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Plans for $26 million Launceston agricultural innovation hub revealed

Plans for a brand new $26 million agricultural hub in northern Tasmania, designed to enhance the sector through research and education infrastructure, have been revealed today. The new development, unveiled by the Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture – a joint venture between the University of Tasmania and the Tasmanian Government – will see a high-tech glasshouse, research facility and […]

Tue Oct 24, 2023 - 11:35am
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Hobart’s new scrambled pedestrian crossings are an ‘absolute disaster’

Hobart’s small businesses are suffering from ‘bad traffic management’ decisions, ‘disastrous’ road closures and ‘congestion-causing crossings’, one local businesses association says. Edwin Johnstone from the Confederation of Greater Hobart Business is calling on the Hobart City Council to step in and fix the city’s traffic situation, warning that things are ‘only going to get worse’ […]

Tue Oct 24, 2023 - 9:55am
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Record number of passengers cross Bass Strait on Spirit of Tasmania vessels

A record number of passengers crossed the Bass Strait on Spirit of Tasmania vessels last year. Over 450,000 people boarded 896 sailings on the boats operated by TT-Line in the 2022-23 financial year, contributing to a total revenue of around $307 million and an after-tax profit of $8.6 million. The increase in both passenger numbers and […]

Tue Oct 24, 2023 - 5:00am
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All day breakfast: Hobart Rotarians cook up an end to Polio

Rotarians are encouraging the Tasmanian community to support efforts to eradicate polio today on World Polio Day. Rotary says thanks to their international ‘End Polio Now’ campaign, the once-rampant worldwide epidemic is now nearing ‘complete eradication,’ only confined to Pakistan and Afghanistan. Roslyn Teirney, a representative of Rotary Tasmania, says that even though cases remain […]

Tue Oct 24, 2023 - 4:50am
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Financial struggles force century-old Families Tasmania to shut down

Not-for-profit organisation Families Tasmania has gone into liquidation after over 100 years due to financial difficulties and operating at a deficit. Originally established as the Child Welfare Association in 1917, the organisation had a primary objective of reducing the high infant mortality rate, establishing a sterilised milk supply for babies and pioneering the first child […]

Tue Oct 24, 2023 - 3:00am
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Rising power bills: Tasmanian households face increased costs

Tasmanian households will see an increase in electricity bills this year, with prices predicted to be between $235 to $265 more expensive compared to last year, according to a new report. The St Vincent de Paul Society found that average consumption households on tariff 31 can expect to pay around $3,130 for electricity this year. […]

Mon Oct 23, 2023 - 6:30pm
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More wild weather on the way as Tasmania faces gusts of up to 100km/h

More wild weather is expected to hit Tasmania tomorrow as the BOM forecast severe and damaging wind gusts of up to 100km/h. A strong cold front moving southeastwards across the state and a deepening low pressure system over the eastern Great Australian Bight is expected to fuel the storm. The BOM say northwesterly winds with […]

Mon Oct 23, 2023 - 4:45pm
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‘Bad morning’ turns into $1.8 million lotto win for Hobart man

A Hobart man says his life has been ‘turned upside down’ after winning over $1.8 million in Saturday’s Lotto. Tasmania’s newest millionaire, he was one of 11 division one winners nationwide in Saturday’s draw and took home a total prize of $1,818,181.82. When Lotto officials called him on Monday morning, he said that he had ‘absolutely […]

Mon Oct 23, 2023 - 12:30pm
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Tasmanian aged care workers among those paid back $2.1 million after payroll error

Tasmanian aged care workers who were among those underpaid more than $2.1 million over a two-year period due to a “payroll error” have now been fully paid back – including interest and superannuation. The Fair Work Ombudsman said both current and former staff working for the aged care services provider Japara Administration Pty Ltd, now Calvary […]

Mon Oct 23, 2023 - 12:00pm
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