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Women set sights on kicking bigger goals
As Tasmania prepares for the rebirth of a men’s state side in the NBL, questions are being asked about what is being done to improve national representation for the state’s female athletes.
Tassie slams borders shut on whole of Victoria
Tasmania has closed its border with Victoria over that state’s worsening coronavirus outbreak, with recently returned travellers being urged to “do the right thing” and self-isolate.
Heated protest adds fuel to the fire of logging war
Police were called to intervene after a protest spiralled out of control at a Tasmanian woodchip mill this morning, adding to escalating tensions between logging operators and protesters. LATEST >>
Parking woes ‘stopping people from shopping in the city’
Failure to act on commuter parking clogging residential Hobart streets will harm city businesses and their employees, a Hobart councillor says, who urges his fellow councillors to speak up >>
Hunt begins to unearth waterfront artefacts
Diggers will spend the next two months sifting through rock and dirt at Macquarie Point as they hope to uncover artefacts from early European settlement.
Forestry shuts gate on Tarkine marathon
Sustainable Timbers Tasmania has been labelled “vengeful” after it denied access to its land for a fundraising marathon in a move described as “bloody-minded revenge”.
NoHo’s car parking changes block residents in
North Hobart residents are sometimes forced to park blocks away from their homes after council recently changed the parking rules. Council has responded to complaints about the changes >>
Numbers survey snubbed for start of duck season
A date has been set for the start of Tasmania’s duck hunting season despite authorities continuing to survey waterbird numbers to determine hunting season arrangements.
‘Not sustainable’: Stormwater debris havoc in the Derwent
All Greater Hobart beaches need grates over stormwater drains to prevent pollution ending up on shorelines and in the River Derwent, a marine protection group says.
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