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Spirit of Tasmania ferry operator and ex-polo captain both convicted and fined following 2018 polo pony deaths

After more than half a decade, a Tasmanian ferry operator and a former Australian polo captain have been ordered to pay thousands of dollars in fines in relation to the deaths of 16 polo ponies.

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Neser blow for Shield final-chasing Queensland

Queensland's push for a spot in next week's Sheffield Shield final has taken a hit with an injury to Test bowler Michael Neser.

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Ferry operator hit with $75k fine over polo pony deaths

The Spirit of Tasmania ferry operator and polo identity Andrew Williams have been fined a total of $90,000 over the deaths of 16 horses.

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Phil Laing is one of five Tasmanians who have died through accessing voluntary assisted dying

As one of the first Tasmanians to access the state's voluntary assisted dying scheme, Phil Laing was able to spend his last day at his own home, drinking champagne with his closest family and friends.

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Tasmania police investigating woman’s suspicious death

Police are treating the death of a woman reportedly hit by a car east of Hobart as suspicious, and have arrested a 38-year-old man.

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WildTracker project helps people understand which animals are living in their backyards

Tasmanians are lucky to share their backyards with a range of native species, and one citizen science project — with 100,000 images — is proving it.

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Man dies at Panama music festival in Tasmania, as organisers warn crowd to be safe

A man aged in his 40s is found dead at the multi-day Panama music festival in north-east Tasmania, with organisers warning the crowd not to take any recreational drugs.

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Portable, prefabricated homes constructed inside warehouses could help ease housing shortage, builders say

As building costs soar, some builders are seeing increased demand for smaller, cheaper homes — and for many customers, that means portable, factory-built houses.

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Tasmania's Examiner newspaper caught out over fake letter about trans change room incident at pool

The letter, published in a major city newspaper, describes how a man had started to undress in front of children in the female change rooms at a busy aquatic centre and was forcibly removed by another patron. The trouble is, the incident did not happen.

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SES in 'turmoil, finger pointing' over deadly floods

An inquest into deadly flooding in Tasmania has been told there was a high level of turmoil and finger pointing within the state emergency service.

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Beauty Project challenges ideas of what's beautiful at Tasmania's Ten Day on the Island festival

Artist Elise Romaszko is challenging the concept of what beauty is, through a dance piece where all the costumes and props are made from recycled materials.

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Tasmanian government to push ahead with a 2,500-dwelling Skylands housing plan

Tasmania's Planning Minister will attempt to overrule a council's decision to reject a massive housing plan on Hobart's eastern shore — and it could come down to a line on a map — but neighbours say the minister has gone back on his word.

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Not evacuating town where a woman died in 2016 floods was wrong call, former SES manager tells inquest

An inquest into the death of a woman who died in floodwaters in Tasmania's north-west seven years ago has heard the State Emergency Service's (SES) regional manager for the north-west ignored his colleagues' calls to evacuate the town.

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Penguin paradise and geological freak: why Macquarie Island deserves a bigger marine park

Macquarie Island, around 1,500km southeast of Tasmania, is more than just a remote rocky outcrop. In fact, it’s the only piece of land on the planet formed completely from ocean floor, which rises above the waves to form peaks that teem with penguins and other bird species, some of them…

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JackJumpers basketball team CEO Simon Brookhouse resigns

The Tasmania JackJumpers basketball team is on the hunt for a new chief executive officer after sensationally parting ways with inaugural club boss Simon Brookhouse.

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Small hive beetle detected in Devonport beehive threatens $12.8m Tasmanian honey industry

The discovery of a "shocking pest" in Devonport — the small hive beetle — is causing unease among the state's honey bee industry, with Biosecurity Tasmania urging beekeepers to remain vigilant.

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The Goliath — the bulk cement carrier involved in tugboat sinkings — re-admitted to Tasmanian waters after ban

A ship banned from Tasmanian waters in order to preserve "the protection of human life, marine assets and the environment" has been re-admitted, less than a year after being involved in the sinking of two tugboats.

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Appeal over jail term for boy's tree-felling death

A man jailed for the manslaughter of a seven-year-old boy in a tree-felling incident in Tasmania has appealed the severity of his sentence.

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Indigenous artist seeking body of Australian of British descent for 'sacrifice to past sins'

A Tasmanian artist says he has already received responses to his ad seeking an Australian of British descent to donate their "future deceased body" for an art installation whih he says will "speak to sacrifice for past sins perpetrated" against Aboriginal people.

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Tasmania 'vital location' in 'rewilding' efforts to rebuild native animal populations

Scientists are starting to think outside the box when it comes to 'rewilding' — a practice of reintroducing native animals back into their habitat — but could bringing in predators like Tasmanian devils also help deal with foxes and feral cats on mainland Australia?

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EPA appeals for and against Robbins Island wind farm puts $1.6b project further in doubt

An environmental war is waging again in Tasmania as a clean energy company fights to save its $1.6-billion wind farm project, while opponents say "half-baked" EPA conditions don't go far enough.

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Droughty Point development close to Hobart CBD that could house 2,500 homes knocked back by council

A housing development on Hobart's eastern shore, described by council as "likely the most significant development in Australia", has hit a major hurdle but could still proceed with help from the state's planning minister.

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Pressure mounts on Victoria to follow gambling reforms of NSW and Tasmania

At the height of her gambling addiction, Bree Hughes was visiting up to seven venues each day. She's joined a growing chorus of voices urging Victoria to put the brakes on poker machine losses in the state's most disadvantaged communities.

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Tasmanian woman who uploaded video to TikTok of animal being tormented by dog escapes prison sentence

A Tasmanian woman who uploaded to TikTok a video of her holding a native marsupial by its tail while her dog savaged it is ordered to pay a $4,000 fine — with a wildlife carer saying people convicted of such offences should be made to care for sick and injured…

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Investigation underway after train derailment on popular Tasmanian West Coast Wilderness Railway

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