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Space NEM. Overview of the Marinus Link project. Picture: Marinus Link

Burnie Council backs contested Marinus Link station

Burnie City Council has unanimously approved the controversial Heybridge Converter Station despite fierce community opposition citing environmental concerns and questioning the broader project’s economic benefits.

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Toni Kibbey's Dolphin Sands property destroyed by bushfire. Picture: Facebook/Toni Kibbey

‘It looked like another planet’: Families return to rubble

Dolphin Sands families have returned to find their cherished shacks reduced to ash after a devastating bushfire tore through the East Coast community.

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Bushfire near St Helens. Picture: Sara Alexander

LEAVE NOW: Stieglitz bushfire warning issued

A township south of St Helens is being told to leave immediately with an emergency warning issued.

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Tony Charles Purton leaving Launceston Magistrates Court. Picture: Nick Clark

Man had ‘Aladdin’s cave’ of firearms and ammunition

A former New Norfolk man has been fined $25,000 after abandoning an “Aladdin’s cave” of guns and ammunition at his old address when he moved to Launceston.

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SES volunteers welfare check helps Dolphin Sands resident Vicki Jones as her supplies were running low having been isolated on her property since Thursday due to the devastating bushfires. Picture: Vicki Jones

‘I was just really lucky’: Isolated resident’s mixed emotions

A Dolphin Sands woman was down to rice crackers and tuna left in her cupboard until SES volunteers arrived with supplies, while waiting for a key road to re-open following a devastating bushfire.

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Magistrates Court in Hobart CBD. GV / File / Generic Picture: RICHARD JUPE

Hobart shooting accused pleads not guilty to attempted murder

A Hobart man will face Supreme Court trial after pleading not guilty to the attempted murder of another man during an alleged shooting at Herdsmans Cove in January.

Auditor General Martin Thompson. Picture: Linda Higginson

‘Runaway spending’: Auditor slams state departments

Auditor-General Martin Thompson has highlighted shocking financial mismanagement across state departments, warning debt will surge to $18,056 per Tasmanian by 2029.

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Fire crews have contained a devastating bushfire at Dolphin Sands. Pictures from December 6, 2025. Picture: Tasmania Fire Service

Expert: Don’t blame BOM for bushfire tragedy

A bushfire expert has delivered a blunt message to Tasmanians: don’t blame the weather bureau and start taking responsibility for your own emergency preparedness plans.

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Stop work rally at parliament lawns Hobart calling for better pay and work conditions for public sector workers. Picture: Nikki Davis-Jones

Why teachers will strike for a second time on Friday

Tasmania’s public sector wage stoush is amping up with teachers set to walk off the job for a second time in two months, saying they want better conditions.

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Artists impression of the new UTas STEM campus at Sandy Bay. Picture: Supplied, City Of Hobart

UTAS land sale passes hurdle amid doubts over proposed STEM precinct

UTAS has won lower house approval to sell prime Sandy Bay land to help fund an ambitious $500m STEM precinct – but critics warn the plan could collapse without $100m in state support.

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Partners Daniel Velasquez and Manuela Gaviria owners of Stasberry. Stasberry pop up at Eastlands Shopping Centre for Summer. Picture: Nikki Davis-Jones

Colombian couple’s sweet idea has major Tassie twist

A simple strawberry and chocolate stall has made a mark at Tassie markets now finding a more permanent home, as one viral topping drives huge demand.

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Philip Sansom former brigade chief who achieved 40 years of service to the brigade with Chris Wagstaff former brigade second officer who achieved 32 years of service to the brigade. Fern Tree Fire Brigade have five long time members retiring at the end of the year. Picture: Nikki Davis-Jones

Fire brigade bids farewell to 192 years of experience

Five volunteer firefighters with a combined 192 years experience are hanging up their hats. They reflect on the decades of firefighting, saying it’s not all ‘big red trucks, lights and sirens’.

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TasWater crews upgrade ageing water mains on Liverpool and Murray streets in Hobart. Picture: Supplied

‘Sleepwalking into crisis’: TasWater makes case for price hikes

Tasmania’s water and sewage utility says the recent replacement of World War II-era mains in the Hobart CBD has highlighted the need for the organisation to jack up water prices.

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Greens MLC Cassy O'Connor joins greyhound and animal advocates Lesley Cave, Rosie Saville, Kirsty Alger, Helle Erhardsen and Megan Alessandrini ahead of Ms O'Connor tabling a racing bill. Picture: Elise Kaine

Greens urge no delay on greyhound racing ban bill

Tasmania’s greyhound racing industry faces its final countdown as Greens warn any delay to a ban bill could raise “false hopes” and harm animal welfare.

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