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It was an unprecedented housing crisis that called for an urgent summit, now four years on, it's worse

A new group has been formed to come up with solutions to Tasmania's housing crisis, about four years after an urgent housing summit pledged to do the same, but the situation now is even worse.

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A new start after 60: ‘I risked my house to launch a chain of 24-hour gyms’

Bob Cheek was in his 60s and worrying about his future. Then he hit on a scheme that would make him millions

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Porsche-backed HIF Global wants to build an e-fuel plant in north-west Tasmania. So what are e-fuels and what could it mean for Burnie?

Porsche wants 80 per cent of its cars to be electric by the end of the decade, and is developing a synthetic fuel to power those that will still run on liquid fuels. So what are e-fuels and why choose Tasmania as the site to make them?

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Indigenous Tasmanians calling on private landholders to share access to cultural sites

Andry Sculthorpe is part of a Tasmanian Aboriginal group calling on private landowners to share information on known cultural sites on farms, and consider allowing access for knowledge sharing and reconnection.

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Tasmania's state lawyers play a key role in child sexual abuse cases — do they have too much power?

Concerns have been raised at the commission of inquiry about the Tasmanian Office of the Solicitor-General being the sole source of legal advice to most government entities, the power it has in dealing with civil claims of child sexual abuse, and its approach to dealing with civil cases.

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AFL great Nicky Winmar cancels north-west Tasmania trip over Ricky Nixon protest

AFL great Nicky Winmar cancels his NAIDOC week visit to Tasmania's north-west after "consistent harassment" of his controversial manager, Ricky Nixon, over a controversy in 2010.

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Tassie victim support service underfunded

An inquiry into child sexual abuse in Tasmania has been told the state's victims of crime support service is underfunded amid a rise in demand.

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Former Australian polo captain pleads guilty to charges arising from pony incident on Spirit of Tasmania

A former Australian polo captain pleads guilty to putting more than a dozen polo ponies — 16 of which died during the journey — at risk of suffocation and asphyxiation when put he put them on the Spirit of Tasmania in 2018.

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Airbnb suspends short-stay 'party house' of notorious Tasmanian sex offender Shane Farmer

Convicted rapist Shane Farmer, once labelled Tasmania's worst sex offender by a former top prosecutor, has had his Airbnb account suspended as he attempts to win council approval to convert his inner Hobart property into visitor accommodation.

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Tasmania Police apologise to abuse victims over paedophile James Geoffrey Griffin

Tasmania Police was handed credible evidence that a man working as a children's nurse had been discussing child abuse online, years before he was charged — but nothing was done because it was "filed inappropriately".

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Tas premier urges masks amid virus spike

Tasmanian Premier Jeremy Rockliff has urged people to wear masks indoors amid a rise in COVID-19 infections.

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Health department boss Kathrine Morgan-Wicks's tearful apology to abuse victims at commission of inquiry

After listening to hours of child abuse horror stories from victims and family members, the head of Tasmania's health department took her turn in the witness box, tearfully apologising for their hurt and pledging the department she now leads would never again fail so badly.

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Tasmania police sorry for abuse failings

Tasmania's top police officer has apologised for multiple failures investigating a male nurse, who was ultimately charged with child sexual abuse offences.

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Cradle Mountain lures truffle farm tree-changers from Brisbane city life

A paramedic and marine biologist have bailed on the big smoke to unearth a new life in the foothills of Tasmania's Cradle Mountain.

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Apology for Tiffany Skeggs, Zoe Duncan for child abuse ordeal and disbelief by Tasmanian authorities

A veteran of child protection says she can "barely" find the words to say how sorry she is for the treatment of two sexual abuse survivors who weren't believed by authorities when they went for help. Sadly, one of those survivors will never hear the apology.

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'No apology' over Tas hospital child abuse

A survivor has told an inquiry into child sexual abuse in Tasmania's public service she was left without support or an apology after making her disclosure.

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Tas hospital missed 'red flags' of abuser

An inquiry has been told about red flags relating to a male nurse in Tasmania who was later charged with child sexual abuse offences.

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Tas to review hospital handling of abuser

The Tasmanian government is establishing its own review of a Launceston hospital where a pedophile nurse was able to keep working despite multiple complaints.

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The Guardian - UK

Nitram review – a harrowing portrait of Australia’s most deadly mass shooter

Based on the true story of a lone gunman who killed 35 people in Port Arthur, Tasmania, in 1996, Justin Kurzel’s drama is a complex study of a lethal misfit

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‘Heartbreaking’: millions of native animals killed under Tasmania’s property protection permits

Greens say ‘staggering’ figures should be examined as part of parliamentary inquiry into management and protection of state’s wildlife

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Tasmanian hopeful off to world ploughing championships in Ireland

Daniel Gladwell says he tried soccer, cricket and Australian Rules football — but nothing gave him the "sense of success" he found with competitive ploughing.

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Insurance price hikes stop the music at one of the only nightclubs in Tasmania's north-west

Burnie's only nightclub will remain closed for the second weekend in a row after its security company's insurance provider refused to cover the business for its dance floors and live music.

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Cruise ship return to Tasmania a boon for some but others urge focus on 'ordinary' tourists

Cruise ships will once again start docking in Tasmanian ports in October and while the income they bring is hailed as a lifeline for some, others warn they are not the sort of tourism experience Tasmania should be embracing.

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'No inquiry' about Tas nurse child abuser

A former chief executive of a hospital in Tasmania says he didn't make any inquiries after learning a pedophile nurse had worked under his leadership.

The Conversation

‘Draconian and undemocratic’: why criminalising climate protesters in Australia doesn't actually work

A man who drove through a climate protest blocking the Harbour Tunnel this week has copped a A$469 fine, while multiple members of the activist group were arrested. The protest was among a series of peak hour rallies in Sydney by Blockade Australia, in an effort to stop “the cogs…

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