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Each Friday, Airlie Ward chats with Tasmania's top journos to unpack one of the big stories of the week. If it's going to hit your heart, head or your hip pocket – we're going to break it down for you.
ABC Australia hosts ABC TassieCast, a news show with 81 episodes published.
Tasmania is experiencing a whooping cough epidemic, it's one of the highly contagious diseases that can be prevented through vaccination. The state is not immune from a national drop in vaccination rates for a whole raft
For decades what was dubbed the "Forest Wars" saw conservationists, police and the Tasmanian timber industry lock horns on a regular basis. But after a period of what many considered a relative peace ... we might be hear
Transparency and trust in government ... they're cornerstones of any successful democracy.
Northern Tasmania has been rocked with the news that after 145 years - James Boag beer will no longer be produced in Launceston. Boags – which has traditionally been spruiked as being from the pure waters of Tasmania, wi
The premier talks about housing as a fundamental human right, the treasurer used his budget speech to talk about delivering a caring community.
Are you one of Tassie's eight thousand strong Hawks members? If so, you might be feeling a bit gutted right now with the news the AFL has intervened and given the club the boot from the state ... with next season to be t
The state government has already chopped a number of creative courses from education provider TasTAFE ... leading to fears in the arts industry of a state-wide creative brain drain. Let's face it, the discretionary spend
Do you know what your teenager was up to over the school holidays? While they might not have been created in the classroom, a Hobart school has been criticised for its response to a deepfake incident by some boys who wer
Tasmania has a long tradition of young people growing up, spreading their wings, and leaving for the mainland - before for some, returning to the island. But as more jobs demand tertiary qualifications, and as increasing
In what's believed to be the biggest study of its kind, a staggering 70 percent of almost 300 of our federal, state and local politicians who took part say the job has adversely affected their mental health. Pollies are
Many of us are already feeling the pinch ... We've got massive fuel prices, TT Line has added a surcharge, farmers are worried about future production capacity add to that the Easter Bunny is more expensive than ever. Ea
The manosphere - the online world considered responsible for the rise in anti-social behaviour and fuelling misogyny is reaching Tassie classrooms. So how and why are men, particular young men getting caught up in this m
Kunanyi/Mt Wellington is Tasmania's most visited natural asset but is a cable car the answer to getting more people on the mountain?
In 2025 there were more than 200 injuries to greyhounds recorded on the track. Many countries have phased the industry out amid animal cruelty concerns ... could Tassie be the first Australian state to do it? Legislation
When you imagine someone using a needle exchange program, who do you picture? Chances are, it’s not always who you’d expect.
After its public image took a dive last summer when millions of fish died ... the salmon industry sought regulatory approval to use an antibiotic in a bid to prevent more mass deaths. But the spread of that antibiotic we
Imagine what you could do with 200 million dollars. That's how much money Tasmanians lost on pokies last financial year, The government reckons its latest plan is about freedom of choice at the same time as supporting pe
They might look like Bambi but they're making a big mess. There are tens of thousands of fallow deer trampling across the landscape and they now outnumber some of our most iconic species. Featuring reporter Meg Whitfield
Let's face it, Tassie's school report card isn't one to take home proudly. Now with a new school year underway the Education Minister reckons she's found the solution. But will another generation of kids be the guinea pi
Two decades after the Beaconsfield mine collapse forever linked the Foo Fighters with Tasmania, the band touches down for a one-off Launceston show hailed as Tassie’s biggest concert ever.
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