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Start spring off right with five of our audience's favourite recipes from the season, including a satisfying dessert.🍰 S...
13/09/2026

Start spring off right with five of our audience's favourite recipes from the season, including a satisfying dessert.

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Start spring off right with five of our audience's favourite recipes from the season, including a satisfying dessert.

After answering a newspaper ad in the seventies, Hobart's Gavin Merrington has travelled the world, visiting and preserv...
12/09/2026

After answering a newspaper ad in the seventies, Hobart's Gavin Merrington has travelled the world, visiting and preserving stained glass works. After 48 years, he's hanging up his hat with one last project.

Story here: https://ab.co/46jJKBK

Ever wondered about the wisdom of running your pet's bedding through your washing machine? We asked the experts about ho...
12/09/2026

Ever wondered about the wisdom of running your pet's bedding through your washing machine? We asked the experts about how hygienic it is and how to do it without ruining your machine.

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Ever wondered about the wisdom of running your pet's bedding through your washing machine? We asked the experts about how hygienic it is and how to do it without ruining your machine.

11/09/2026
An upcoming proposal to mine millions of tonnes of sand for export from Tasmania's largest farm has raised concerns from...
11/09/2026

An upcoming proposal to mine millions of tonnes of sand for export from Tasmania's largest farm has raised concerns from Aboriginal groups.

An upcoming proposal to mine millions of tonnes of sand for export from Tasmania's largest farm triggers concern from Aboriginal groups.

30 years ago in the wake of the Port Arthur massacre, Tasmania's leaders across the political divide stood united to tou...
11/09/2026

30 years ago in the wake of the Port Arthur massacre, Tasmania's leaders across the political divide stood united to toughen gun laws.

Three decades on, following calls to again tighten laws post the Bondi shootings, the parliament and community are divided.

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11/09/2026

Researchers and volunteer gardeners are helping to revive a heritage-listed orchard in Launceston.

More apple varieties have been planted as an insurance policy to help preserve Tasmania's rich apple-growing history.

The technology behind red light cameras has vastly improved since they were removed from Tasmanian intersections in the ...
11/09/2026

The technology behind red light cameras has vastly improved since they were removed from Tasmanian intersections in the early 2000s.

Tasmania removed red light cameras more than 20 years ago, but is it time to bring them back for road safety?

10/09/2026

There will not be a cap on the number of guns a person can own in Tasmania, after the lower house voted not to amend the state government's fi****ms reform legislation.

The changes proposed by the government, including setting up the Tasmanian requirements for a national fi****ms register and a buyback scheme, as well as mandatory minimum jail terms for serious fi****ms offences, were announced in the wake of the Bondi shooting.

A man has been charged with arson and other offences in relation to 11 separate fires in northern Tasmania.
10/09/2026

A man has been charged with arson and other offences in relation to 11 separate fires in northern Tasmania.

Authorities have been investigating a spate of fires spanning the region from Ulverstone to Perth in northern Tasmania. They have now charged a man in relation to 11 of them.

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