2025 • Dec 21
Umbrellas or barbecues: Christmas weather forecast gifts mixed bag for Australians
Perth and Brisbane to swelter through hottest conditions of Australia’s capital cities on Thursday
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2025 • Dec 14
Police join search for Belgian tourist after phone found in Tasmanian wilderness two years since she went missing
Device belonging to missing hiker Celine Cremer found in an area that had ‘been extensively searched previously’
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2025 • Dec 07
Australia news live: Bragg says ‘every back yard’ could fit a new house or granny flat; firefighter dies in NSW
Shadow housing minister urges Liberals to seriously address housing affordability. Follow today’s news liveGet our
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2025 • Nov 26
NSW storms leave man dead and thousands without power as temperatures soar into 30s
Total fire bans are in place and schools closed as parts of state face worst fire danger in two years
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2025 • Nov 21
Three-metre giant oarfish, ‘palace messenger’ of doom, washes up on Tasmanian beach
The enormous, serpentine fish, regarded in Japanese folklore as a herald of disaster, usually live deep below the surface and are only sighted when sick or dyingGet our
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2025 • Sep 17
‘Too big for the site’: Tasmanian AFL stadium should not be built, says independent planning commission
Proposed Macquarie Point venue a condition for state entering AFL in 2028, but report argues it would cause ‘unacceptable adverse impacts on Hobart’
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2025 • Aug 29
Murray Watt backs ‘no-go’ zones where development is banned – but not for Tasmania’s Robbins Island
Environment minister says scientific evidence did not convince government that remote island qualifiedGet our bre...
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2025 • Aug 17
Tasmanian salmon farming expansion on hold as state Liberals order review ahead of parliament showdown
Premier Jeremy Rockliff attempts to win support from crossbench MPs and survive no-confidence motion when state parliament returns this week
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2025 • Aug 10
Tasmanian premier vows to end greyhound racing as he woos crossbench to back minority government
Jeremy Rockliff says ‘it’s time to draw a line in the sand and ensure an orderly exit from greyhound racing in Tasmania’
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2025 • Aug 06
Tasmanian trainer fined $2,000 for animal cruelty after repeatedly whipping racehorse
Magistrate Evan Hughes said trainer Liandra Gray had already experienced a form of punishment from ‘unwanted media attention’ over the case
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2025 • Aug 05
‘Grave’ fears for missing couple and dog after plane vanishes flying from Tasmania to NSW
Gregory Vaughan, 72, and his partner Kim Worner, 66, were flying with their pet dog in the aircraft that departed George Town on Saturday
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2025 • Aug 02
‘He was so excited’: painter discovers 122-year-old message in a bottle inside lighthouse walls
Bottle stashed in wall cavity of heritage-listed Cape Bruny lighthouse contained letter written in 1903 by Tasmanian lighthouse inspectorGet our
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