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As the US pushes to make daylight saving permanent, should Australia move in the same direction?

Sunday will mark the end of the Daylight Saving Time (DST) in eastern Australia, but there are many who would like to see it last longer or permanently.

The Conversation

Tassie apple variety Southern Bliss about to enter market as national harvest numbers drop

Tasmanian apples could fetch top prices this season, with its apple season escaping the bad weather that plagued interstate orchards.

ABC News

Tasmanian mountain biking trail, damaged in landslip, fixed in time for World Cup

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Tasmanian government sitting on $23 million of unusable PPE bought during COVID supply chain crisis

Tasmania's health department reveals it is sitting on a $22.8 million stockpile of "unusable" personal protective equipment purchased during the COVID pandemic — with the government taking legal action against a supplier of faulty face masks.

ABC News

Children's safety laws for businesses one step closer

Legislation establishing a framework for children and youth's safety across Tasmanian businesses and organisations has passed the House of Assembly.

AAP

Draft rules for Tasmanian salmon industry provide fewer protections than those in place, critics say

New environmental standards proposed for the Tasmanian salmon farming industry are blasted as "half-baked" and weaker than the ones already in place — but the industry defends its practises as "world class".

ABC News

Possums used as live bait, Tasmania's parliament told

An independent Tasmanian politician has told state parliament that possums and other animals are being used as live bait in the greyhound racing industry.

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Katrina Munting civil damages trial over abuse at hands of school teacher hears closing submissions

Tasmanian woman Katrina Munting is seeking damages and only now coming to the end of her third major legal process since reporting to police in 2018 that she had been sexually abused by one of her high school teachers.

ABC News

Children at risk of being removed from their families as Tasmanian housing crisis deepens

Recovering addicts Lekita and Justin want to give their son the best possible chance in life, but say they constantly face roadblocks because of their past — with advocates warning families like theirs are at risk of losing their children if they cannot get a roof over their heads.

ABC News

LGBTQ+ advocates call for stronger legal protections across Australia after attacks

Patchiness and exemptions of anti-vilification laws based on gender and sexuality leave queer community vulnerable, campaigner says

The Guardian - AU

Alone Australia review – two episodes in and it’s already emotional

Filmed in freezing Tasmania, the series hits the ground running with big moments, interesting contestants and a commitment to First Nations knowledge

The Guardian - AU

Abuse survivor's case against the state concludes

Katrina Munting is suing the state of Tasmania and her high school teacher abuser for damages in a judge-only trial before the Supreme Court.

AAP

Tasmanian greyhound trainer Anthony Bullock says he placed harness racing bet at centre of integrity row

A leading Tasmanian greyhound trainer defends placing a $1,400 track side bet at long odds on a harness race at the centre of an integrity probe, as the Greens leader produces photos in parliament she says raises animal cruelty concerns at the trainer's property.

ABC News

History-making wave energy trial finishes in Bass Strait but unlikely to power Australian homes

Australia has the potential to house a cutting-edge manufacturing industry that combats climate change, but the lure of Europe's progressive energy laws may have left the country out in the cold.

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Neo-Nazis to face jail in Qld for showing hate symbols

Queensland is set to follow Victoria and NSW in banning Nazi and other extremist symbols to stamp out racial, religious, sexual and gender identity hatred.

ABC News

Defective renovations lead to years of delays and extra costs for Tasmanian couple, but new laws won't help them

Tasmania is set to get new laws protecting home owners from dodgy and defective building works but for some — such as Adriane, who has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars already — it will come too late.

The Canberra Times

'A red hot crack': Canberra expedition leader takes on Alone Australia

The 10 contestants were dropped in the remote region of western Tasmania, completely cut off from the world and isolated from one another.

The Guardian - AU

‘It was horrible. It was glorious’: Alone – the most gruelling show on TV – comes to Australia

The hit reality show leaves 10 people to survive in remote Tasmania as long as they can

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Man faces court after $5m in cocaine, ice allegedly found in airport luggage

A Tasmanian man appears in court accused of trying to smuggle more than $5 million worth of cocaine and methylamphetamine into the state, allegedly detected by police dogs in his luggage.

ABC News

Harness racing driver calls for Office of Racing Integrity to be disbanded following race-fixing allegations

A Tasmanian harness racing driver says he has no confidence in the Office of Racing Integrity and is "scared" by the power it wields over people trying to report issues in the industry.

The Guardian - AU

Tasmanian tiger may have survived into the 2000s, new analysis suggests

Last known thylacine died in 1936 but new research suggesting the animals may have survived longer in the wild ‘relies on a lot of maybes’, expert says

ABC News

Former Anglican priest Louis Daniels pleads guilty to abuse after extradition back to Tasmania

A man abused as a child by convicted former priest Louis Daniels confronts him in court, saying he manipulated his parents to gain their trust and detailing the psychological trauma and shame he has to deal with.

AAP

Welfare, fixing concerns spark harness racing review

The Tasmanian government has announced an independent review into the state's harness racing industry after reports of race fixing and poor welfare.

ABC News

Thylacines may have survived later than scientists thought, new research suggests

New research suggests Tasmanian tigers could have lived much later than scientists first thought, into the 1980s and beyond.

ABC News

Tasmanian government announces independent review into Yole racing stable race-fixing allegation

Tasmanian Premier Jeremy Rockliff announces an independent investigation after an ABC report on allegations of team driving and race fixing by the state's most prominent harness racing stable.

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