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The gravel oval of Queenstown and other great Tasmanian venues for the Commonwealth Games

Tasmania has none of the sports infrastructure, hospitality staff, rental cars, public transport, airport capacity or accommodation to properly host a Commonwealth Games — but that won't stop it trying, writes James Dunlevie.

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Tasmania set to bid for 2026 Commonwealth Games

Hobart and Launceston could host the 2026 Commonwealth Games under a bold bid to take the athletic showpiece to Tasmania.

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Tasmanian education minister Sarah Courtney quits politics following French vacation criticism

Courtney will resign after drawing criticism for holiday in France as Tasmanian schools prepared to reopen amid Covid concerns

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Tasmania education minister quits politics

Tasmanian Education Minister Sarah Courtney has quit politics after recently being criticised for going on holidays during back-to-school preparations.

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Tasmanian Education Minister Sarah Courtney quits politics as she returns from overseas holiday

Education Minister Sarah Courtney, who caught COVID while on holiday in France last week, says she wants to spend "meaningful time with the people I love".

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Tas records one new virus death, 637 cases

Tasmania has reported one additional coronavirus death and 637 new cases, the highest figure in a week.

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MP Ken O'Dowd's retirement signals race for Queensland's 'must win' seat

It's almost twice the size of Tasmania and relies heavily on both industry and agriculture. This central Queensland electorate is considered an "absolutely critical, must-win seat" by the major parties, and it is up for grabs as its retiring LNP incumbent steps down from office today.

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Religious discrimination laws in limbo – as it happened

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Tasmania's COVID-19 backfill plan to use relief teachers may fall short

Anne Marmion loves being a relief teacher but potential exposure to COVID-19 and the ramifications for ageing family members is keeping her away from the classroom. She says she's not alone.

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‘Protects the nose, mouth, eyes’: Tasmanian government sends large adult masks to children

Masks that cover children’s entire faces were included in back-to-school Covid packs, but government insists junior sizes available

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Man whose partner set alight lodges appeal

A Tasmanian man whose then-partner was set on fire is appealing his conviction and sentence for attempted murder, arguing a jury member was "contaminated".

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Dairy giant legal victory in Tas milk spat

Chinese-owned company Van Dairy Group won't have to pay the former owner of its farms in Tasmania some $2.2 million it claimed it was owed.

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Former owner of Australia's largest dairy farm fails in bid to sue new owner Van Dairy

The New Zealand-owned Tasmanian Land Company argued Van Dairy breached an agreement reached in 2016 over the sale of Australia's largest dairy farm.

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Lower house sits late to continue religious discrimination bill debate – as it happened

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Masks too big for kids, 'Facebook issues' plague Tasmania's public school return

Masks provided to schoolchildren in the Tasmanian government's back-to-school COVID packs are mocked online, with Facebook being blamed for communication "issues" ahead of public school students returning to class.

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Tas premier brushes off school criticism

Tasmania has recorded two additional COVID-19 deaths, with Premier Peter Gutwein having a crack at a union over criticism of the state's back-to-school plan.

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Covid-19 Australia data tracker: coronavirus cases today, trend map, hospitalisations and deaths

Guardian Australia brings together all the latest on active and daily new Covid-19 cases, as well as maps, stats, live data and state by state graphs from NSW, Victoria, Queensland, SA, WA, Tasmania, ACT and NT to get a broad picture of the Australian outbreaks and track the impact of…

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'Elevated mortality' at Tas salmon farm

A salmon farm in northern Tasmania owned by aquaculture company Petuna is experiencing "elevated mortality" due to a water temperature spike.

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Tas students prepare for classroom return

The Australian Education Union has raised concerns about staffing levels in Tasmania ahead of the return of public school students this week.

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Black Tuesday 1967 bushfire legacy lives on in fire trail upgrade on Hobart's kunanyi/Mt Wellington

The bushfire tragedy of 1967 looms large over Tasmania and it is hoped "lessons learned" — including the importance of fire breaks on the mountain range behind Hobart — will help stop it happening again.

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Recycal Newnham facility fire sends smoke over Launceston as scrap metal burns

A fire at a scrap metal facility in Tasmania's north is proving difficult to extinguish due to the shredded "combustible" material inside the warehouse, firefighters say.

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Tasmania goes own way on rapid antigen tests for students as school returns

Unlike in Victorian and NSW, in Tasmania students don't have to take two RATs a week. Public health experts say that's because Tasmania's COVID situation is different from the mainland states.

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Tas defends lower student virus testing

Tasmanian health authorities have defended the frequency of COVID-19 testing for public school students as they return to the classroom this week.

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'Fragile' leatherwood flowers after dry spell have Tasmanian beekeepers on edge

Tasmanian beekeepers who rely on the leatherwood flower to produce their world-famous honey are worried after historically low rainfall.

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Diver baffled after being photobombed by huge sea beast 'the size of a van'

Chris Bakon and his friend were were fishing off Ship Stern Bluff in southeast Tasmania, Australia, when they encountered a sunfish - the largest bony fish on Earth

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