reviewed in Tasmania amid housing crisis and surrenders

The struggle to find rent in Tasmania has been well documented and there are even fewer places that allow animals but the government says it's now willing to review laws to stop people from having to surrender their pets.

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Tas premier makes AFL bid funding threat

Tasmania's premier has threatened to withdraw the state government's funding offer for an AFL team if the league "doesn't respect" its magnitude.

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A new mosque in northern Tasmania is helping attract young professionals to the region

Mosques are few and far between in regional Australia, but they can play an important role in attracting and retaining young professionals to places outside major cities.

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