Tasmania
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- Rise of Tasmanian Devils, JackJumpers leads to sports academy The Tasmanian Academy of Leadership and Sport will create an education and training pathway through a partnership with TasTAFE. Interest in sports management is growing, an academic says.
- AI data centre company starts development work without a permit Latrobe Council is assessing whether Firmus Technologies has conducted illegal works on the site of its yet-to-be-approved project in north-west Tasmania.
- She was convicted of a murder she says she didn’t commit. Then AI hallucinations stopped her speaking out On 20 August 2009, detectives charged Susan Neill-Fraser, Chappell’s partner of 18 years, with his murder. Neill-Fraser was released on parole in 2022.
- Port Arthur memories 'came back' on seeing jumping castle body-cam: officer One of Tasmania's most senior police officers has been brought to tears as he reflected on reviewing two hours of police body-worn footage in the aftermath of the Hillcrest jumping.
- Man dies, other driver injured after two utes collide on highway A 55-year-old man who was on his way to work has been killed and another man is in hospital after their utes crashed on the East Derwent Highway outside Hobart.
- Tasmanian Liberals to have conscience vote on banning conversion practices Tasmanian Liberal MPs will be allowed a conscience vote on a Greens bill to ban conversion practices, which are attempts to suppress or convert a person's gender or sexual identity.
- After 200 years, a 'brutal' hanging is being marked The deaths of two Aboriginal men have been commemorated in Hobart on the 200th anniversary of their execution.
- Tasmania Devils line up female voice to sing team song in AFL first Kylie Minogue will dazzle 100,000 fans at the MCG this weekend, but the Tasmania Devils hope there will soon be another female vocal heard on grand final day.
- 'Researcher of the Year' to be sacked as part of cost cutting An award-winning, internationally lichen scientist is set to lose his job managing the Tasmanian Herbarium, as the state government's job cuts hit the science sector.
- More Tasmanian campsites to require bookings to address 'ghost camping' Campsites at 10 Tasmanian national parks and conservation areas will soon need booking. Campgrounds at 10 places managed by the Parks and Wildlife Service are included in the first phase:.
- Tasmania's treasures come out to lure BBC hit show A campaign to get the BBC's Antiques Roadshow to host an episode in Tasmania has been launched by the state's National Trust and a tourism organisation.
- Cyclist seriously injured in crash near Hobart A cyclist has been seriously injured in a crash near Hobart early this afternoon.
- Twenty minutes' notice of Tasmanian job cuts, union says Tasmanian public service workers have left in tears after meetings where they were informed about job cuts, often without being given details, a union says.
- Car crashes through front room of house in Tasmania's north Police are investigating after a car crashed into the front room of a house in Tasmania's north.
- Tasmania's Red Devil claims third cycling world title Felicity Wilson-Haffenden has earned high praise from compatriot Amanda Spratt after claiming Australia's first gold at the Montreal world road championships.
- Hillcrest jumping castle incident led to hospital changes, inquest told Six children died in 2021 after a jumping castle became airborne during an end-of-year event at a school in Devonport, in Tasmania's north.
- Charities cutting services due to financial pressures Nearly half of Tasmanian community service organisations say they've had to cut some of their services due to a shortage of resources and more financial pressures.
- Council spot guaranteed without election for everyone who put up their hand Two local councils in Tasmania have had fewer nominations than council seats they are trying to fill in the October local government elections.
- Bushfire strategy must change, expert says, after Tasmanian scare Amid criticism of the Tasmania Fire Service over no fire ban being imposed on a windy, warm and dry day which resulted in prescribed burns going ahead.
- The Australian town that turned a sorry past into a present The latest chapter of this Tasmanian town features creatives and makers quietly crafting beauty.
- More than 150,000 underwater explosives used to deter seals at Tasmanian salmon farms since 2016 More than 150,000 underwater explosives have been used to deter seals at Tasmanian salmon farms since 2016, according to new government data.
- Forced job-cuts loom as Tasmanian government prepares to swing axe The Tasmanian government announced during the May budget that it wanted to cut 250 Building Tasmania jobs, primarily through voluntary redundancies.
- Residents angry at lack of fire ban despite forecast A bushfire began at Seven Mile Beach, about 15 kilometres east of Hobart, on Sunday amid hot and windy conditions.
- Unimaginable grief detailed as Hillcrest jumping castle inquest begins The coronial inquest into the deaths of the six children who died when a wind tossed a jumping castle across the school's oval on December 16, 2021.
- Two men charged over what is believed to be Tasmania's largest ice bust Two men have been charged with drug trafficking following the seizure of 17 kilograms of the drug ice in Tasmania's north-west on Friday.
- 'Not enough' mental health beds in Tasmania after arson attack, union warns An alleged arson attack has shut a 19-bed mental health inpatient unit in Tasmania's north-west. The Spencer Clinic suffered extensive damage following an allegedly deliberately lit fire on Saturday night.
- Tasmania Devils football club recruiting rising stars ahead of 2028 debut The Tasmania Devils AFL team is preparing its young homegrown talent to play in the national league from 2028.
- Windy weather, warm temperatures keep Tasmanian firefighters busy Tasmania's fire service has issued bushfire alerts for several areas as wind gusts make conditions difficult for fire crews. As of Sunday afternoon, the following warnings are in place:.
- Woman charged over fire in hospital mental health clinic Emergency crews were called to the North West Regional Hospital in Burnie about 6:30pm Saturday, following reports of a fire in the hospital's inpatient mental health unit.
- Tasmanian justice department review under way after AI and fake citation used in murderer’s parole decision Parole condition of convicted killer Susan Neill-Fraser deemed invalid after board cited non-existent case law. The Parole Board is an independent decision-making body to the department.
- Parole board used AI, cited fake case law in murderer’s release conditions A review is under way in Tasmania after convicted killer Susan Neill-Fraser’s parole conditions were overturned.
- Tasmania launches review after AI-assisted document cited non-existent case law in convicted killer’s parole case Tasmania’s Department of Justice on Friday evening confirmed the review would take place, four days after a parole condition imposed on convicted killer Susan Neill-Fraser was deemed invalid.
- Neill-Fraser revelations lead to review of AI use in parole decisions Tasmania's Justice Department says it will review the extent to which artificial intelligence may have been used to tell past Tasmanian parole board decisions.
- Fishy freight lands in Tasmania ahead of Bass Strait trial Fifteen-thousand yellowtail kingfish fingerlings have arrived in Tasmania from Western Australia.
- Tasmanian Aboriginal elder Aunty Patsy Cameron dies aged 79 A Tasmanian Aboriginal elder who spent decades advocating for better educational outcomes for Aboriginal Tasmanians has died.
- Pockets of Hobart's eastern shore face 'extreme' fire danger as temperatures set to soar More fire service personnel will be on stand-by across Tasmania this weekend, in preparation for high fire danger forecasts.
- Murder accused appears in court over death of 48yo man Forty-two-year-old Dominic Alexander Carbonari appears in a Tasmanian court charged with the murder of a 48-year-old man in the state's north-west.
- Man charged with murder after alleged assault in Tasmania's north A 42-year-old man has been charged with murder after allegedly assaulting a man at a house in Tasmania's north.
- Callers told no ambulances available almost 17,000 times in Tasmania Tasmanians who had rung Triple Zero were told there were no available ambulances nearly 17,000 times in 2025-26, new figures have revealed — around 46 times per day.
- Apple varieties 'lost over the years' are being kept alive in this collection What you won't find in stores are apple varieties from more than 100 years ago, introduced to Tasmania by colonial settlers.