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‘Pandemic Drone’ in Development to Detect People with Coronavirus

A ‘pandemic drone’ to remotely monitor and detect people with infectious respiratory conditions is being developed by the University of South Australia...

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...

Wage Subsidy Backed by 93 Economic Experts in Open Letter

93 Australian economists and policy experts have signed an open letter, initiated by the Centre for Future Work, supporting a government wage subsidy...

Caitlyn Cutler Still Keen to Sparkle

Year 12 student Caitlyn Cutler now has an unexpected wait to to pursue her dream of becoming Miss Diamond International 2020. The...

Tas That Was – The Opening of the Cat and Fiddle Arcade (1962)

The Cat and Fiddle Arcade, once a seedy back alley, has been the heart of Hobart shopping for over a hundred years....

Fourth Estate: COVID-19 Coverage, Avoiding Panic And Fake News

This week the all-remote panel discusses how the media has gone covering COVID19, did the media feed into the feeling of panic...

Little Laydybird Book of COVID-19

This COVID-19 spoof of a Little Ladybird Book has been doing the rounds on social media. We don’t know who created it....

Public Sector Workers Welcome Family Violence Funding

Media release – CPSU Tasmania, 27 March 2020 Public Sector Workers Welcome Family Violence Funding The union representing Tasmania’s public sector workers...