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Tasmania's link to Australia's National Electricity Market explained

In 2016, Tasmania was on the brink of being powerless when its undersea electricity cable broke and its dams were nearly empty. But these days it can produce more than enough power locally to supply homes and businesses. So, should the island unplug from the rest of Australia?

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Liberal politician scores $150k grant for rowing club where daughter is a member

A taxpayer-funded grant promised by a Tasmanian Liberal candidate during the 2021 state election funnelled $150,000 into the rowing club where her daughter was a member.

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Tasmania Has Committed To Raising The Detention Age To 14 In A Big Step For Youth Law Reform

It's one of multiple reforms to Tassie's youth justice system.

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Tasmania set to be first jurisdiction to raise minimum age of children in youth detention

A proposed reform to Tasmanian law is welcomed as a move which could "change the lives of a lot of kids" by keeping them out of prison — but advocates say there is another key issue which must be addressed.

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NBL JackJumpers re-sign American import

Tasmania JackJumpers have re-signed American import Josh Magette for the 2022-23 NBL season on a one-year contract.

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Tasmania plans to lift youth detention age

The minimum age of youth detention in Tasmania will be raised from 10 to 14 under plans from the state government.

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Independent review announced into operations of Macquarie Point Development Corporation

The company charged with developing a key Hobart waterfront site will be subject to an independent review in the wake of the Tasmanian parliament hearing allegations of bullying and inappropriate spending.

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Victoria’s First Nations treaty authority could be replicated across Australia, experts say

Queensland, the Northern Territory, South Australia and Tasmania also working towards treaties

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Inattention behind fatal Tas holiday crash

A coroner has ruled inattention was the likely cause of a two-car crash that killed a Victorian couple who were on holiday with their children in Tasmania.

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Inattention likely to blame for deadly Tasmanian holiday crash caught on police bodycam, coroner finds

A coroner finds speed, weather and road conditions did not contribute a deadly crash that left three teenage children in the car orphaned last year.

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How an old Ford pick-up truck became one of the loves of Tasmanian Phil Dobson's life

The successful businessman and founder of Dobmac Agricultural Machinery started work welding at 13. In retirement, his passion is for an old Ford pick-up truck.

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Kingborough councillor David Grace refuses to leave meeting, threatens to 'go off my head one night'

The Tasmanian councillor, who has previously been ordered to undertake anger management training, yelled at the Deputy Mayor after being told to leave the council meeting.

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Tasmania explores redrawing electorates

Tasmania's electoral boundaries could be redrawn under a state government plan to increase the size of parliament by 10 seats.

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Tas premier backs conversion practices ban

Tasmanian Liberal Premier Jeremy Rockliff says he will table legislation in parliament to end conversion practices in the state.

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New mental health patients in Tasmania's north to be sent to Hobart amid COVID outbreaks

Two mental health treatment centres in Tasmania's north have closed due to COVID outbreaks — with a health union blasting what it says is a "lack of planning" and a parent fearing for those desperate for help.

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Proposed Robbins Island wind farm could impact endangered parrot population, documents reveal

A contentious wind farm proposed for Tasmania's north-western tip could interfere with the recovery of a critically endangered parrot species, and significantly impact a population of Tasmanian devils thought to be key to the species' survival, documents obtained under right to information laws show.

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Aboriginal elders voice concerns over proposed Tasmanian trek through areas of 'immense importance'

Tourism operator Experience Co is pushing for a seven-day catered walk through Tasmania's south-west, but elders say proposals in areas with Aboriginal heritage sites should be put on hold until the state's new Aboriginal Heritage Act is tabled later this year.

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More Tasmanians unable to afford to rent and the number seeking help to pay for essentials is growing

As the Tasmanian winter sets in, Michael Reardon and many others who can't afford to rent are struggling to keep warm.

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Inhumane conditions in Tas prison: judge

A prisoner in Tasmania who set his mattress on fire had been locked in his cell for four days straight and was unable to access mental health help.

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Former PM Joseph Lyons's old school house goes up for sale as regional Tasmania bucks housing trend

Fancy living where a former prime minister used to dispense wisdom? This 1860's school house might be just what you are looking for — if you don't mind a shift from the mainland.

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Tas school cleaner abused boy, broke trust

A female school cleaner in Tasmania has been jailed for one year for the persistent sexual abuse of a 13-year-old boy over about four months.

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Tasmania can power itself with hydro — but your electricity bill is not immune from price hikes

The Tasmanian energy market operates differently to mainland states — but that does not mean it is immune from the pressures they're facing, explains Adam Langenberg.

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Free flu jabs at Tasmanian GPs, pharmacies

Tasmania will offer free flu vaccinations at GPs and pharmacies for four weeks in response to a rising rate of influenza infections in the island state.

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Rental crisis in Tasmania forcing more into permanent spots in caravan parks

When Rowen and Leanne Carter opened their caravan park in Tasmania's Huon Valley 10 years ago, they decided it would be purely for tourists, with no long-term spots. But then the housing crisis came knocking at their door.

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Survivor says she was 'honoured' to be chosen to share her story with Tasmania's child sexual abuse commission of inquiry

Now a parent herself, Rachel says she has a new appreciation of just how deeply abuse she suffered at school affected her own mother, a woman she says was her "saviour".

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