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385Local GovernmentNews from the Hobart City Council Planning Authority Committee Meeting on 20 May 2026
18 Sunvale Avenue, 26 Edith Avenue and 23A Aotea Road, Sandy Bay The Hobart City Council Planning Authority Committee has approved a...
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601Tas That Was
Tas That Was – Magnet
During the early 19th century, while the Van Diemen’s Land Company was surveying Tasmania’s north-west wilderness, an explorer named Henry Hellyer noticed...
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543Wellbeing & Lifestyle
A Taste of Homelessness
The 2026 Sleep Rough Challenge highlighted Tasmania’s homelessness crisis while also raising vital funds.
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483Politics
Strengthening Child Safety in Tasmania
Community feedback is now open on the Commission of Inquiry (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill 2026.
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767Tas That Was
Tas That Was – The Cadbury Chocolate Factory
Cadbury was founded in Birmingham, England, in 1824 by John Cadbury, an English Quaker and businessman who began selling handmade cocoa and...
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563Economy
Recycle Rewards Celebrates 1 Year Milestone
It’s been one year since Tasmania’s container refund scheme, Recycle Rewards, commenced.
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675Tas That Was
Tas That Was – Constitution Dock
Constitution Dock was built from locally sourced materials in the late 1840s.
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825Statements
30 Years On – The Port Arthur Massacre Remembered
The scars of the Port Arthur massacre remain three decades on. Tributes from the state’s political leaders and powerful personal accounts remind...
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699Tas That Was
Four Nationalities Come Together in War
During WWI, a German was buried in French soil by an English chaplain and carried there by Australians.
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747Tas That Was
Tas That Was – Hobart (1970)
The above photograph of Hobart was taken in 1970. Tas That Was is a column that includes: anecdotes of life in Tasmania...
