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Tasmanian councillor pushes for free sanitary items in public toilets
Hobart could be the first city in Australia to have free pads and tampons
Continue reading‘Not improving one little bit’: The number of greyhound deaths on Tasmanian tracks on the rise
Despite efforts to clean up the greyhound racing sector, the number of
Continue readingCalls for parliamentary inquiry into ‘appalling’, ‘cockroach-infested’ public housing
Tasmanian Speaker Sue Hickey says she has had public housing tenants "crying
Continue readingBiosecurity boss gave RSPCA chief ‘talking points’ after polo pony deaths, RTI reveals
A Tasmanian Government department told the independent RSPCA how to respond
Continue readingTransgender advocates ‘gobsmacked’ by ad opposing birth certificate changes
A full-page newspaper ad that warned proposed legislation which would
Continue reading2019 on track to match last year’s political chaos
While last year was a doozy, the year of politics about to kick off in
Continue readingFeedlot definition causes problems for drought-affected farmers
The definition of a feedlot is causing headaches for producers feeding
Continue readingHealth Minister threatens to bring in contractors in public service pay dispute
Tasmania's public sector wage dispute is reaching a tipping point, with
Continue reading‘Barely out of nappies’: Conservative academic takes aim at students’ climate change strike
Students planning to join Friday's global day of action over climate change
Continue readingDrugs, disadvantage and murder: What life was like in the ‘waiting room for hell’
Stainforth Court was a troubled public housing estate in Hobart; a "weeping
Continue readingWhen 16-year-old Hayley left home, her only option was to go to a women’s shelter
It's been 12 months since Tasmania's Government convened an emergency
Continue readingTasmania has a chequered past — is it time for a ‘true’ corruption commission?
Australia's island state has a history of questionable dealings and the
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