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| UpdatedThe bodies of three men are separately recovered from floodwaters in New South Wales and the ACT, as the massive storm cell that devastated beaches in Sydney's north now causes record flooding in Tasmania. Follow our live coverage.
Topics: weather, storm-event, storm-disaster, disasters-and-accidents, avoca-beach-2251, collaroy-2097, collaroy-beach-2097, lismore-2480, picton-2571, tas, vic, launceston-7250
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| UpdatedGrave fears are held for two elderly people missing as unprecedented flooding hits northern Tasmania.
Topics: storm-event, weather, rainfall, tas, devonport-7310, burnie-7320, launceston-7250
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| UpdatedTasmania and eastern parts of Victoria prepare for heavy rain, flash flooding and damaging winds, as the east coast low which left parts of Queensland and New South Wales battered after the weekend continues to move south.
Topics: storm-event, weather, vic, tas
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| UpdatedMedical practitioners fear a funding reduction for a mobile rural allied health service will put more pressure on Tasmania's health system.
Topics: health-administration, budget, federal---state-issues, tas
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Waves wash up the river onto Mersey Bluff
Topics: weather, devonport-7310
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| UpdatedNew South Wales and Tasmania are buffeted by damaging winds, heavy rainfall and rough seas as the east coast low moves south. Look back over our live blog.
Topics: weather, australia, murwillumbah-2484, tweed-heads-2485, fingal-bay-2315, barrington-7306, sheffield-7306, tas, wollongong-2500, kempsey-2440, port-macquarie-2444, lake-illawarra-2528, bega-2550, coffs-harbour-2450, billinudgel-2483, lismore-2480, nsw, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedThe decision by one of the oldest winemakers in Australia to expand outside their traditional growing area into Tasmania to escape rising temperatures pays off.
Topics: environment, climate-change, rural, tas, australia
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| UpdatedThousands of properties are without power in Tasmania's north and north-west as an extreme weather front moves down the east coast of Australia.
Topics: storm-event, weather, emergency-planning, emergency-incidents, rainfall, tas, launceston-7250, st-helens-7216
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| UpdatedThe Greens blame Hydro Tasmania and the Energy Minister's "incompetence" for damaging endangered native fish species populations.
Topics: conservation, state-parliament, fish, tas, miena-7030
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| UpdatedWild weather that thrashed parts of Queensland and New South Wales over the weekend moves south, with the east coast low pressure system reaching as far south as Tasmania amid warnings of heavy rain, flash flooding and damaging winds.
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| UpdatedThe Tasmania Police Association is calling on the State Government to amend its controversial anti-protest legislation, or risk police not enforcing it.
Topics: laws, state-parliament, hobart-7000, lapoinya-7325, tas
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The Hobart Hurricanes reject claims by controversial West Indian batsman Chris Gayle they want to recruit him for the Big Bash series.
Topics: cricket, sport, hobart-7000, tas
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| UpdatedThe family of missing Australian backpacker Rye Hunt are holding onto hope after a body was sighted in the sea off Rio de Janeiro.
Topics: missing-person, hobart-7000, brazil
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| UpdatedTasmanian motor racing driver John Bowe shares his struggles with depression, including feeling like an actor in the "gladiatorial" sport, in the hope others will seek help.
Topics: depression, motor-sports, human-interest, tas
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A High Court challenge to Tasmania's workplace anti-protest laws will go ahead, despite police scrapping plans to prosecute the only five protesters to be charged.
Topics: courts-and-trials, activism-and-lobbying, tas, lapoinya-7325
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| UpdatedPolice in Rio de Janeiro say they are investigating whether a body reported floating out at sea is that of Australian backpacker Rye Hunt, who vanished two weeks ago.
Topics: missing-person, police, tas, brazil
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| UpdatedExtreme weather causes flash flooding in Brisbane and Sydney and evacuations elsewhere in New South Wales, as residents in Victoria and Tasmania brace for heavy rain, strong winds and damaging surf.
Topics: weather, brisbane-4000, melbourne-3000, tas, vic, qld, act
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| UpdatedNorth Melbourne crushes Richmond by 70 points at Bellerive Oval, as the Tigers are hit hard by injuries.
Topics: australian-football-league, sport, hobart-7000, tas, australia, melbourne-3000, vic
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| UpdatedInternal Hydro documents detail the extent rare native fish populations at Great Lake have suffered as the storage was drawn down amid the energy crisis.
Topics: fish, hydro-energy, endangered-and-protected-species, environment, miena-7030
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| UpdatedTasmania Police decides not to prosecute anti-logging demonstrators charged under the State Government's anti-protest laws after reviewing the matter.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, police, environment, environmental-policy, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, forestry, rural, tas, lapoinya-7325
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| UpdatedA massive storm bearing down on Australia's east coast gains momentum, as residents in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania are warned to brace for damaging winds, heavy rainfall and rough seas this weekend.
Topics: weather, brisbane-4000, melbourne-3000, canberra-2600, tas, vic, qld, act
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| UpdatedNorthern Tasmanians are warned to prepare early for flash flooding, strong winds and damaging surf set to hit the state.
Topics: weather, storm-event, hobart-7000, launceston-7250
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| UpdatedPolice in Brazil expand their search for missing Australian man Rye Hunt as authorities brief family members who have travelled from Tasmania to join the search.
Topics: missing-person, community-and-society, tas, brazil
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| UpdatedAustralian backpacker Rye Hunt is missing in Brazil after an argument with a friend at Rio airport.
Topics: missing-person, community-and-society, tas, brazil
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North Melbourne coach Brad Scott is hospitalised with a viral infection, and will miss his side's Friday night clash with Richmond.
Topics: australian-football-league, sport, bellerive-7018, tas, australia