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More heavy rain is expected to fall across multiple eastern states this weekend, here's what you need to know

While the wet weather is expected to clear by Monday, the Bureau of Meteorology is predicting flooding for many parts of eastern Australia over the weekend.

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Jail for repeat child abuse crimes in Tas

A 22-year-old Tasmanian man will spend up to five years in jail for accessing child abuse material days after being released from prison for the same crimes.

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Marnus opens brightly as Bulls take charge

Test star Marnus Labuschagne opened his red-ball season among the runs as Queensland put Tasmania to the sword on day two in Brisbane.

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Regulator suspends Tas chief psychiatrist

Tasmania's chief psychiatrist, who has also held the role in several other states, has had his licence suspended by the national regulator.

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Regulator suspends licence of Tasmania's chief psychiatrist, Aaron Groves

The nation's medical regulator has suspended the licence of Tasmania's chief psychiatrist, Aaron Groves, leaving him unable to practise.

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Hobart construction business seeing promising results after prioritising hiring refugees and migrants

For refugees moving to Australia, arriving in a new country can be difficult, but a company in Hobart is hoping to make the move easier for Tasmania's newest arrivals.

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Limberlost by Robbie Arnott review – a sweet and moving song of man and landscape

Set in a vividly captured Tasmania, Arnott’s third book describes one man’s life with a sense of beauty, serious and quiet

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Tas govt 'confident' of AFL club support

Tasmania's minister for sport Nic Street expects AFL club presidents to provide the league with a very positive view of the island state's bid for a licence.

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Paine back, Bulls send Tassie in to bat

Tim Paine will make his first-class cricketing return in Brisbane, with his Tasmania side sent in to bat against Queensland at Allan Border Field.

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Calls for beefed-up court security after escape of man sentenced to jail and alleged assault on officer

There are growing calls for Tasmania's court security to be beefed up after the alleged assault of a police officer and the successful escape of a man shortly after he was sentenced to jail.

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Megadroughts helped topple ancient empires. We’ve found their traces in Australia’s past, and expect more to come

Most Australians have known drought in their lifetimes, and have memories of cracked earth and empty streams, paddocks of dust and stories of city reservoirs with only a few weeks’ storage. But our new research finds over the last 1,000 years, Australia has suffered longer, larger and more severe droughts…

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Tasmanian lawn bowls trailblazer Rebecca Van Asch announces retirement from competition

Lawn bowls great Rebecca Van Asch announces her retirement from competition to spend more time with her family after a glittering, 18-year international career.

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Alleged Tas murder sword featured skulls

Five people are on trial over the alleged murder of a 23-year-old Tasmanian man who was struck in the leg with a sword during an altercation.

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What's it like owning an island? These people can give you a heads up

From time to time, the "for sale" sign will go up on an island off the coast of Tasmania. So who is buying them and is it all that it's cracked up to be?

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Wave energy machines on Australian south coast would slash renewable energy costs, CSIRO says

Report commissioned by Wave Swell Energy says the machines would make a future clean electricity grid more stable and more reliable

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Tim Paine fit and 'ready to go' as he prepares for first-class cricket return post sexting scandal

Tim Paine gets ready for a return to first-class cricket, playing for Tasmania in the team's Sheffield Shield opener against the Bulls on Thursday.

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BOM is predicting storms and flooding from NT all the way to Tasmania. Here’s a state-by-state breakdown of what you need to know

With the La Niña wet season wasting no time inundating the country with water, state emergency services say now is the time to prepare for flooding.

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Five on trial accused of Tas sword murder

Five people are on trial in Tasmania accused of murdering a 23-year-old man using a sword, following disputes sparked by a social media message.

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New evidence in Tas jumping castle tragedy

A Tasmanian coroner has received a large volume of evidence as part of a probe into how six Hillcrest Primary School students died in a jumping castle accident.

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Tim Paine confirms first-class comeback

Australia's former Test captain Tim Paine will make his comeback to elite cricket in Tasmania's Sheffield Shield game against Queensland in Brisbane.

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Man dies after falling from yacht in Tas

Choppy weather conditions are being examined as a possible cause of a boat accident in Tasmania, which left one man dead and a woman in hospital.

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Convicted murderer Susan Neill-Fraser released from Tasmania's Risdon Prison on parole

Susan Neill-Fraser, one of Tasmania's most high-profile murderers, leaves prison after 13 years behind bars over the death of her partner in 2009.

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More flooding on the way as BOM forecasts heavy rain from Northern Territory to Tasmania

The Bureau of Meteorology is forecasting round after round of rain this week as widespread heavy rain is expected all the way from the NT through to Tasmania.

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Man placed under guardianship order after wife's death says his rights were 'completely taken away'

A Tasmanian man who was placed under a guardianship order, moved into a secure dementia unit and had his drivers licence cancelled just weeks after his wife's death says his rights were "completely taken away".

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Tasmanian artist Mary Pridmore dies weeks out from final exhibition of life's work

Mary Pridmore knew time was running out, telling the ABC her final art exhibition in mid-October would be a showcase of her life's work and its exploration of feminist themes — sadly, her death last week means she will not be there to see it.

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