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Tassie Devil @tassiedevil.bsky.social · 2h

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
In yet more infrastructure "fuckuppery" for Tasmania we have this situation. Seriously, if Tasmania's track record is anything to go by the proposed stadium will be a construction debacle. #politas

Icebreaker's costly bridge ban won't be reassessed

Two years after the RSV Nuyina was banned from going under Hobart's Tasman Bridge to refuel, the Australian Antarctic Division has formally ditched the possibility of trying to overturn the decision.

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Tassie Devil @tassiedevil.bsky.social · 2h

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Tassie Devil @tassiedevil.bsky.social · 2h

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Tassie Devil @tassiedevil.bsky.social · 21h

As a Tasmanian I assumed the ferry fare would be similar to the Bruny Island price. Closer to a Spirit of Tassie fare. For the four of us and car it was around $488 return. Food and drink on board extra. This was around 8 or 9 years ago.

Tassie Devil @tassiedevil.bsky.social · 21h

Visited Kangaroo Island with family a few years back. Organised our flights, hire car, accommodation and left the ferry until last. Bad move. Absolutely gobsmacked at how much it cost. At that point we were financially committed to the holiday and we enjoyed it, still research ferry cost first!

ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 22h

A Kangaroo Island brewer says he will no longer supply beer to the island's ferry service, amid a growing outcry over the high cost of fares to the popular international tourism destination.

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Tassie Devil @tassiedevil.bsky.social · 21h

Visited Kangaroo Island with family a few years back. Organised our flights, hire car, accommodation and left the ferry until last. Bad move. Absolutely gobsmacked at how much it cost. At that point we were financially committed to the holiday and we enjoyed it, still research ferry cost first!

ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 22h

A Kangaroo Island brewer says he will no longer supply beer to the island's ferry service, amid a growing outcry over the high cost of fares to the popular international tourism destination.

Brewer stages beer boycott over Kangaroo Island ferry's 'ridiculous' fares

A Kangaroo Island brewer says he will no longer supply beer to the island's ferry service, amid a growing outcry over the high cost of fares to the popular international tourism destination.

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Tassie Devil @tassiedevil.bsky.social · 1d

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Tassie Devil @tassiedevil.bsky.social · 1d

One Nation voters really are the pits.

6 News Australia @6newsau.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 NEW: 58% of Australians agree that a genocide is happening in Gaza, according to a YouGov poll commissioned by the Australia Palestine Advocacy Network

88% of Greens voters and 72% of Labor voters were among those who agreed with the UN report on Gaza

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Jack M Davenport @jackmdavenport.bsky.social · 2d

It’s so retrograde, & typical Hard Right oversimplification of the idea of economic benefit = financial benefit. Arts & culture, is not there for making people richer financially; the wellbeing effects, & creative inspiration it generates, can’t be measured like that. Dumb, dumb, dumb.

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Tassie Devil @tassiedevil.bsky.social · 2d

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Tassie Devil @tassiedevil.bsky.social · 2d

So frustrating just as production of TV shows was ramping up in Tasmania. Yes we need tradespeople and carers but we also need our creatives. Lab technicians are also vital. All this will do is send young people to the mainland to pursue learning and training. Something they claim they don't want.

Tassie Devil @tassiedevil.bsky.social · 2d

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Basically the Tasmanian government want the blokes to train for well paid trades and the "little ladies" to train for low paid care roles. The 1950s heard Tasmania calling. Tasmania will miss out on TV production again without screen & media expertise. #politas

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Tassie Devil @tassiedevil.bsky.social · 2d

So frustrating just as production of TV shows was ramping up in Tasmania. Yes we need tradespeople and carers but we also need our creatives. Lab technicians are also vital. All this will do is send young people to the mainland to pursue learning and training. Something they claim they don't want.

Tassie Devil @tassiedevil.bsky.social · 2d

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Basically the Tasmanian government want the blokes to train for well paid trades and the "little ladies" to train for low paid care roles. The 1950s heard Tasmania calling. Tasmania will miss out on TV production again without screen & media expertise. #politas

From $4,000 to $21,000 — lab training in Tasmania could be a thing of the past

Tasmanian TAFE graduates worry as some locally taught courses that helped them forge a career may disappear as the cost to study them increases dramatically.

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Tassie Devil @tassiedevil.bsky.social · 2d

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Basically the Tasmanian government want the blokes to train for well paid trades and the "little ladies" to train for low paid care roles. The 1950s heard Tasmania calling. Tasmania will miss out on TV production again without screen & media expertise. #politas

From $4,000 to $21,000 — lab training in Tasmania could be a thing of the past

Tasmanian TAFE graduates worry as some locally taught courses that helped them forge a career may disappear as the cost to study them increases dramatically.

www.abc.net.au

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Tassie Devil @tassiedevil.bsky.social · 2d

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
It's hardly a "war" when the other side has virtually no means of mounting a defence. I still wonder how Hamas were able to do what they did two years ago. Where was the much vaunted Israeli intelligence? Did the government of Israel know what was going to happen?

'A rift in the nation': Inside Israel after two years of war

After two years of war, a fractured but defiant Israel is struggling to assert itself at home and abroad.

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Tassie Devil @tassiedevil.bsky.social · 2d

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
"Hobart is a tinderbox." I remember well evacuating our Geeveston home in January 2019. A very scary time. The town literally ringed by fire. Thanks to fire-fighters and a fortuitous wind change the town survived. It could have been a lot worse.

Australia's south coast 'very, very high risk' for bushfires, modelling shows

New Australian research shows, globally, major bushfire events are becoming more frequent, fatal and economically damaging.

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Tassie Devil @tassiedevil.bsky.social · 2d

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Tassie Devil @tassiedevil.bsky.social · 2d

A Tassie spring is not my favourite season. Very windy and changeable. The current one seems particularly bad.

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Tassie Devil @tassiedevil.bsky.social · 2d

Who cares? #auspol

Latika M Bourke @latikambourke.com · 2d

Andrew Hastie quits. Why and what next?

latika.me/HastieQuits

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Hastie wants to re-imagine Liberals, that why he’s dangerous

Could Sussan Ley have prevented Andrew Hastie’s departure from the frontbench, and in failing to do so, has she set up the most serious threat to her position to date?

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Tassie Devil @tassiedevil.bsky.social · 2d

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Someone with SIX previous drink driving convictions should never be allowed to drive again. The 18 month licence suspension coincides with the amount of time he'll spend in prison. He's forfeited his right to drive in my book.

Man jailed for drink-driving crash that destroyed woman’s life

The man had consumed 11 beers and a shot of alcohol before driving…

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Tassie Devil @tassiedevil.bsky.social · 3d

‘Extensive and excessive’: Bruny Island ferry queues spark calls for new contract - Pulse Tasmania share.google/tJHHOyIynjwj...
So pro-stadium independent, David O'Byrne, wants the government to renegotiate Sealink's contract. So it can be done? Just not with the stadium apparently. #politas

‘Extensive and excessive’: Bruny Island ferry queues spark calls for new contract

Hundreds of frustrate travellers queued to leave the island on Sunday…

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Tassie Devil @tassiedevil.bsky.social · 3d

I hope the Upper House independents, sitting on the fence over the stadium approval, consider the cut of $670M from the state health budget. Rockliff is jumping up and down blaming the federal government but the Liberal state government can't pass the buck. #nostadium #politas

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Tassie Devil @tassiedevil.bsky.social · 3d

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
I think it will pass the Upper House. Either Thomas or Harriss or both will vote in favour. #politas

The fate of Hobart's proposed stadium rests with a handful of politicians. What do they think?

The future of Tasmania's proposed Macquarie Point AFL stadium rests in the hands of the state's politicians. So who will vote which way, and what is the chance it will actually get up?

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Tassie Devil @tassiedevil.bsky.social · 3d

Voting has begun. I am on team Spotted Pardalote.

Gabrielle Jackson @gabriellecj.bsky.social · 3d

VOTING HAS BEGUN! Who will be the 2025 Australian bird of the year? Vote now, vote every day for the best bird. Will it be the tawny frogmouth's year? www.theguardian.com/environment/... #birdoftheyear #birds

Australian bird of the year 2025: vote for your favourite #birdoftheyear in the Guardian / BirdLife Australia poll

From little penguins to (very big) cassowaries, every bird has its fans. Vote for your favourite in the 2025 Guardian/BirdLife Australia poll

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