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Tasmanian bush community comes together to heal after devastating and tragic storm

People from across the Kentish municipality come together to seek healing after last month's terrifying storm that left hurricane-like damage.

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Tas disability workers underpaid $700k

A major disability services provider in Tasmania has discovered it underpaid staff for years by up to $700,000.

AAP

Fair Work to probe $700k underpayment to disability workers by Li-Ve Tasmania

As a disability provider in Tasmania which underpaid staff $700,000 pledges to return "every dollar" there are concerns the issue is becoming more widespread in a sector where workers are already low paid.

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Nurses to walk off the job in Hobart

Nurses at the Royal Hobart Hospital will walk off the job on Wednesday, despite an offer from the Tasmanian government to bring negotiations forward.

AAP

Record 85.7% of Greens preferenced Labor at federal election; electoral reform proposals

Under compulsory preferential voting, all formal votes must eventually preference one of the major parties over the other. The electoral commission has released preference flow information for all minor parties, This means we can tell, for example, how many Greens voters preferred Labor and how many the Coalition.

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Tasmanian parents brace for school return amid expected COVID peak

With the peak of the latest Omicron wave expected to hit Tasmania, some parents and teachers are nervous about today's start to Term 3 and want masks mandated in schools, not just recommended.

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Bob Brown Foundation wins legal case against Chinese-owned MMG mine tailings dam approval

A Federal court finds the Morrison government's approval for a tailings dam in Tasmania's wilderness area is invalid, prompting calls for people arrested during protests there to be compensated as "citizen heroes".

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Bob Brown win in Tas mine court battle

The Federal Court has declared government approval for mine expansion-related works in west Tasmania didn't properly consider potential harm to a rare owl.

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Tas Liberal government exodus continues

Tasmania's Police Minister Jacquie Petrusma has walked away from politics, the fourth cabinet member to quit the state government this year.

AAP

Laws allowing pet ban in rentals to be reviewed in Tasmania amid housing crisis and surrenders

The struggle to find rent in Tasmania has been well documented and there are even fewer places that allow animals but the government says it's now willing to review laws to stop people from having to surrender their pets.

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Tas premier makes AFL bid funding threat

Tasmania's premier has threatened to withdraw the state government's funding offer for an AFL team if the league "doesn't respect" its magnitude.

AAP

A new mosque in northern Tasmania is helping attract young professionals to the region

Mosques are few and far between in regional Australia, but they can play an important role in attracting and retaining young professionals to places outside major cities.

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Tasmanians requiring critical stroke, aneurysm treatments to be flown to Melbourne until specialists return

Tasmanians requiring specialist procedures for strokes and aneurysms will be sent to Melbourne for treatment, due to the state being without its two interventional neuroradiologists.

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Why Roelf Vos built the Swiss-styled town of Grindelwald on a hill in northern Tasmania

Back in 1980, self-made Dutch businessman Roelf Vos embarked on a very personal building project — to recreate a Swiss village in northern Tasmania. Four decades on, this unique town is still attracting visitors from around the world.

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Bulk-billing doctors nowhere to be found, with this Tasmanian mum finding it's cheaper to fly interstate

It sounds bonkers, but for Tasmanian mum Bec Haight, it's cheaper for her to fly her family to Melbourne than to be seen by a doctor in her home city.

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Man dies, another injured, after excavator rolls at railway worksite in Tasmania

A Victorian man dies and another suffers injuries after an excavator rolled at a railway worksite in northern Tasmania.

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Mask mandates back on the agenda as Tasmanian COVID-19 hospitalisations spike

While Tasmania's COVID-19 health emergency declaration officially ended on June 30, a recent spike in hospitalisations and deaths has left some considering whether mask mandates should return.

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Get Ready To Freeze ‘Cos A Polar Frost Is Coming To Make It Colder Than A Penguin’s Asscheek

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New telescope mount helps Tasmanian observatory prevent 'catastrophic' collisions in space

For scientists trying to keep track of over 400,000 objects, including satellites, discarded rocket bodies and other junk flying around above the earth — the job just got a little easier.

AAP

More chilly temps forecast after low snow

No fresh snow has been forecast for Tasmania this week, but what is there will take days to melt, the Bureau of Meteorology says.

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Hadley's Orient Hotel's history comes to life with polar explorer, fake lord, and Tasmania's first ice cream

Visitors journey through the hotel's history from the 1800s, with stories ranging from a Norwegian polar explorer who was almost refused a room, a fake lord, and the first glimpse of a motor car for many Tasmanians.

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Tasmanian tradie makes miniature replica mountain huts at home 'rather than watching telly'

This Tassie tradie's fascination with colonial high country life has resulted in a collection of immaculately constructed replica huts.

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Royal Hobart Hospital nurses threaten strike action amid mounting COVID-19 pressures

Nurses at Tasmania's biggest public hospital are threatening strike action as COVID pushes the facility to its highest escalation level and the state records its highest ever daily death toll from the virus.

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Polar blast: Tasmania blanketed in snow as cold snap hits south-east Australia

Sub-zero temperatures expected to remain for rest of the week, with severe frosts hitting parts of Victoria

ABC News

Snow falls 'nearly to sea level' at Hobart as Tasmania braces for further chilly nights

Snow settles in some of Hobart's suburbs, reaching down as low as 150 metres, with more chilly nights on the way for the state.

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