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Is a stay at Saffire Freycinet really worth $3000?

This famous Aussie resort costs $3000 a night. But is it justified?

What does $3000 a night get you? It gets you anything you want. Or at least, that’s the idea.

  • Ben Groundwater

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Pro-stadium marchers on election day

Boost to Liberals, swing against Labor as voters punish ALP in Tasmanian poll

Tasmanian Premier Jeremy Rockliff will seek to re-form government with an increased primary vote as Labor stares down the barrel of its worst result in the state’s history.

  • Daniella White
DoubleTree by Hilton, on Hobart’s Macquarie Street.

The verdict on Hilton’s first property in Tasmania

While adding nothing distinctly unique to Hobart’s hotel scene, the DoubleTree is well positioned and excels in one particular area.

  • Andrew Bain
The books we’re excited to read in the second half of 2025.

Thirty books we’ll be talking about for the rest of 2025

Clear your shelves. Here’s the fiction and non-fiction you can look forward to reading for the rest of the year.

  • Melanie Kembrey
Tasmanian Premier Jeremy Rockliff has visited the state’s governor seeking an early election.

Tasmania is facing another hung parliament. It could cost the state its AFL team

Voters will head to the polls on Saturday for the second time in 16 months - the fourth state election in seven years. But few are optimistic it will lead to a new period of political stability. 

  • Daniella White and Hannah Kennelly
AFL boss Andrew Dillon met with club CEOs last week where the mid-season competition was discussed.

AFL considers new mid-season competition in radical fixture shake-up

The AFL is seriously considering introducing a secondary tournament that would run during the premiership season, award millions of dollars in prizemoney and could even offer the winning team a spot in the finals.

  • Sam McClure
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The Hazards in the distance, across the water from Moulting Lagoon and the vines of Devil’s Corner.

The home of Australia’s best-selling pinot is also ‘Tasmania’s Kakadu’

At the back of his ute, a local Tasmanian oyster farmer is shucking oysters from their shells, to be savoured alongside a glass of sparkling or riesling.

  • Jim Darby
MACq 01 Hotel has a prime view of Hobart’s harbour.

Hobart’s best places to stay

From pavilions at an art gallery to art-filled hotel corridors, Hobart has made an art form of fine accommodation.

  • Andrew Bain
Arcangelo Sassolino with In the end, the beginning (2025).

One of the most powerful artworks I’ve seen is on show in Tasmania

My arm hairs stand on end; an uneasy shock settles in. The whole thing takes about 15 minutes.

  • Michaela Boland
A sea lion pokes its head into a rock lobster trap, but can’t get in because of the metal pole.

The simple fixes that have saved the lives of sea lions and turtles

By paying attention to the science, some Australian fisheries have become sustainable.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons

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