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Australian Government Urged to Acquire Aurora Australis as Emergency Vessel

The Australian government has been urged to acquire the soon-to-be retired Aurora Australis to address critical shortages of food and other essential...

Be Burns Aware!

With cooler nights approaching Tasmanians are likely to be firing up their heaters. All hot objects can cause burns and heaters are...

Call for Increased Tas Testing

#BREAKING: Three new cases of coronavirus in Tasmania, state total now 74. One of the cases was employed by a tour company...

CSIRO Starts Vaccines Trial

CSIRO has just commenced pre-clinical trials of potential vaccines for COVID-19. The work is being conducted at its high-containment facility in Geelong....

Does my Business Need to Close?

JobKeeper Payment The Australian Government has announced a subsidy program – The JobKeeper Payment, to support businesses affected by COVID-19 to cover the costs of employees’...

Scary Red or Icky Green? We Can’t Say What Colour Coronavirus Is

Images of the latest coronavirus have become instantly recognisable, often vibrantly coloured and floating in an opaque background. In most representations, the...

Clarification on New Restrictions

Full audio of Tuesday 31 March press conference featuring Premier Peter Gutwein, Health Minister Sarah Courtney and Director of Public Health Mark...

Public Health Direction Regarding Gatherings

Tasmanians Ordered to Stay In

From midnight tonight Tasmanians are ordered to stay at home. Premier Gutwein announced the order this morning. He said there will be...

3 Antarctic Studies Underline Shrinking Ice Problem

Recent measurements – as reported in three newly-published studies in Science magazine – show that portions of East and West Antarctic ice...