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'The funniest bloke I've ever met': How paedophile police officer Paul Reynolds groomed an entire community

A former Tasmanian cop repeatedly groomed boys over his decades-long career. A report into Paul Reynolds has outlined how he used his standing in the community to do it.
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Two text bubbles with messages like "You played really well today mate!"

'30 million euro was not going to do it': Details emerge about the project to replace the Spirit of Tasmania ferries

Replacing the two Bass Strait ferries has been far from plain sailing, with operator TT-Line facing obstacle after obstacle. This week, the state-owned company detailed how it came to the decision to pay the shipbuilder an extra $81 million, while copping a 400 per cent blowout in wharf upgrade costs — without telling the public.
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A large, red ferry with a smaller pilot boat in front

Autism Tasmania staff 'devastated' after being told peak body is shutting down due to lack of funding

After 30 years of providing help for people with autism Tasmania's peak body, Autism Tasmania, will close due to funding being discontinued, with many of those affected reeling over the news, advocates say.
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Autism Tasmania logo

Port upgrade for new Spirit of Tasmania ferries to cost $375m, not $90m

A quote to upgrade the Tasmanian port facility to accommodate the new Spirit of Tasmania ferries has blown out from $90 million in 2020, to $375 million just four years later.
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a large ferry with red livery in the sea.

Ice concealed in Lego packs, toys, found during airport search, Tasmania Police alleges

An airport search found 28 grams of the drug ice on a man, hidden in toys and concealed in bags containing Lego, Tasmania Police allege.
Crystal methamphetamine shards in Lego bag.

analysis:Are the Lambie MPs holding the Tasmanian government to account, or just propping it up

The Tasmanian members of the Jacqui Lambie Network had a vision to transform parliament. But is the trio living up to its name — shaking things up, bringing hard truths and keeping others accountable? 
A man and two women pose for a photo on sandstone steps in front of an old building.

Renters welcome proposed Tasmanian pet-friendly legislation, but landlord group warns it's a 'mistake'

Sarah says most tenants understand the responsibilities of keeping a pet in a rental property — but a new push to give tenants greater rights in Tasmania will meet pushback by landlords, one real estate industry insider says. Here is what is being proposed.
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Woman playing with a black dog.

Tasmanian government loses control as opposition passes legislation

Chinks in Tasmania's minority government armour are appearing, as within the space of hours, The Greens and Labor passed two consecutive bills through the lower house against the government's wishes, both on issues that the Liberals have long held out on.
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A man with grey hair seated in parliament looks sad

Jobs are being left unfilled in Tasmania's public health system — on purpose. The government says it's 'prudent'

Job vacancies across radiology, pathology, nursing and midwifery questioned extensively by Labor and the Greens in response to the Tasmanian government's "vacancy control" measures, leaked last week in an internal Health Department memo.
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Two buildings of the Royal Hobart Hospital with kunanyi/Mount Wellington visible in the background

Tasmania's power prices would have actually dropped had network costs not 'spoiled the party', regulator says

Tasmanian power prices will remain almost unchanged for the next 12 months and, when combined with state and federal government rebates, consumers could see an overall reduction.
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A woman turns a switch on an electric heater.

Man charged with manslaughter after death of 4-year-old

A man is charged after the death of a four-year-old child in Tasmania's north-west, with a woman also charged with ill-treating a child.
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Tasmania Police tape at crime scene.

Tassie devil squad off to the US to show Americans they are not just 'a cartoon character'

Tequila, Tabasco, Mouse and Mozza and four other Tasmanian devils will soon board a long haul flight to the US, where they'll settle into four zoos as part of Tasmania's ambassador program.
A Tasmanian devil in an enclosure pokes its head out of its hiding place.

'Hookah' diving is popular in Tasmania. Experts fear more deaths from the unregulated past time

Hookah diving: those who do it love the underwater freedom, but with no regulations governing the practice people who don't know what they are doing are putting their lives at risk, one expert says.
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Underwater photo of a man in a wetsuit holding 2 lobsters with a yellow tube behind him

Catholic school says it will remain 'safe, respectful and inclusive' in retort to archbishop's controversial letter

A Catholic school rebukes the archbishop of Hobart after Julian Porteous earlier this month railed against "woke" culture, same-sex marriage and abortion rights.
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Tasmanian Archbishop Julian Porteous at his installation ceremony in Hobart.

Tasmania prepares for deadly strain of avian influenza

A deadly strain of avian influenza wreaking havoc in Victoria is yet to make its way to Tasmania, keeping the state bird flu free. But Biosecurity Tasmania warns it won't stay this way forever, and is urging the state's agricultural industry to be extra vigilant.
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Dozens of hens with glossy brown feathers and red plump combs under a clear blue sky.

Dozens of Tasmanian public servants under internal investigation due to adverse findings of child sexual abuse inquiry

Almost half of the public servants identified in Tasmania's child sexual abuse commission of inquiry are still employed and under internal investigation, six months after the release of the inquiry's report.
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A sad child sits in a chair with their face hidden behind their hair

Spirit of Tasmania replacement ferries aren't on time, however, Finnish builder gets late-fee clause removed

The much-awaited two brand new Spirit of Tasmania ferries are due in the third quarter of this year, but with its Finnish shipbuilder in financial trouble and other problems of money and logistics, it has been anything but smooth sailing.
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The side of a ship under construction with Spirit of Tasmanian in red text on a white background.

Almost 90 years ago during the Great Depression, begging was made illegal in Tasmania. It still is

Since the Great Depression, begging for money has been illegal in Tasmania but now there is a push to, as one expert says, "tackle social issues in a rational, mature and modern way".
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A man begging with his dog.

Pulse Tasmania's Facebook page reported to anti-discrimination body over alleged racist comments on post

A local media organisation has been reported to Equal Opportunity Tasmania, following concerns from the multicultural community that it did not do enough to moderate comments on a recent post.
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Screenshot of Pulse Tasmania Facebook post.

Virgin passengers were told they'd won a free cruise, but some can't redeem the prize

Virgin staff dancing at the boarding gate, a call from Richard Branson announcing they'd all won a free cruise, passengers wearing hats and filmed celebrating — but this winner says due to a change in itinerary, to claim her prize will cost her thousands.
Images from Virgin free cruise promotion Instagram reel.

'Absolutely atrocious': Social housing unit trashed as waitlist for a home grows

Aymee Hewitt and her growing family are on the housing waitlist. They are among those outraged at the destruction of a social housing unit in Tasmania's north that is now unliveable.
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social housing unit - toilet and walls wrecked

'What goes around': Former premier's statue chopped down in the night, a day after vandals' first attempt

A colonial-era statue honouring a former premier who mutilated the body of an Aboriginal man is vandalised on the eve of a tribunal decision on its planned removal.
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A historical statue cut down and vandalised.

Man jumps from car before train smashes into it at Tasmanian level crossing

A man has a lucky escape after jumping out of his car before it is hit by a train at Devonport, in the state's north-west.
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A freight train stopped on the tracks with a white ute on the tracks in front of it.

Tasmanian crossbench unites to install opposition MP as speaker in first test of minority Liberal government

Tasmania's minority Liberal government is rolled on the first day of parliament, as the entire crossbench helps install an opposition MP as speaker.
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Michelle O'Byrne escorted by a man and a woman watched by two seated women.

Henna artist Halitha turned her passion into a profession and was welcomed in her new Tasmanian home

Halitha Khan knew nothing about Tasmania when she moved to the state about a year ago. But her new henna business quickly changed that.
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A woman in a hijab smiling to camera, a forearm covered in henna designs below her face