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Papers, polls, PR and politics: meet the powerful lobby firm with a finger in every Tasmanian pie

Font Public Relations shares ownership with a polling company and a network of local newspapers. Some call it the saviour of independent news – but others claim it’s damaging transparency

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Privacy experts shocked as Hobart council agrees to beam live CCTV footage into police station

Sharing livestream from 330 council-operated cameras with force via ‘portal’ in Hobart police station labelled ‘a massive intrusion on rights’

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Iconic female artist's lost painting is found, hundreds of years after it was created

Susanna and the Elders, painted by Artemisia Gentileschi in the late 1630s, was commissioned by a queen — but it was later lost. It's now back on display, after being restored.

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Forgotten Artemisia Gentileschi painting found in Hampton Court storeroom

The very personal work, owned by Charles I, discovered after being left in storage for years

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Short-stay taxes may soon move beyond councils

The City of Hobart Council’s move to increase rates on short-stay rentals may soon become standard across Australia.

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Hobart is getting a new stadium for AFL games, but what's wrong with Bellerive Oval?

Tasmanians opposed to a new stadium at Macquarie Point have been at pains to point out that AFL has been played at Bellerive Oval for years. So, why couldn't they continue there and save millions? The answers are a little more complex than you might think.

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Transport options thin on the ground around Hobart's proposed AFL stadium at Macquarie Point

Hobart — a city with no passenger trains or trams, a single ferry route and limited bus patronage — is about to get a 23,000-seat stadium close to the CBD. How will crowds get to and from there?

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Hobart stadium at Macquarie Point set to go ahead with federal funding, along with Tasmanian AFL team

A funding announcement for Hobart's controversial stadium proposal is imminent, meaning Tasmania will get its long-awaited AFL team. But opponents are concerned planning for the redevelopment has been "hasty" and "ill-considered".

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Assault charge dropped against Hobart Lord Mayor Anna Reynolds

A charge of common assault against Hobart Lord Mayor Anna Reynolds relating to an alleged incident between her and now-councillor Louise Elliot, has been dropped.

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Assault charge dropped against Hobart lord mayor

A charge of common assault against Hobart Lord Mayor Anna Reynolds will not proceed after the file was reviewed.

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New exhibition reveals Georgian fashion as surprisingly close to modern times

Style & Society at Buckingham Palace highlights the eighteenth-century commitment to upcycling garments and making fashion for everyone.

The Independent UK

Hobart lord mayor to 'vigorously' defend assault charge

Hobart's Lord Mayor Anna Reynolds is facing one count of common assault for allegedly grabbing the arm of Louise Elliot, who was elected to council in October.

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Hobart lord mayor Anna Reynolds to 'vigorously defend' charge of assault against councillor Louise Elliot

Hobart's lord mayor takes to social media to say she will "vigorously defend" an allegation she assaulted fellow councillor Louise Elliot.

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Dressing the Georgians: exhibition explores ‘pivotal moment’ in fashion

Show at Queen’s Gallery provides picture of style in the royal courts along with changing trends in society

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Hobart council changing rules for nature strips but strict rules to be in place

Hobart's rules for nature strip are changing. Here is what you can and cannot do with the grassy patch out the front of your house.

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Hobart council calls on UTAS to pause campus move to CBD until new community consultation done

The Hobart City Council will write to the University of Tasmania calling on it to pause "all activities pertaining to its proposed campus relocation" from Sandy Bay into the Hobart CBD.

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Tasmanian Premier Jeremy Rockliff encourages kunanyi/Mt Wellington cable car proponents to keep proposal alive

Tasmanian Premier Jeremy Rockliff says he would be "pleased" to receive an updated kunanyi/Mt Wellington cable car proposal after the company behind the project hit a major snag in the state's planning tribunal.

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Tas govt doubles down on cable car support

Tasmania's government supports a cable car to the top of Hobart's mountain, despite latest plans seemingly reaching a dead end after several rejections.

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Council results coming in for Tasmanian local government elections

Bitter enemies in the same chambers, a golliwog defender firming as mayor in one municipality, and other political careers shredded — who said Tasmania's council elections would be boring?

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Brisbane's Brad the Traffic Guy inspires art competition The Bradleys at ABC Radio Brisbane

Dozens of portraits of the knockabout Aussie radio reader, famous for his Brad Jokes — a play on dad jokes — were submitted as part of The Bradley, Brisbane newest portrait competition.

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Greater Hobart plan predicts 60,000 more people by 2050, with no expansion to urban growth boundary

Tasmania's capital is growing and is predicted to have an extra 60,000 people by 2050. But a new 30-year-plan to deal with them makes a few key assumptions — about Hobart's traffic and public transport and where these people will live.

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Hobart council to remove divisive statue

Hobart City Council has voted to take down the statue of former premier William Crowther who stole the skull of an Aboriginal man in the 1860s.

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Hobart City Council passes amendment to limit number of new whole houses used as short-stay accommodation

The number of short-stay properties allowed in the Hobart area is a step closer to being limited under a motion passed by the Hobart City Council to stop any new permits for whole-house short-stay development in residential areas.

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