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The Latest Breaking News from Tasmania

Harsher anti-protest laws targeting environmentalists are putting greed before green

Penalties for peaceful action are now the same as for aggravated assault

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Where are the coldest places in Tasmania and why are they so chilly?

In Tasmania it can get so cold you open the door to the fridge to warm the house up — where are the coldest places and how does it compare with mainland Australia?

ABC News

'Lack of action' over Tas pedophile nurse

A Tasmanian inquiry has been told an alleged pedophile nurse was reported to police and breached patient boundaries across decades before being charged.

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Farm life a tough ask with rising land prices and cost pressures adding to the strain

Wade von Stieglitz hopes his "starter" block in Tasmania's north-west will be the first step in building a full-time career on the land — but rising land prices and other cost pressures are making it hard for first-time farmers like him and his family.

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Woman charged over Tasmanian shooting

A woman will face court accused of attempted murder after a man was shot and stabbed northwest of Hobart, police say.

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Woman charged after man, 74, shot, stabbed in southern Tasmania

A woman in her 40s is charged with attempted murder after the shooting of a 74-year-old man in southern Tasmania.

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Lettes Bay wooden jetties set for demolition, but locals are fighting to save them

A secluded fishing village on Tasmania's west coast has become a popular tourist destination in recent years due to its heritage-listed miners' shacks and wooden jetties. Now, locals fear a part of what makes the bay unique is at risk of being lost forever.

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Breeding at age 73: new details of endangered orange roughy’s life cycle prompt calls to limit fishing

Australian fisheries management says there are regional differences and new data only applies to population in New Zealand

The Guardian - AU

Kylie Minogue's wedding dress as Charlene in Neighbours to be displayed in Tasmania

The dress made famous by Kylie Minogue as she walked down the aisle as Charlene to marry Scott in 1987 on Neighbours is about to come out of the box and go on display, but Tasmanian curators would love to know where her matching veil, gloves and shoes are.

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Tasmania's upper house passes legislation to impose harsher penalties on protesters

Tasmania's upper house effectively passes legislation to impose harsher penalties for protesters and organisations that obstruct workers or cause a "serious risk". Here's what it means for a state with environmental protest woven into its identity.

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Farmer Trevor Foster, who died in 2016 Tasmanian floods, initially didn't notice rush of water arriving, inquest hears

The wife of a Tasmanian man who died in floods in 2016 told police the floodwater that killed her husband "came so quickly" and she had "never seen anything like it before".

ABC News

Tasmanian visual artist Tom O'Hern on how he became 'good at drawing really badly'

Artist Tom O'Hern wants more people to embrace the art of drawing badly, saying life has become too full of perfection.

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Anti-protest laws are an affront to democracy. They have no place in Australia

We are unique among liberal democracies in lacking robust legal protection for human rights

The Guardian - AU

No guarantee Tasmanian households won't be hardest hit by Marinus Link bill

It was the hot topic of letters between former PM Scott Morrison and the Tasmanian government — and it appears there's still no guarantee Australia's poorest state won't pay half the cost of a massive new power project but reap only a fraction of the benefits.

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'We're going to die', flood inquest told

The surviving partner of a newspaper delivery driver told him they were both going to die before he slipped from the top of their van into floodwaters.

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Council calls on Tasmanian government to sack councillor Darren Fairbrother over flashing conviction

The Waratah-Wynyard Council is calling on the Tasmanian government to intervene and sack convicted councillor Darren Fairbrother, who was sentenced this year for flashing a crown prosecutor and her son, because they are powerless to do so.

The Conversation

Final Senate results: Labor, the Greens and David Pocock will have a majority of senators

The final buttons to electronically distribute preferences for the Senate were pressed in NSW, Victoria and Western Australia on Monday. I wrote about the distribution of preferences in Queensland, South Australia and Tasmania on Saturday, and the climate activist’s David Pocock’s ACT Senate victory on Tuesday.

ABC News

Tasmanian couple scale frozen waterfalls on Ben Lomond after cold snap

A recent cold snap across Tasmania provided plenty of picture-perfect scenery and Instagram photo fodder and — for the not-so-faint-hearted with know-how — the chance to scale a frozen waterfall.

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Nepali population steadily grows in Tasmania, home to Australia's only Nepalese pub

Its mountains may not quite compare to the peaks of Nepal, but Tasmania is becoming home to more and more Nepalese people.

The Conversation

More Senate results: Hanson wins easily, but Labor still on track for a friendly Senate

Buttons have now been pressed to electronically distribute preferences for the May 21 federal election in the Senate for South Australia, Tasmania and Queensland. I discussed the ACT and NT results that elected David Pocock to the Senate on Tuesday.

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Tasmanian child safety head 'not confident' children in out-of-home care are safe from abuse

Children in out-of-home care in Tasmania today are not safe from abuse, Communities Department head Michael Pervan tells the state's child sexual abuse commission of inquiry.

ABC News

Dover Medical Centre in Huon Valley to lose permanent doctor in widespread GP shortage

A town in southern Tasmania could be without a permanent doctor by the end of the year in the midst of a widespread GP shortage.

ABC News

Power prices across Tasmania to increase by about $200 per year

Tasmanians' energy bills are set to rise by almost 12 per cent from July 1, equating to roughly $200 per household per year.

AAP

Tasmania power prices set for big jump

Power prices in Tasmania will increase by almost 12 per cent, forcing the state government to expand concessions.

AAP

'Hog-tied, belittled' in Tas youth centre

A former detainee at Tasmania's troubled Ashley Youth Detention Centre says he was searched naked, hog-tied and constantly belittled by staff at the facility.

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