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Tasmanian government proposes buying Boag's Brewery site

Australian Broadcasting Corporation 15 Jul 2026
The Tasmanian government wants to buy Launceston's Boag's Brewery site and says it has "in-principle" support from the Japanese parent company to explore the idea ... .
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More than 100,000 Tasmanians moved to different electorates

Australian Broadcasting Corporation 15 Jul 2026
More than a quarter of Tasmanians will vote in new electorates under a long-awaited boundary redistribution announced by the Australian Electoral Commission ... .
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Former AFL player remembered as inspiration and 'great human' who loved life

Australian Broadcasting Corporation 14 Jul 2026
A former AFL player has been remembered for his larger-than-life personality after being hit by a car and killed on Saturday night in Tasmania ... .
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Launceston General Hospital experiencing 'impacted' capacity due to high demand

Australian Broadcasting Corporation 14 Jul 2026
Tasmania's top health official says the Launceston General Hospital is experiencing "impacted" capacity and is urging patients to only attend if it is a medical emergency ... .
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Ex-Catholic archbishop sued over alleged abuse by another priest

Australian Broadcasting Corporation 14 Jul 2026
A Tasmanian woman is suing former Archbishop of Hobart Julian Porteous and the state of Tasmania over allegations of sexual abuse by two others when she was a child ... .
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New owner of Rushy Lagoon outlines plans for pine, cattle and tourism

Australian Broadcasting Corporation 14 Jul 2026
The buyer of Tasmania's largest farm says in addition to the pine plantation it has planned for the property, it's also considering cropping and leasing out parts of the farm for grazing, tourism and mountain biking ... .
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Former National Trust director unfairly dismissed, Fair Work Commission finds

Australian Broadcasting Corporation 13 Jul 2026
The Fair Work Commission has found Scott Carlin, former managing director of the National Trust of Tasmania, was unfairly dismissed just two months before his two-year contract was set to expire ... .
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Mushroom trip: a mycologist’s tour of the Tarkine

The Guardian 13 Jul 2026
... reach almost a metre in length lurk in the shade of 2,000-year-old Huon pines, and every few years a rumour emerges that thylacines still prowl the dense Gondwanan rainforest of north-west Tasmania.
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What happened when a rare bird found a place to nest near a logging coupe

Australian Broadcasting Corporation 12 Jul 2026
It was late 2021 when one of Australia's rarest birds started to arrive in the native forests of Lonnavale. Ecologists had expected it but for a reacting forestry sector, it was "not sustainable" ... .
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Mate recalls Richard Scolyer's 'magnificent' ride weeks before passing

Australian Broadcasting Corporation 12 Jul 2026
As Mark Beretta rode his bike up a steep Tasmanian mountain in March with all his might, it was none other than Richard Scolyer who overtook him ... .
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'He's lost everything': Man recovering after robbers tie him up and burn down his house

Australian Broadcasting Corporation 12 Jul 2026
Grant Whelan was assaulted and robbed in the early hours of Saturday morning. His family want anyone who has information to come forward ... .
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'Like my men's shed': John never left the soccer club he helped create

Australian Broadcasting Corporation 12 Jul 2026
For more than 30 years, John O'Toole has quietly helped build a local soccer club. On Sunday, he surpassed his 600th match while playing alongside his sons ... .
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