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Would you eat a possum? ‘Ecologically, it’s all very much above board’

At Dark Mofo’s Winter Feast, punters queued for brushtail bao. It took the chef behind the dish six months of tinkering to persuade people to try it

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Hawthorn coach shuts down Tasmania, Carlton speculation

Sam Mitchell has hosed down speculation of a shock move to Tasmania or Carlton, saying he's happy as Hawthorn coach amid early contract talks.

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Victoria claims to have stopped native logging. So why is it importing Tasmanian forests?

There is ongoing turmoil in the native forest logging industry, as revealed in the ABC’s Four Corners program that aired last night.

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'It will kill the brand': plea over brewery's closure

A brewery which has operated for almost 150 years will stop production in November but workers have made a last-ditch appeal for a change of direction.

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Questions raised over $1.5 billion logging transition

An investigation into a $1.5 billion package to support an end to native logging has sparked debate about funding transparency and regulatory loopholes.

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AFL:AFL outlines radical fixture models to club bosses

Tasmania's entry into the AFL from 2028 has the AFL considering a number of potential changes to how the season runs - including a group stage.

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AFL outlines radical fixture models to club bosses

Tasmania's entry into the AFL from 2028 has the AFL considering a number of potential changes to how the season runs - including a group stage.

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Seal pups and seabird chicks are suffering in extreme weather. How can we protect them?

Extreme weather is becoming the new normal, disrupting human communities across the globe.

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Apocalypse when? ‘Earth’s Black Box’ to be installed in remote Tasmanian airfield

Rouser Lab says the steel structure will record ‘every step’ humanity takes towards climate catastrophe

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GOAT's great expectations for WNBL's newest team

The Tasmania Jewels have been tipped to be competitive from the outset as they prepare to become the WNBL's newest franchise.

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TAS:Liberals lose another minister over legal, racing saga

A Tasmanian minister has resigned from cabinet after questions were raised about her spending $300,000 on legal fees and knowledge of election campaign texts.

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Second minister out over legal questions, transparency

Tasmania's minority Liberal government has copped another hit, with a second minister resigning from cabinet amid questions about their honesty.

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TAS:'Cuppa and chat' to pay tribute to beloved slain cop

Constable Keith Smith, who was fatally shot serving a home repossession order at a rural property in Tasmania, will be remembered 12 months on.

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'Kind, devoted': fallen officer remembered one year on

A tight-knit community has paid tribute to the legacy of a police officer who was murdered while serving a home repossession order at a remote property.

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Liberal frontbencher Jonno Duniam to quit politics, says leadership spill ‘started to really wear on me’

Tasmanian senator says he feels he is ‘letting down the team’ but needs to prioritise family

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NSW lifts drone ban over Sydney beach after shark attack – as it happened

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TAS:Premier's legal-saga reply paints a 'far worse picture'

Labor, the Greens and independents have vowed to keep up the heat on Tasmania's premier over his handling of a minister accused of misleading parliament.

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Premier's legal-saga reply paints a 'far worse picture'

Labor, the Greens and independents have vowed to keep up the heat on Tasmania's premier over his handling of a minister accused of misleading parliament.

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Relief for workers with lifeline for ailing smelters

Smelter operator Nyrstar hasn't ruled out needing further taxpayer money after extra funds were announced to prop up two ailing facilities.

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Breathing two-billion-year old air: MONA’s Hard Core is an artistic journey through deep time

The structure of the Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) is cut directly into Hobart’s Berriedale Peninsula – walls carved from roughly 250-million-year-old sandstone that formed when Tasmania was still part of the supercontinent Gondwana.

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'Hit the timelines': AFL says Devils, stadium on track

Amid renewed speculation about the cost of the new Hobart stadium, the AFL has told club presidents the southern expansion remains on track.

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Ship comes in for Dark Mofo through ferry collaboration

Work on winter festival Dark Mofo's project on one of two delayed Spirit of Tasmania ferries, which will include robotic dogs, is in its final stages.

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TAS:Doctor's drug prescribing had 'direct role' in deaths

A coronial investigation has found a now-retired medical practitioner irresponsibly prescribed drugs to two patients which played a direct role in their deaths.

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Doctor's drug prescribing had 'direct role' in deaths

A coronial investigation has found a now-retired medical practitioner irresponsibly prescribed drugs to two patients which played a direct role in their deaths.

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I just inhaled 2.4bn year old oxygen in Tasmania. Now I’m part of an exhibition until I die

In Mona’s new permanent installation, visitors can breathe air so pure it ‘has not been touched by any being before you’

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