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Tasmanian economy flying high on paper but businesses fear it's all in the past

Tasmania has topped an economic performance table for the eighth consecutive quarter but business owner Shannon Ruffels is living a very different reality.

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Backlash grows over aged care minister attending Ashes cricket instead of Covid inquiry

Richard Colbeck, who is also the federal sport minister, was guest of Cricket Tasmania and Cricket Australia at the Hobart Test

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Swimmer who died in Tas from interstate

Police have confirmed a young woman who died while swimming at a popular gorge in northern Tasmania was from interstate.

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Tasmania no longer has any COVID-19 patients in intensive care, 726 new cases in state

There are now 24 people in hospital with coronavirus, but half of those have been admitted for unrelated medical conditions.

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‘We are tearing open that wound’: the First Nations artists reclaiming Tasmania

For the island’s Mona Foma festival, public spaces ‘dripping in colonialism’ have been disrupted with screams, violence and truth

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Murder charge over rural Tasmania death

Tasmania Police have charged a 25-year-old man with murder after the body of another man was discovered on a rural property in the tiny town of Sprent.

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Man charged with murder, burglary after body found at Sprent, Tasmania

A 25-year-old man is charged with murder after a body was found on a rural property at Sprent in Tasmania's north-west on Sunday.

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Aboriginal carving damage claim probed

Authorities are investigating reports of possible damage to culturally significant Aboriginal rock carvings in Tasmania's rugged northwest.

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One virus death, 712 new cases in Tasmania

Tasmania has recorded one coronavirus death, an 80-year-old woman, and 712 new cases.

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Tasmania records fourth COVID-19 death since reopening border and 712 new cases

An 80-year-old woman becomes the fourth death linked to COVID-19 in Tasmania since the state's border reopened to hotspots last month.

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Body of missing swimmer found in Tas gorge

The body of a young swimmer who went missing at a popular gorge in northern Tasmania has been found by police divers.

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Crowds march for Invasion Day protests – as it happened

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Heart attack survivor thanks Tasmanian paramedics carrying thrombolysis medication

Rod Mackenzie is lucky to be alive. He's one of the thousands of Australians each year who suffer a heart attack. He is now thanking the experts who saved him.

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If you need elective surgery, it helps not to be Tasmanian, data shows

Data shows one state in particular has the worst wait times for elective surgery in the country, with almost one in five patients waiting more than a year for an operation — close to triple the national figure.

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Search for swimmer at Tasmanian gorge

Police and emergency services are searching for a woman in her 20s who became separated from friends and family while swimming at Cataract Gorge in Tasmania.

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Swimmer missing at Tasmania's Cataract Gorge

Police and emergency services were called to a popular swimming spot in northern Tasmania after a woman in her 20s became separated from her swimming companions.

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Tas records virus death, 643 new cases

Tasmania has reported another coronavirus death, the third since the island state reopened to mainland hotspots on December 15, and 643 new cases.

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Man arrested over suspected Tas murder

Tasmania Police have arrested a 25-year-old man over the suspected murder of another man whose body was found on a rural property in the state's northwest.

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Tasmania records third COVID-19 death since border reopening, state 'past the peak' for Omicron, authorities say

Tasmania records its third COVID-19 death, a 79-year-old woman with underlying health conditions, as Public Health director Mark Veitch says he thinks the state is "past the peak of the initial entry of Omicron into the population".

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Tasmanian bushfire season pushes later due to La Niña, with conditions primed for catastrophe

One effect of La Niña is the later Tasmanian fire season; another effect is it has added to the fuel load — and that is deeply worrying, with many seeming to forget the disasters of the past, one fire expert says.

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Women vulnerable under Tas health system

A myriad of issues is keeping women from getting medical care in regional Tasmania, while "urban refugees" add more pressure, a Senate inquiry has been told.

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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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‘So pissed off’: Midnight Oil kick off final tour with a searing, urgent set in Launceston

Headlining the first weekend of Mona Foma festival, the band offered a rebuke of baby boomer nostalgia in a bittersweet live farewell

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Tasmania has 619 new cases, three in ICU

Tasmania has recorded 619 new COVID-19 cases, with the number of people being treated in hospital increasing slightly to 17.

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Tasmania records 619 new COVID-19 cases, three people in ICU

Public Health deputy director Scott McKeown says the school year starting next month and more workers returning to offices could see Tasmania's daily COVID cases rise again.

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