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A poll of Tasmanian voters has found many want the government to renegotiate an AFL stadium deal.

The poll result that could derail Tassie’s AFL team

Ahead of the upcoming election Tasmanian voters have made clear what they want done before a new $1 billion stadium is built.

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Bruce Lehrmann earned a magistrate's rebuke after not answering a call from a court straight away. (Jono Searle/AAP PHOTOS)

Bruce Lehrmann denies Tasmanian car-stealing charge

Bruce Lehrmann, who was accused of raping fellow former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins, has pleaded not guilty to stealing a four-wheel drive.

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Police Commissioner Donna Adams expects a man to be charged over the fatal shooting of an officer.

New details emerge over shooting death of Tassie cop

Charges are yet to be laid against the alleged Tasmanian police officer killer as the Commissioner reveals new details of the chaotic scene at the rural property.

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Constable Keith Anthony Smith was killed while delivering a home repossession order.  (Tasmania Police/AAP PHOTOS)

Police officer shot dead in Tasmanian property identified

The veteran police officer who was fatally shot while executing a warrant on a regional property in Tasmania’s north has been identified, marking the state’s first on-duty death in 25 years.

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Tasmanian Police Commissioner Donna Adams said the fatal shooting was ‘tragic and devastating’.

Police reveal details of ‘ambush’ as Tassie cop killed

A Tasmanian police officer is dead and the alleged shooter was shot by heavily armed police after an ambush outside a rural property.

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Tasmanian Premier Jeremy Rockliff is set to head for another election.

Tassie set to head to polls, again

A second Tasmanian election in 15 months is expected to be called on Tuesday, after a vote of no confidence against the Premier was passed last week.

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Striding towards another early election, Tasmania Premier Jeremy Rockliff remains defiant. (Ben McKay/AAP PHOTOS)

Four in seven years: Another election looms for poll weary Tasmanians

Tasmanian Premier Jeremy Rockliff and Opposition Leader Dean Winter are refusing to change course to avoid another costly and time-consuming state election.

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Two bodies, believed to be those of two Queensland tourists who went missing in North Hobart three days ago, have been found near a crashed vehicle in Tasmania’s northeast.

‘Tragic outcome’: Police find bodies of missing QLD couple

Two bodies, believed to be those of two Queensland tourists who went missing in North Hobart three days ago, have been found near a crashed vehicle in Tasmania’s northeast. 

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Chace Harrison, 11, Jalailah Jayne-Maree Jones, 12, Zane Mellor, 12, Addison Stewart, 11, Jye Sheehan, 12, and Peter Dodt, 12, died after the incident at Hillcrest Primary School

Verdict reached in jumping castle tragedy that killed six

The court has ruled on the fatal Hillcrest Primary School tragedy, where six children lost their lives after a jumping castle was lifted by a sudden gust of wind.

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Tasmania will go to the polls for a snap election after a vote of no confidence was passed in the Tasmanian Premier.

Tasmanian Liberal government falls in big threat to AFL team

The Tasmanian Parliament voted 18-17 to dismiss the state’s Liberal Government, a decision that threatens the creation of a 19th team in the Australian Football League, the Devils.

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The Tasmania Devils have signed Collingwood's highly respected recruitment manager Derek Hine. (Loic Le Guilly/AAP PHOTOS)

Tasmania Devils boss in tears as future suddenly in doubt

A new development has the 19th AFL club facing the real possibility of a fatal blow before it has even formed.

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Police are investigating the discovery of a man's body in a bin at the rear of a business in Hobart.

Police probe death of man found in bin behind Hobart shops

Police are working to trace the final movements of a father of two found dead in an industrial bin behind a Hobart shopping strip.

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Tasmania's new stadium is now slated to cost $945 million, well up from previous estimates. (HANDOUT/TASMANIAN GOVERNMENT)

Proposed Hobart stadium cost blows out to near $1 billion

Fast-track plans for a new waterfront stadium attached to a state's AFL dream have revealed the venue will likely cost an extra $170 million.

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New Liberals leader Sussan Ley earned a modicum of respect from Bob Brown, a rival from across the political divide, during her time as a Coalition environment minister.

Why even Sussan Ley’s opponents respect her

AARON PATRICK: How the first female Liberal leader won over her opponents.

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A team of scientists at Melbourne University is working with a US biotech and genetic engineering company to bring back the extinct Tasmanian tiger.

Tasmanian tigers could soon roam the wild again. Here’s how

The species has been gone for almost a century, but that might be about to change.

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