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Giant salmon ships bound for Tasmania, as local sailors told to 'be on the look out'

With the imminent arrival of a new salmon processing ship in Tasmania, and another even larger ship next month, some in the local sailing community fear there is "an accident waiting to happen" on the already very busy waterways.




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Study reveals fishing habits of little penguins from Tasmanian colonies

Until now little has been known about what penguins get up to when they head out to sea to forage.




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Tasmanian surfing pioneer Mick Lawrence tells life story through film Rogue Waves

Mick Lawrence was making a film for his son, Tim. But, when Tim was tragically killed in a jet ski accident in 2017 he dropped the project. Now, two years on, it's finished.




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Councils to 'improve safety' of Tasmanian cliff edges two years after Maggie Lore's death

The death of 17-year-old Maggie Lore at the Blackmans Bay blowhole in 2017 prompts a southern Tasmanian council to conduct a risk assessment of several areas in its municipality.




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Let Her Speak: Tasmanian Government announces sexual abuse victims will be able to tell their stories

The 24-year-old believes a move to change laws in Tasmania allowing survivors of sexual crimes to share their stories will give greater insights into how perpetrators operate.




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Tasmania News: Logging protest underway in Hobart, political row over teenage escapee

DAILY BRIEFING: Protesters fearing an imminent logging operation in Tasmania's Tarkine area are outside a government building in Hobart, as Labor calls for an investigation into how a 17-year-old escaped detainee custody.




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Abalone limit cut rejected, council member out, amid fears for Tasmanian fishery's future

The future of the world's largest wild-caught fishery could be on a "path to oblivion" says one man, who after calling for a drastic cut in abalone catch limits was booted from the industry's peak body in Tasmania.




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Underwater dive reveals original Tasman Bridge ruins

A diver in the Derwent River has filmed the underwater site of the original Tasman Bridge, which collapsed in 1975.




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Tasmania news: Plans for AFL stadium at Mac Point released, Mayor survives no-confidence motion

DAILY BRIEFING: A Tasmanian architect releases concept plans for an AFL stadium at Mac Point, and Hobart's Lord Mayor Anna Reynolds survives a no-confidence vote during a heated meeting.




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Wreck of Lake Illawarra, which struck the Tasman bridge, shown in new underwater footage

New vision emerges of the ship which brought down Hobart's Tasman Bridge more than 40 years ago, showing a wreck teeming with marine life including gill sharks.




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Low-income Tasmanians on public wait list take out loans for private surgery

Vicki Denton is seeing better than she has in years. She gave up on the public health system and went into debt to have private surgery to avoid going blind.




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Tasmanian Liberals look to drop Eric Abetz from top spot on Senate ticket, ABC understands

Tensions are rising within the Tasmanian Liberal party as some look to drop veteran Eric Abetz from the top spot on the Senate ticket in favour of his apprentice, Jonathon Duniam.




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Kicked in the head and bitten; the reality of policing in Tasmania

Two police officers are bitten and another kicked in the head during a violent arrest in Hobart's northern suburbs.




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Tasmania news: Miena bushfire at Watch and Act, little penguins return to the wild after dog attack

DAILY BRIEFING: Two bushfires are burning near the small communities of Glen Huon and Miena, but authorities say there is no immediate threat to people and property, and seven little penguins injured in a dog attack have been released into the wild.




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Calls for cashless welfare card trial in Tasmania spark intense criticism

Calls for a trial of the Federal Government's cashless welfare card in Tasmania spark fierce rebukes, including a comparison to "Nazi Germany" by one local mayor.




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Tasmanian Aboriginal history unearthed and reclaimed in exhibition by Hobart artist Julie Gough

Julie Gough's 25-year quest to tell history through art is captured across more than 30 works that range from unsettling to searing.



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The Gathering by Julie Gough at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery




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Tasmanian cattle farmers fear 'catastrophic' floods as farms inundated by too much water

These farmers have an unusual complaint. As drought takes its toll on the rest of the nation, they just cannot keep water off their land and it's forcing them to halve their stock numbers.





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Tasmanian news: Hobart show reopens, helicopter searching for bushwalker

DAILY BRIEFING: The Royal Hobart Show reopens after damaging winds, and police are using the rescue helicopter to search for a man at Roaring Beach.




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Anger over plan for maximum security prison at Westbury in northern Tasmania

Residents of a heritage town in northern Tasmania accuse the Government of not consulting them over plans for a new prison nearby, and demand to know the location of other potential sites.




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Tasmania News: Nazi items offered for sale again, Tasmania's economy booming

DAILY BRIEFING: More Nazi Nazi memorabilia goes under the hammer, and Tasmania becomes the second highest performing state in the country economically.




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Tasmania Now: Watch and act fire alerts for two blazes north of Hobart

DAILY BRIEFING: On a day of total fire ban in Tasmania's south, the fire service is being kept busy dealing with several outbreaks, including at Elderslie and Lachlan, where communities are on watch-and act-alerts.




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Bushfire alert in Tasmania's Derwent Valley downgraded

The Tasmanian Fire Service downgrades the threat from a bushfire in the Derwent Valley where a lack of fresh water had earlier made firefighting "a challenge".




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Tasmanian firefighters use milder weather to prepare for worsening conditions ahead

A bushfire burning north of Hobart could pose a threat to the city's suburbs and critical infrastructure if uncontrolled, a fire officer warns, as Tasmania prepares for hot weather and strong winds over the next few days.




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Tasmania news: Prisons inspector vows to fight government requests to black out reports

DAILY BRIEFING: The prisons watchdog says he was pressured to redact a report on the Ashley youth detention centre and he will strongly resist requests to do so in the future.




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AFP seizes $17.3m worth of property in Victoria, Tasmania in Chinese money laundering probe

A mansion in Melbourne's east, newly constructed units and more than 3,000 acres of Tasmanian farmland are among the assets seized by Australian Federal Police as part of a two-year investigation into alleged money laundering by Chinese nationals.




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Tasmania news: Emergency alert for Central Highlands, firefighters withdraw because of conditions

DAILY BRIEFING: A fire that started north of Bothwell two days ago has been upgraded to emergency level, with firefighters pulling out because it is too dangerous.




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'UFO clouds' create spectacle in skies over Tasmania

A series of UFO-shaped clouds spotted in the skies over Tasmania this week have shutterbugs working their cameras overtime, but there's a scientific explanation for why they're a more common sight in Australia's island state.




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Tasmania News: Fire threats downgraded as weather conditions ease

DAILY BRIEFING: Firefighters downgrade the alerts for four bushfires which are burning out of control north of Hobart and in a shack area of the Central Highlands.




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Tasmanian fires get reprieve from weather but residents are warned to remain 'on alert' this weekend

As bushfire conditions ease around Tasmania this weekend, the firefighter's union wants laws to back volunteers leaving work in an emergency as the bushfire season extends to as long as six months.




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More private landowners looking at giving their properties back to Tasmanian traditional owners

The Aboriginal Land Council of Tasmania says more private landowners are investigating handing their land back to Aboriginal people, to protect it from development and "to do the right thing".




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Tasmania News: Tourism operators breach licence conditions, aged care findings 'troubling'

DAILY BRIEFING: Almost 30 tourism operators have received breach notices for missing parks passes, and a Tasmanian Senator acknowledges "shocking" aged care findings.




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Wind farm trials camera detection to protect Tasmanian wedge-tailed eagles from blade strikes

Using cameras and wind disturbance, a Tasmanian wind farm will be the first in Australia to deter wedge-tailed eagles from flying into the turbine blades.




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Tasmanian parents struggling to access speech pathology treatment for their children

Parents in Tasmania are struggling to access speech pathology treatment for their children because NDIS funding has caused an explosion in demand for services.




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Tasmanians asked to record frog noises for citizen scientist project on amphibian numbers

These creatures can make some strange sounds and the Australian Museum wants you to record them to help monitor populations.




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Tasmania news: Boil water alert for thousands of residents on Hobart's eastern shore.

DAILY BRIEFING: TasWater has issued a temporary boil water alert after E.coli bacteria was found after routine testing.




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Ambulance Tasmania failing to meet health and safety standards for paramedics, leaked report shows

Consultants investigating Ambulance Tasmania found poor management of fatigue and workplace stress and a lack of workplace health and safety procedures across the organisation, a leaked report reveals.




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Tasmanian news: Search for retired doctor missing in state's north, calls for TasWater fix after boil water alert

DAILY BRIEFING: An 85-year-old retired GP has been missing in the state's north since Monday, and the Opposition calls on the Government to fix issues within TasWater after a boil water alert is issued for parts of Hobart.




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Cold snap delights Tasmanians with snowfalls across south of state

A late spring blast of icy air from Antarctica has deposited up to 10 centimetres of snow on parts of Tasmania, but people are being urged to "get their skis on" quickly if they want to play in it.




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Tasmania news: Man drowns at Hobart waterfront, boil water alert lifted for Lauderdale and surrounds

DAILY BRIEFING: TasWater has lifted a boil water alert that was put in place on Monday for Lauderdale, Acton Park, Roches Beach and Seven Mile Beach, but investigations into how the drinking supply became infected with E. coli are still underway.




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Complete skeleton of 'Tasmanian devil on steroids' reveals secrets of Australian 'stealth predator'

Researchers have used marsupial lion fossils discovered in Naracoorte and the Nullarbor to discover that the Thylacoleo was similar to a tree-climbing Tasmanian devil, ambushing its prey in forests.




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AusMAP's war on microplastic pollution enlists foot soldiers from all over Australia

From afar, it might look like Michelle Blewitt is teaching bystanders how to pan for gold, as she vigorously shakes a sieve full of sand on a beach, but on closer inspection, she is teaching locals how to hunt for microplastics.





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4D printed smart metamaterials can be stiff as wood or soft as sponge

Rutgers University-New Brunswick engineers have created flexible, lightweight 4D printed materials with potential applications in morphing airplane or drone wings, soft robotics and tiny implantable biomedical devices.



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Researchers 3D print shrimp-inspired robot claw to produce underwater plasma

A snap from a snapping shrimp (known as the pistol shrimp) can create extreme pressures that will produce a flash of light and temperatures of 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit, producing plasma (a state of matter in which electrons are freed from their atoms).



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Watch Yngwie Malmsteen try to break the world's first 3D printed, smash-proof guitar

Swedish metal giant Sandvik has unveiled what was described as “the world’s first smash-proof 3D printed guitar.”




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Reviews! Kingsman GC, King's Choice, Beatriz At Dinner

CJ reviews Kingsman The Golden Circle, The King's Choice and Beatriz at Dinner.



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University of Tasmania's Professor David McNeil says a trial crop of plantago in the Ord has produced some of the best yields in the world.