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Christmas is around the corner and we have plenty of delicious ideas, whether you're hosting or bringing dessert.🍖 Get t...
20/12/2025

Christmas is around the corner and we have plenty of delicious ideas, whether you're hosting or bringing dessert.

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Christmas is around the corner and we have plenty of delicious ideas, whether you're hosting or bringing dessert.

WE DID IT TASSIE! 🎄🥳👏We've just raised over $390,000 for the ABC Giving Tree Appeal! A NEW RECORD!!! Thank you for all y...
19/12/2025

WE DID IT TASSIE! 🎄🥳👏

We've just raised over $390,000 for the ABC Giving Tree Appeal! A NEW RECORD!!!

Thank you for all your support. We couldn't do this without you!

The tourism industry remains opposed to a 5 per cent levy on short-stay accommodation that the Tasmanian government has ...
19/12/2025

The tourism industry remains opposed to a 5 per cent levy on short-stay accommodation that the Tasmanian government has promised to implement.

"I hope that her wisdom will get out there and help other people."A pioneering Tasmanian artist and potter, Eileen Brook...
19/12/2025

"I hope that her wisdom will get out there and help other people."

A pioneering Tasmanian artist and potter, Eileen Brooker, is being celebrated in a book about her life and career by longtime friend Sue Abdullah.

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Eileen Brooker first met author Sue Abdullah in the 70s, and their decades of friendship has helped build a book celebrating the 103-year-old artist and potters life.

More than two years after Belgian backpacker Celine Cremer vanished near Philosopher Falls, new discoveries have helped ...
18/12/2025

More than two years after Belgian backpacker Celine Cremer vanished near Philosopher Falls, new discoveries have helped investigators better understand her final movements — though many questions still remain.

Story here: https://ab.co/3KPjl7D

The national transport safety regulator's report into a fire, which broke out on a flight to Tasmania earlier this year,...
18/12/2025

The national transport safety regulator's report into a fire, which broke out on a flight to Tasmania earlier this year, has found the blaze was caused by a lithium-ion battery experiencing "thermal runaway".

South George Town Primary School was briefly evacuated before students returned 20 minutes later, the education departme...
18/12/2025

South George Town Primary School was briefly evacuated before students returned 20 minutes later, the education department said.

Police and other emergency services are responding to a chemical spill in George Town where a quantity of formic acid has been spilled.

Long-term residents of Tasmanian caravan parks would be protected from unlimited rent increases and no-grounds evictions...
17/12/2025

Long-term residents of Tasmanian caravan parks would be protected from unlimited rent increases and no-grounds evictions and be able to sell their homes under draft legislation.

A mobile phone belonging to missing Belgian tourist Celine Cremer has been found in a fresh search for the 31-year-old.
13/12/2025

A mobile phone belonging to missing Belgian tourist Celine Cremer has been found in a fresh search for the 31-year-old.

The search volunteer who found the phone said he "just melted" when he saw the phone, which has been confirmed as belonging to Celine Cremer, who went missing two and a half years ago.

This milk chocolate rocky road is easy to make. It creates 12 large slices, perfect for gifting — or dessert if you're b...
12/12/2025

This milk chocolate rocky road is easy to make. It creates 12 large slices, perfect for gifting — or dessert if you're bringing a plate.

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This milk chocolate rocky road is easy to make. It creates 12 large slices, perfect for gifting — or dessert if you're bringing a plate.

Fancy weeing in a bottle or number twos in a bag? Australia's Antarctic bases have almost all the creature comforts, but...
12/12/2025

Fancy weeing in a bottle or number twos in a bag? Australia's Antarctic bases have almost all the creature comforts, but don't be fooled, living in a hostile environment in close confines isn't for the faint hearted.

12/12/2025

Tasmanian students and teachers from St Helens District High School have defied the Stieglitz bushfire to rescue formal wear, assemble decorations and food, and hold their Year 10 formal.

Story here: https://ab.co/3XQ46hy

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