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Indigenous recognition touted for new electoral map

Tasmania is the sole state without an electorate named after an Aboriginal person or place but many are hoping to change that.

Many thousands turn out for Invasion Day protests

Many thousands turn out for Invasion Day protests

Invasion Day protests have been held around Australia with tens of thousands of demonstrators calling for an end to discrimination and deaths in custody.

Myth, politics and murder: why the voice battle in Tasmania is different

Myth, politics and murder: why the voice battle in Tasmania is different

A bloody colonial past and Liberal support for a yes vote inform the debate in the only state where the campaign in favour has recently remained ahead

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Aboriginal heritage sites 'destroyed' by 4WD users

An Indigenous group and conservationists claim Aboriginal heritage sites on Tasmania's northwest coast have been damaged by off-road 4WD use.

Alleged police assault of Indigenous man

Allegations an Indigenous man was bashed by Tasmanian police officers while in custody are being investigated.

What flags fly at half-mast after Queen Elizabeth II's death and for how long?

Australia's national flag has been lowered to half-mast around Australia for Queen Elizabeth. How long will it stay that way? And why have other flags — including the Aboriginal flag — also been lowered? Welcome to the world of Australian National Flag protocols.

Controversial William Crowther statue to be removed after Hobart City Council vote

There is a palpable sense of relief for many in Tasmania's Aboriginal community over the decision to remove a 133-year-old statue of a man accused of mutilating a deceased Aboriginal man, but one historian says there are other monuments to men who did far worse — just metres away.

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Hobart council to vote to determine if William Crowther statue to be removed, amid continuing debate on gruesome past

Hobart council to vote to determine if William Crowther statue to be removed, amid continuing debate on gruesome past

Surgeon and later Tasmanian premier William Crowther snuck into a morgue and stole the head of Indigenous man William Lanne. Now, Hobart's council will vote tonight on whether his prominent city-centre statue should be torn down.

Hobart divided over statue of man who stole Indigenous skull, as council votes on removal

Hobart divided over statue of man who stole Indigenous skull, as council votes on removal

William Lodewyk Crowther, later premier of Tasmania, mutilated the corpse of Aboriginal man William Lanne in 1869

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Tasmania's south-west is a place people fall in love with, but how should tourism be managed in the remote wilderness?

Tasmania's south-west is a place people fall in love with, but how should tourism be managed in the remote wilderness?

People come to Tasmania's remote south-west for different reasons, but as the state government continues to encourage tourism development in national parks, is the right balance being struck between development and conservation?

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