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Mountain biking Enduro World Series taking place at popular Maydena Bike Park bordering logging coupe

Maydena Bike Park is hosting the 2023 round of the Enduro World Series next month, but there are increasing concerns about Sustainable Timber Tasmania logging operations in nearby.

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Tasmania Tigers ready to take on South Australia while beating path for AFL team reliant on interstate players

The Tasmanian Tigers are preparing to take on South Australia in the women's cricket final. And, with most of the players joining from interstate, the squad is beating a path for a future AFL team that would likewise need to recruit from around the country.

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Haul of early colonial artefacts discovered beneath Hobart barracks building

A builder's surprise discovery of an old, dirty boot while trying to fix a cracking wall at the Anglesea Barracks in Hobart leads to a haul of colonial artefacts dating back to the early 1800s.

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Council 'jumped the gun' in evacuating 40 seasonal workers from Shearwater property, owner says

The company that owns a Tasmanian property from which 40 seasonal workers were evacuated has denied the property poses any risk to life.

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Midland Highway roadworks causing delays for motorists and costing businesses

Motorists travelling on Tasmania's Midland Highway have already had their patience tested by a 10-year roadworks project slowing speeds — but now, with vehicles coming to a complete stop, businesses are saying the extra freight cost will have to be passed on.

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Confusion over Australia's electric vehicle taxes as experts call for reform

Victoria's electric vehicle tax is being challenged at Australia's highest court, but experts say it raises bigger questions about how the country could make transport taxes fairer in the future.

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Shoppers warned to expect price jump for Aussie cheese, butter, and other dairy products

Dairy lovers could be paying more for their favourite cheese, yoghurt, butter and cream in the coming months and eating fewer local products, industry experts warn.

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Political lobbying in Tasmania is opaque — with little known about meetings with MPs — but that could change

Former politicians Eric Abetz, Christopher Pyne, Lara Giddings and Paul Lennon are among the registered lobbyists working for clients in Tasmania, that much is known — and now there is a push for more transparency around the practice.

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Hobart's Knockoffs Run Club is providing mental health benefits as well as physical fitness

While exercise is an important factor, members of Hobart's Knockoffs Run Club enjoy the sense of community it fosters. More than 500 people have now signed up for the Thursday night tradition.

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From easybeats to finalists: The rise of Tasmania's intellectual disability cricket team

Not that long ago, Tasmania's intellectual disability cricket side was open to whoever wanted to join. However, after surging up the ladder, selection is tough.

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Bruny Island land clearing unites locals in opposition, as developer fined

Having bought her "little cottage" on Tasmania's popular Bruny Island with the intention of enjoying retirement nestled in nature — Suzie, and other locals, say the unapproved clearing of trees by a developer has devastated the area.

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Mental health workers allowed to keep practising despite sexual relationships, drug use with patients

An ABC investigation has uncovered hundreds of cases of misconduct by health workers, including a psychiatrist who impregnated a patient and another who injected their patient with heroin, yet the medical regulator has allowed them to practise.

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Community-led programs in Tasmania's north-west help teens improve mental health

Alyssia Coates didn't expect goats would help her overcome mental health challenges. Now they're helping local students as well.

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Auckland house prices down 15 per cent with the Reserve Bank of NZ now tipping prices across the country to follow

Auckland's real estate market sets the pace for the rest of New Zealand — right now, house prices are down 15 per cent from their 2021 peak and forecast to fall further. So what does that mean for families who just bought in?

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Former worker at Ashley Youth Detention Centre held job for almost a decade after complaints raised, commission of inquiry told

A former worker at Tasmania's notorious Ashley Youth Detention Centre, who was the subject of multiple redress claims, continued to work there for almost another decade, a commission of inquiry examining the centre has heard.

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Stamp duty or land tax? Economists say the one that makes the most sense is politically toxic

The Tasmanian Premier stood up in parliament and refused to rule out a switch from stamp duty to a land tax on the family home, but a hasty statement shortly afterwards saying there were no such plans has economists scratching their heads.

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Female detainee tells of Ashley prison abuse and 'favouritism' of some male inmates by staff

The inquiry investigating child sexual abuse at Tasmania's only youth prison is told by a former female detainee she was preyed upon by male inmates and staff at the facility — and that the experience had left her "without words" to express herself.

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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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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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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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James's partner, Venita, suffered a stroke. Two months on, she can't leave hospital because they can't find a place to live

Venita Brown is unable to leave hospital after recovering from a stroke because the place she and her partner James Paul have been living — an industrial shed in southern Tasmania — has been deemed unsuitable.

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Rural Tasmanian ratepayers hit with levy to help councils keep GP clinic doors open

Ratepayers in rural areas around Tasmania are being slugged with a levy to prop up medical clinics, prompting fresh calls for the commonwealth to step in and help.

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The Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide is about to hand down a big report. Here's what it has heard

After months of hearings around Australia, the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide will hand down its interim report this morning. Here's what we know so far.

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Launceston General Hospital patient dies after being ramped for more than nine hours

The death of a woman in her 70s who was ramped and waiting to be admitted to an emergency department for more than nine hours is "totally unacceptable" and shows Tasmania's health system is crumbling, a union says.

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Department of Veterans' Affairs 'cruel and inhumane', widow of ex-serviceman says

Madonna Paul's husband took his own life after a career in the Army. In dealing with the "cruel and "inhumane" Department of Veterans' Affairs, she was forced to retell the story, again and again, the royal commission into defence suicide hears.

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