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Latest news: Tasmania

Feds step up funding for Tas power link to the mainland

Feds step up funding for Tas power link to the mainland

The federal government will now shoulder a larger share of the financial burden to complete the Marinus Link energy project connecting Tasmania to the mainland.

Island's 'critical' rare metal mine targets expansion

Island's 'critical' rare metal mine targets expansion

Island's 'critical' rare metal mine targets expansion

Island's 'critical' rare metal mine targets expansion

The Dolphin tungsten mine on King Island, off Tasmania's northwest coast, is aiming to expand after celebrating its official reopening on August 24.

Icebreaker heads to Antarctic station on rescue mission

Icebreaker heads to Antarctic station on rescue mission

Icebreaker heads to Antarctic station on rescue mission

Icebreaker heads to Antarctic station on rescue mission

Efforts are under way to evacuate an expeditioner from an Australian research station in Antarctica following a medical emergency.

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Lack of fatigue management had role in police death

Lack of fatigue management had role in police death

A coroner investigating the deaths of four police officers has ruled a lack of policy around fatigue management played a role in one of them.

Police charges after child abuse inquiry referrals

Police charges after child abuse inquiry referrals

Ten people have been charged by police as a result of a commission of inquiry into child sexual abuse in Tasmania.

Child abuse inquiry hands over final report

Child abuse inquiry hands over final report

The 3500-page final report of a Tasmanian inquiry examining child sexual abuse in state-run institutions will be made public in late September.

'Protecting interests': child abuse inaction condemned

'Protecting interests': child abuse inaction condemned

Tasmania's institutions failed to recognise child sexual abuse, manage risks and investigate complaints, inquiry commissioners say after weeks of testimony.

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'Bizarre' position over home for Tasmanian AFL team

'Bizarre' position over home for Tasmanian AFL team

'Bizarre' position over home for Tasmanian AFL team

'Bizarre' position over home for Tasmanian AFL team

The Hobart City Council has indicated it doesn't want a high-performance centre, to be the home of a Tasmanian AFL team, to be built at two parkland locations.

Mining lease to thwart protests, environmentalists say

Mining lease to thwart protests, environmentalists say

Mining lease to thwart protests, environmentalists say

Mining lease to thwart protests, environmentalists say

An appeal over an "anti-protester" lease granted to a Chinese-owned mining company in Tasmania has been heard in court.

Larkey's nine helps Kangaroos snap 20-game losing run

Larkey's nine helps Kangaroos snap 20-game losing run

Larkey's nine helps Kangaroos snap 20-game losing run

Larkey's nine helps Kangaroos snap 20-game losing run

Nick Larkey has booted a career-high nine goals as North Melbourne beat the Gold Coast by 35 points to end a 20-game AFL losing streak.

Mother jailed for role in Bass Strait drug trafficking

Mother jailed for role in Bass Strait drug trafficking

Mother jailed for role in Bass Strait drug trafficking

Mother jailed for role in Bass Strait drug trafficking

A 50-year-old mother from the Gold Coast has been sentenced to 15 years' jail for trafficking illegal drugs into Tasmania on the Bass Strait ferry.

Bridge safety worry forces icebreaker refuelling detour

Bridge safety worry forces icebreaker refuelling detour

Bridge safety worry forces icebreaker refuelling detour

Bridge safety worry forces icebreaker refuelling detour

Safety concerns mean Australia's $528 million icebreaker is unable to refuel in Hobart and must instead make a lengthy round trip to Tasmania's northwest.

Statue of divisive premier to fall after council vote

Statue of divisive premier to fall after council vote

Statue of divisive premier to fall after council vote

Statue of divisive premier to fall after council vote

Hobart City Council has approved an application to remove the statue of a former premier who mutilated the body of an Aboriginal man in the 1800s.

Rare 'walking' handfish captured on deep-sea camera

Rare 'walking' handfish captured on deep-sea camera

Rare 'walking' handfish captured on deep-sea camera

Rare 'walking' handfish captured on deep-sea camera

Scientists from the CSIRO believe they have snapped an image of a mysterious narrowbody handfish, more than 25 years after the species was last seen.

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New police searches in unsolved tourist beach murder

Tasmania Police are searching a new location on the state's east coast after witness information about the 1995 murder of Italian tourist Victoria Cafasso.

Nazi salute banned, jail penalties in Australian first

Tasmania has become the first state to outlaw the Nazi salute, which can be penalised by imprisonment after legislation passed the state's upper house.

Man accused of murdering teenager appears in court

A Tasmanian man accused of murdering 14-year-old Shyanne-Lee Tatnell, whose remains were found near a bush track, has appeared in court.

Suspended jail term for local footy game punch

A local Aussie Rules player in Tasmania who punched an opposition player in the head, fracturing his eye socket, has received a suspended jail sentence.

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Hawthorn stun Western Bulldogs for another AFL upset

Hawthorn have pulled off a second AFL upset in the space of two rounds with a tense three-point victory over the Western Bulldogs in Launceston.

Funeral held for Tassie teen found dead in bushland

Emotional tributes have been paid at a funeral for 14 year old Shyanne-Lee Tatnell, whose body was found along a bush track in northern Tasmania weeks ago.

'Substandard' care at aged home before fall death

A coroner has criticised an aged care home in Hobart for substandard care provided to an 82-year-old resident who died in hospital after a bed fall.

Station wagon link in unsolved tourist beach murder

Police have renewed calls for information about the unsolved murder of 20-year-old Italian tourist Victoria Cafasso at a Tasmanian beach.

Greyhounds 'racked up like tools waiting to be used'

Tasmania's racing watchdog is investigating further allegations greyhounds have been kept in poor conditions with little bedding.

Premier's pledge for child abuse inquiry report release

The release of a report into child sexual abuse in Tasmania's institutions will be trauma-informed, the premier says, after survivors raised concerns.

Tassie's MONA to mount first ever show of old art

A new exhibition at the Museum of Old and New Art shows religious artworks dating back to 1350.

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