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Voting closes in Tasmania’s early election as hung parliament looms
Labor’s Rebecca White is hoping to unseat Australia’s only remaining Liberal government and return her party...
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Hobart endures hottest night in 112 years as severe heatwave hits south-eastern Australia
Extreme heat forecast to continue across Victoria, Tasmania, SA and NSW for several days, as record...
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Pure imagination: Tasmanian premier vows to build world’s largest chocolate fountain if re-elected
Liberal Jeremy Rockliff commits $12m and says ‘chocolate experience’ at Claremont would be ‘the greatest thing...
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Melbourne’s Moomba parade cancelled due to heat as festivalgoers in Victoria advised to leave amid fire warnings
Pitch music and arts festival attenders urged to delay arrival, with those already on site advised...
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Tasmanian premier Jeremy Rockliff pledges to open protected native forests to logging
Liberal leader’s plan criticised by political opponents, environmentalists and industry representativesFollow our Australia news live blog...
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Tasmania premier Jeremy Rockliff pulls trigger on early state election
Premier says he will ask governor to call election for the state which has Australia’s sole...
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Ad guru Harold Mitchell mourned; man dies at Echuca’s Southern 80 water ski race – as it happened
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Tasmanian jumping castle tragedy: company operator pleads not guilty to workplace safety charges
Rosemary Anne Gamble faces Devonport court over Hillcrest primary school incident that left six children deadFollow...
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‘It’s beautiful’: bioluminescence lights up ocean in Tasmania and parts of NSW in glowing end to 2023
‘Sea sparkles’ appeared at Hobart’s waterfront, the NSW mid-north coast and Sydney’s Manly, with hundreds delighting...
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New Year’s Eve fireworks in Australia: ‘your cracker night could end in hospital’, authorities warn
Illegal use of fireworks can lead to thousands of dollars in fines and even jail. Here...
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Sydney bakes in 43C temperatures and heatwave conditions; southerly change expected from 6pm – as it happened
This blog is now closedHeatwave, fire, flood and cyclone: Sydney temperatures peak at 43C amid wild...
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Scores of dead pilot whales found on Tasmanian beach in ‘confronting scenes’
Cause of mass stranding of 34 pilot whales on Freycinet Peninsula unclear as authorities say they...