Labor wants protection for workers speaking out during outbreak inquiry
An Opposition Health spokeswoman said the state government needed to ensure its staff feel safe to speak up as submissions to review near. LATEST >>
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Keep the borders closed but let Hobart dance: Pub owners
Peter Gutwein has done a great job during the COVID pandemic but it is time to relax a bit, the owners of a Hobart pub say as they call for restrictions to ease on dancing and playing pool. VOTE IN OUR POLL >>
Family’s travel nightmare continues
A Tasmanian family is stuck overseas and unable to secure a safe return to Australia. Read the latest on their a five-month ordeal and the new challenge they are facing >>
COVID concerns creating mistrust and ‘demonisation’
COVID-19 is provoking strong emotions and fiercely opposing views on Tasmania’s border and social distancing rules, with fears it may lead to “systemic issues of prejudice” in the community.
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‘History repeats’: How Tasmania closed its borders in 1919
It isn’t the first time Tasmania has introduced drastic border controls and restrictions on social gatherings to combat a pandemic. It has happened before – 101 years ago – when the Spanish flu hit our shores.
Busloads of shoppers strip supermarket shelves
A supermarket has been forced to take to Facebook to announce the “unfortunate” new measures.
‘Unreal’ and ‘difficult’ isolation measures will help calm the state
Tourism and business will take a hit with the announcement all incoming travellers to Tasmania must self-isolate, but industry bodies have found a silver lining – the measures may calm the state.
Restaurants evolve as crisis unfolds
Cafes are thinking outside the box to keep their customers fed, their staff safe and their businesses afloat as social distancing curtails public dining.
Border controls a curveball for Tassie AFL matches
With the AFL season reduced to 17 rounds and strict new border controls introduced, Tasmania’s eight games are “unlikely to go ahead” — But there’s a chance the state will still have to fork out millions.
Disease expert calls for closures of schools immediately
All Tasmanian schools should be closed as soon as possible in an effort to limit the spread of coronavirus, a disease expert has said.
Claim arrivals are ‘slipping the net’
There are calls to extend the two-week self-isolation requirements to all people arriving in Tasmania.
State’s coronavirus tally surges
The State Government has confirmed three more coronavirus cases in Tasmania. The three people – a woman and two men, all aged in their 40s – have recently travelled to the state from overseas.
Three more coronavirus cases confirmed
The State Government has confirmed three more coronavirus cases in Tasmania. The three people – a woman and two men, all aged in their 40s – have recently travelled to the state from overseas.
Tassie man’s dash to beat lockdown
A Tasmanian man has been forced to abandon his trip of a lifetime due to coronavirus fears, fleeing the United States just three hours before the city of San Francisco went into lockdown.
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