ABC Northern Tasmania

22/11/2025

A community group in Launceston says floodgates could be installed on the Kanamaluka/Tamar Estuary to protect the city from future major floods.

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Andrew Lovitt is part of a community group that has spent 15 years investigating a large-scale infrastructure proposal to prevent flooding in Launceston, in northern Tasmania.

22/11/2025

ℹ️ DOWNGRADED TO ADVICE:Monitor conditions -Lefroy and surrounds ℹ️
⏰ 3.10 pm Sunday Nov 23
👉 Threat from this fire has reduced. Crews are continuing to supress. There's also a bushfire smoke alert for residents in Bell Bay, Georgetown and surrounds.

📍The fire is travelling towards Curries River Reservoir and expected to impact Bridport Road, Curries Dam Road and surrounds
⚬ Embers, smoke, and ash may fall and threaten you and your home before the main fire.
⚬ There is expected to be smoke, ash and embers from this fire visible around Bell Bay, Georgetown and surrounds

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21/11/2025

Targa Tasmania has successfully returned after a three-and-a-half-year break following four deaths.

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The tarmac rally returned this year after a three-and-a-half-year hiatus and a major safety overhaul. Organisers say they want to focus more on participants enjoying their cars and the destinations.

21/11/2025

A Supreme Court judge has said he is "satisfied beyond any doubt" that former Hobart teacher Keith Athol Bates-Willie knowingly committed unlawful sexual acts for a period of 27 years and still has shown no remorse.

WARNING: This story includes descriptions of child sexual abuse that readers may find distressing.

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Keith Athol Bates-Willie has been sentenced to 21 years' jail for ra**ng and indecently assaulting a number of students between the late 1970s and the early 2000s.

21/11/2025

Three Tasmanian men have fronted court following an investigation into an alleged drug syndicate linked to the harness racing industry across New South Wales and Tasmania.

Police allege the group was transporting methylamphetamine and co***ne from New South Wales to Tasmania, in exchange for cash.

The men have been refused bail and their cases remain before the NSW Local Court.

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Three Tasmanian men are arrested following an investigation into an alleged drug syndicate linked to the harness racing industry across NSW and Tasmania.

21/11/2025

Tasmanian Assessment, Standards and Certification apologises to students after a fourth error in this year's Tasmanian Certificate of Education exams comes to light.

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Tasmanian Assessment, Standards and Certification apologises to students after a fourth error in this year's Tasmanian Certificate of Education exams comes to light.

21/11/2025

A structure fire has caused about $500,000 damage to a heritage listed building at the Low Head Pilot Station near George Town.

Fire crews were called to the site on Thursday afternoon, and arrived to find smoke billowing from a building with one section well alight.

Firefighters extinguished the fire, and a fire investigator determined the cause was accidental.

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20/11/2025

A peaceful Bridport sunrise captured on a morning walk. 🌅🌞

📷 Terry Styles

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20/11/2025

Got half a pineapple, two lonely carrots and a sad bit of cheese? Sheffield resident Amy Edwards turned leftovers like that into a national award.🥕🧀

What's your go-to meal to make with fridge and pantry leftovers?

Tune in to meet Australia’s Leftover Legend on ABC Northern Tasmania Breakfast with Kim Napier, tomorrow from 5:30am on the ABC listen app: https://ab.co/ABCListenApp

20/11/2025

Tasmania's Education Minister Jo Palmer has moved to reassure students affected by errors on their Tasmanian Certificate of Education exam papers that strategies are in place to ensure the errors do not affect their results.

It comes after errors with the biology and legal studies exams this week.

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A senior secondary teacher says an error like the one found on the Tasmanian Certificate of Education legal studies exam paper "is really bad", as the education minister moves to assure students the errors would not affect end-of-year results.

20/11/2025

Police are appealing to the public for information after a gorilla statue was stolen from the roof of a house in Beaconsfield.

The 3-metre-tall statue was stolen on Sunday night, and after a tip off from the public was located in Rifle Range Road and collected by its owner.

Anyone with information about who may be responsible is encouraged to contact West Tamar Police or Crime Stoppers.

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