Doctors absorbing cost of providing abortions

Exclusive: Doctors are taking a hit to their own hip pockets to provide surgical abortions to Tasmanian women.

OPINION: Solve climate change through electoral donation reform

Fossil fuel companies have bought Australian politicians.

‘Why I chose an abortion’: Tasmanian women share their stories

Tasmanian women undergo either surgical or medical abortions for all sorts of reasons, yet access in the state remains confusing … More

Abortion patients still going interstate as GPs obstruct access: Study

Exclusive: Patients are receiving incorrect information and judgement by GPs, a researcher says.

The Gloaming review: Deliciously creepy tale is satisfying storytelling

Fans of The Kettering Incident, we have good news: The Gloaming is even better. The limited-run show is a masterclass is sending ribbons … More

Launceston’s 2020 property market great for investors, bad for homeless

While all eyes have been on Hobart’s housing crisis in 2019, Launceston’s property market has been quietly growing at comparable … More

Self-sufficient ‘utopia’ built over 10 years destroyed by Fingal fire

Michael Warner, 53, planned to retire at Mangana, but now he has nothing.

Behind-the-scenes with gigantic puppet production King Ubu

See the article with photo gallery here. In true Mona Foma fashion, the festival is in the middle of pouring … More

Review: And that’s a wrap on Mona Foma 2020

“Hobart is over,” Brian Ritchie said on Monday, the concluding day of Mona Foma for 2020. More than 50,000 people … More

Review: Aboriginal-owned four-day wukalina walk

See the article with photo gallery here. The first time I went to see Clyde Mansell, the former chairman of … More

The Baptist pastor leading Launceston’s climate inaction fight

Some see contradictions between Christianity and fighting climate change. Perhaps the end of human civilisation through natural disasters is God’s … More

We can’t agree to good behaviour, XR protesters tell court

Eight out of nine Extinction Rebellion protesters told magistrates they could not agree to undertake 12 months of good behaviour. … More

Dorset mayor on future of Pioneer, former mining towns

Two Pioneer residents believe their town needs a strategy for its long-term future, separate to the ongoing issue of lead … More

Dorset Council votes in favour of treated water at Pioneer

The Dorset Council has unanimously voted in favour of treated water at Pioneer. After lead contamination in the town’s drinking … More

How The Gloaming’s Vicki Madden went from Brooks High to TV powerhouse

‘Showrunner’ is an industry term for a writer in control of a television production. Shonda Rhimes, behind Grey’s Anatomy and Scandal; Phoebe Waller-Bridge, … More

Pioneer will get treated water, pending approvals: TasWater

TasWater will supply treated water to Pioneer if it receives the unanimous support of the Dorset Council, and regulatory approval. … More

News of treated water at Pioneer ‘a glory moment’

Pioneer resident Lin Simpson was “ecstatic” to read in The Examiner on Friday that TasWater plans to deliver treated water to the … More

Shock canning of $50m Kings Wharf apartment towers

Plans for the $50 million Kings Wharf Towers are “dead”, with developer Errol Stewart withdrawing his rezoning application. The announcement … More

St Paul’s River drying up as East Coast drought continues

Sheep are the main source of income for Claudia, Lester and Trent Freeman, but since the river that runs by … More

Information on deliberately-lit Mathinna, Mangana bushfires sought

Two deliberately lit fires were brought under control by evening on Thursday, and TFS Regional Chief North Ian Bounds is … More

Pioneer resident slams Health Department over lack of lead testing

The Department of Health and Human Services should have tested Pioneer residents’ blood for lead, resident and advocate for the … More

Residents still at risk at Pioneer: Michelle O’Byrne

Bass Labor MHA Michelle O’Byrne said the state government told a Pioneer resident it had no control over the town’s … More

A councillor, a grandma: meet Launceston’s rideshare drivers

Since June 2018, two rideshare apps have started operations in Launceston. Their peer-to-peer model – the same one as AirBnb … More

Little support for Pioneer from Health Department: MLC

Independent McIntyre MLC Tania Rattray said there had been little support for the town of Pioneer and its lead contamination … More

Call for inquiry into lead-contaminated drinking water at Pioneer

A resident of the North-East town of Pioneer is fighting off a debt collector from TasWater while battling health issues, … More

‘Go back to your country’: Why skilled migrants leave Launceston

In February 2017, Samiul Ahsan came to Launceston for the first time. A brown-skinned Bangladeshi man in his late twenties, … More

OPINION:Climate change deniers are not crazy idiots

Whenever an article about climate change is posted online, you can count on an immediate deluge of climate change denialism … More

Out with the Salvos Street Team at 1am in Launceston

At 11.30pm on a Saturday night, three yellow-jacketed women are marching steadily down a lamp-lit CBD street. The yellow jackets … More

The 64-year-old Exeter man hiking 12,700 kilometres

It is incredibly difficult to think about nothing but your most basic needs. Try it, now. Go on. Stop thinking … More

Revolting teenagers: One school striker’s future under climate change

When Gabrielle Dewsbury, 17, finishes school, she thinks she’d like to be a doctor. She isn’t 100 per cent sure … More

The nine nuns cut off from the world in West Launceston

At an unassuming, modern church at 7 Cambridge Street, West Launceston, nine nuns live in complete separation from the rest … More

After Poland was left to Stalin, its soldiers built our Hydro scheme

On May 8, 1945, after six years of unimaginable horror, the world released its breath as Nazi Germany unconditionally surrendered … More

Australian-owned ride-share app launches in Northern Tasmania

START-UP: Hi Oscar co-founders Jeremy Webb and Dan Broughton. Picture: Supplied An Australian-owned ride-share app has launched in Launceston. Hi … More

Artist to play ‘Wicked Game’ to near-extinct orchid species

In a graveyard in a Northern Midlands town, there lives a species of native orchid that exists nowhere else in … More

Meet the man behind the memes: Russell Redmond is the creator of the Launceston Memes Facebook page

BOAG’S WARRIOR: Redmond with a suit of armour he made out of Boag’s Red tins. Devotion to the beer is … More

Dark Mofo ideas curator on religion, angry white men and what’s wrong with the left

DARK AND DANGEROUS: Ideas festival curator Laura Kroetsch. Picture: Supplied Dark Mofo launches on Thursday with its gathering of the … More

Guide to Dark Mofo 2019

Ogoh-Ogoh at Dark Mofo 2018. Picture: Dark Mofo Australia’s coolest and coldest festival kicks off on Thursday and runs until … More

Sleep pod solution to combat homelessness

A Launceston woman thinks she has found an innovative solution to the housing crisis: sleeping pods. Kirsten Ritchie, founder of Strike … More

North-East Rail Trail: The issue, the anger, and what comes next

Read the full story with interactive elements on The Examiner website A Legislative Council Inquiry into the future of the … More

Caring public thanked after Mt Pleasant homeless family receives donations, car

A couple raising three children in tents at Mt Pleasant said they were overwhelmed with gratitude for the caring community. … More

Hobart ‘worst three days of my life’: Comedian Aaron Chen

Aaron Chen is one of five comedians in the Melbourne International Comedy Roadshow, along with Georgie Carroll, Blake Freeman, Ben Knight, … More

Farmers fight for potato pay as Simplot records $62m profit

Tasmanian potato growers say Simplot is not paying them enough for their vegetables, as they negotiate a new contract with … More

Branxholm property prices up 60pc

Derby house prices have shot up since the development of its trails, and its quick acceleration from sleepy small town … More

PM non-committal on housing debt during Tassie visit

Prime Minister Scott Morrison was tight-lipped on whether the government would wipe Tasmania’s housing debt in a visit to the North and … More

Call for independent investigation into Laughs of Launnie grant

Deputy Labor leader Michelle O’Byrne has called for an independent investigation into an $120,000 grant given to the Laughs of … More

Woman allergic to sun walks from Launceston to Hobart

PART ONE Photosensitivity is a rare condition that, if you haven’t heard of it, sounds like something out of science … More

Get rid of fixed leases for renters: Union

Get rid of fixed-term leases, freeze rent costs, and let renters have pets. That’s how the Tenants’ Union of Tasmania … More

How to solve Tasmania’s housing crisis

Tasmania is the most unaffordable state, relative to income, to rent or buy a house. With the Select Committee on … More

Anger over landslide risk

A man who bought a property without knowing there was a risk of landslide at the site is calling for … More

Nurse fighting cancer and Centrelink

When Trish Goss uses the phrase “you’re not going to beat me”, she isn’t referring to her battle with cancer, … More

Welfare-to-parliament: Tassie’s battler politicians

In the lobby of the Charles Mantra Hotel, senator Helen Polley’s media advisor returns from the front counter with two … More

Forced adoption: stolen babies, family secrets, unsolved mysteries

On March 30, 1975, Carol Maney woke up on a hospital gurney. She was hazy and confused, utterly disconnected from … More

The grassroots movement of men fighting to be able to be vulnerable

What does it mean to be a man? It’s become a fraught question in the #MeToo era. Stories of men’s … More

Police could have prevented Ravenswood house fire: Victim

A single mother believes a fire in her home could have been prevented if police had acted faster. Taylor Burnie, … More

Dorset celebrates after $40m Sideling road upgrade announcement

Dorset mayor Greg Howard is celebrating a $40 million election promise from Bass Liberal candidate Bridget Archer, which all but … More

Road keeping mainland buyers from Scottsdale: Real estate

The quality of the Sideling road is a major factor in stopping people from moving to Scottsdale and surrounding towns, … More

Push to upgrade Sideling as road misses out on federal funding

Dorset mayor Greg Howard says there is only one matter he’s been bringing up with the major parties pre-election: the … More

Askew the fourth Liberal woman to represent Tasmania federally in house or senate

Wendy Askew will be the fourth woman to represent the Tasmanian Liberal Party on a federal level, across both houses, … More

Local artists soak up Mona effect as festival wraps up

Much has been made of the international artists that Mona Foma has brought to Launceston. With hip-hop/RnB icon Neneh Cherry, … More

Snowfall on bushfire region is first ever snow for WA firefighters

Tasmania experienced the hottest, driest January on record – but only 12 days into February, snow has fallen. Snow flurries were … More

Extent of rainforest bushfire damage revealed by University of Tasmania

Analysis from the University of Tasmania’s Fire Centre has found only 3 per cent of the destruction from the 2019 … More

How the true-blue Workers Club became Launceston’s hippest party space

What is surely Launceston’s staunchest holdout of a bygone era has somehow become one of the city’s coolest venues. The … More

Blacksmith creates first instance of original Tasmanian steel

In Tasmania’s ancient, human-scarred landscape, the only constant is change. For blacksmith Pete Mattila, that change is a source of inspiration. … More

Miena woman who lived through ’67 fires compares to horror of ’19

One Miena woman who stayed behind to help this season’s firefighting efforts also lived through the 1967 Black Tuesday fires … More

On the ground in Miena, as town endures fourth week of bushfires

See the article and photo gallery here. In the blackened, Central Highlands town of Miena, everyday life has taken on … More

Volunteer turns 50 at firefront, daughter arranges cake

A volunteer firefighter has marked his 50th birthday battling the Great Pine Tier blaze in the Central Highlands. Andrew Nisbet – affectionately … More

Life’s a drag for Launceston queen, and junior doctor, Zac Van Tienen

On a weekend night, Zac Van Tienen can most likely be found at Flamingos Dance Bar, Hobart. But you probably wouldn’t … More

A guide to Mona Foma in Launceston

Originally published in the Sydney Morning Herald. This month, after a mini-launch last year in Tasmania’s second-biggest city, Mona Foma … More

Mill defends itself against allegations

The company behind the proposed Bell Bay veneer processing mill has defended itself against accusations of human rights abuses and … More

Q&A with Faux Mo co-curator Willoh S Weiland

Mona Foma’s late-night party, Faux Mo, will run into the early hours of January 18-19. With the tagline ‘small town, … More

Tasmanian wine industry’s sparkling future: 18m bottles by 2020

Tasmanian sparkling wine festival Effervescence has closed for its fifth year. Twenty-four events around the state over the course of a … More

Analysing the state’s surgical abortion situation after 11-month delay

After 11 months delay, Tasmanian women are set to be able to access a surgical abortion service. Hampton Park Womens Health … More

Robbie Arnott on his debut novel Flames, a Tasmanian fantasy adventure

To outsiders, Tasmania can already seem like a fantastical place. Alien landscapes sprout all over the central highlands, with cushion … More

How To Get An Awesome Grad Job With Average Marks

With all the late night study sessions, last-minute assignment writing, and just general stress that comes with uni, we put … More

Adelong hens save the Men’s Shed

At the Men’s Shed building on Lockhart Street, Adelong, change is in the air. Instead of the usual bunch of … More

Updated wild dog strategy released

A NEW five-year NSW Wild Dog Management Strategy that identifies specific actions to minimise wild dog impacts in the state … More

Union: NPWS budget cuts affecting wild dogs

The National Parks and Wildlife Service has been under a storm of criticism from local farmers for not funding a … More

Domestic violence rates remain high

Tumut has the twelfth highest rate of domestic violence related assaults per head of population in NSW, the latest statistics … More

“Wom’s” 100th birthday celebration

Longtime Tumut resident Harold ‘Wom’ Oddy has, as of Saturday, lived 100 years on this Earth. For much of that … More

Results are in for wild dog collar project

Local landholders and agency representatives filled the Golf Club on Wednesday night to hear from Dr Guy Ballard, DPI wild … More

Councillors confirmed

The votes have been finalised and the preferences allocated, and you officially have your first ever Snowy Valleys Council: Bruce … More

Thefts from vehicles skyrocket

It won’t come as a surprise to regular readers of Page 2 in this paper that the offence of ‘steal … More

Compassionate journalism and Kosciuszko the life for Frances

This interview was done as part of a series on Monash alumni, published through the School of Media, Film, and … More

Recycling industry’s view on Four Corners

This week’s episode of investigate ABC program ‘Four Corners’ focused on dodgy practices in the waste and recycling industry. The … More

Snowy Valleys Council candidate: Audrey McKenzie

Audrey McKenzie has served on local government in Tumut for 24 years. She said the stakes have never been higher … More

Snowy Valleys Council candidate: John Larter

John Larter’s primary occupation as Tumut’s leading paramedic comes through in his priorities for the new Snowy Valleys Council. The … More

Tumut’s health crisis

Tumut is in the midst of a health crisis. There is no issue with the health professionals that currently work … More

Snowy Valleys Council candidate: Andrianna Benjamin

Andrianna Benjamin started her first business when she was 13. Owning and running her own shoe store, while completing her … More

Mohawk Man brings smiles

Robert and Shirley Giddings have brought a bit of cheer in this gloomy winter to Broughton Street, and all it … More

Health frustrations aired to Opposition Health Minister

It was packed house at Club Tumut on Monday afternoon as local residents seized the opportunity to air their complaints … More

Tumbarumba ‘Meet the Candidates’ meeting

Rail trails and fees debated at Tumbarumba meeting Residents also wanted to know where the candidates stood on the … More

Anaesthetist for booked cases

Tumut Family Medical Centre Practice Manager Janette Wilson said she hopes the recent focus on health has helped the community … More

Community reacts to health meeting

Those who attended the public meeting with Federal Shadow Health Minister Catherine King on Monday have mixed feelings about how … More

Cabramurra school will stay open

Cabramurra Public School will not close even though plans to remove the town’s permanent workforce remain in place, the NSW … More

Council to save Khancoban General Store

For over a year now, Khancoban has been without a General Store. It closed its doors in February 2016, and … More

Snowy Valleys Council Election Results

Top two take clear lead Saturday was a historic day in Tumut, Tumbarumba and surrounds. It was the first time … More

Tournament of Minds State Champions

Tumut Public School Tournament of Minds Coach Roslyn Castle said there were “a few tears” last weekend, after the girls … More

Industry’s role in health services

Local health services have been pursuing government avenues to get a full-time anaesthetist in Tumut for months now, and so … More

Thefts from vehicles skyrocket

It won’t come as a surprise to regular readers of Page 2 in this paper that the offence of … More

Snowy Valleys Council candidate: Julia Ham

Julia Ham is a suitable candidate for the Snowy Valleys based on location alone: she lives smack-bang in the middle, … More

Snowy Valleys Council Candidate: Bruce Wright

Bruce Wright is a familiar face for just about everybody in Tumbarumba. He’s been a member of the Rotary Club … More

Candlelight march in Tumbarumba

An anti-merger protest in Tumbarumba on Thursday saw hundreds of people gather in the Memorial Hall for a public meeting, … More

Snowy Valleys Council candidate: Cate Cross

Cate Cross’s working and community history reads like an ‘100 ways to care for others’ guide. Before moving to Tumut … More

Snowy Valleys Council candidate: Margaret Isselmann

Former Tumut Shire Councillor Margaret Isselmann has decided her work on council isn’t quite done yet – she’s nominated again … More

Michael’s hopeful search for great-grandfather

No one knows the importance of a good family – or the corrosive effect of the lack of one – … More

Premier agrees to meet Save Our Shire

Tumbarumba’s Save Our Shire group will speak in person with NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian today (Tuesday), in a meeting secured … More

Snowy Valleys Council candidate: Cor Smit

For Batlow resident and businessman Cor Smit, the Tumut-Tumbarumba council merger is an opportunity. He believes this whole region has … More

Snowy Valleys Council candidate: Geoff Pritchard

You can never have too much of a good thing. Just ask Geoff Pritchard: after 17 years total on the … More

The Snowy Valleys has a big heart

Notably more people participate in voluntary work in the Snowy Valleys than the NSW and Australian averages, data from the … More

Timber town

Half of all workers reliant on forest industry A new, in-depth study of the region’s forest industry has concluded … More

Church releases review

The independent review into the decision to place former Tumut parish priest Father Brian Hassett next to a Canberra primary … More

Help save the Adelong Men’s Shed

The Adelong Men’s Shed is in crisis, according to the man synonymous with its name, Ian Elliott. He started the … More

Elders recall life on the mission: An oral history of segregated life

Local legends on Facebook

A post in the Facebook group ‘Tumutians’ asking for local legends has drawn over 100 comments, as current and former … More

NPWS responds to wild dog concerns

The National Parks and Wildlife Service arranged for a trapper to work at Beryl Ryan’s Talbingo property last weekend and … More

Shadow Attorney-General stands up for Tumut court services

NSW Shadow Attorney-General Paul Lynch has taken up the issue of steadily eroding court services in the Tumut area with … More

‘We’re being driven off our farms’

Another Tumut-area farmer has spoken up against the inaction of authorities to do something about the wild dogs wreaking havoc … More

Break and enters up 200 per cent

Break and enter dwellings are up 200 per cent in Tumut, according to the latest statistics from the NSW Bureau … More

Tumut Takes 2 raises $87K

The Tumut Takes 2 performers have pulled off a phenomenal feat. Months of rehearsing and a packed calendar of fundraising … More

Hospital planning tick

The planning stages for a new Tumut Hospital will begin this year, with the NSW government responding to decades of … More

A Journey Through Islamic China

Originally published through Global Hobo. I’ve been on this train for 28 hours and have spent countless more jolting across … More

Wild dog spree at Talbingo

WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGE IN THIS STORY Beryl Ryan of Boraig Station, Talbingo, has lost all of the lambs she had … More

Paul Broad: Funding drama a “storm in a teacup”

The Snowy Hydro team has been left a little bewildered by the media attention surrounding a senate estimates session last … More

Opinion: Apples in a globalised world

There was cause for celebration in Batlow last week: the growers that make up the Batlow Fruit Cooperative unanimously voted … More

Opinion: Visy invests in automation

Visy’s automation department is capable of producing and selling an impressive array of machines. Their robots can package goods; form, … More

Visy awaits approval for increase in production

The $50 million expansion of Tumut’s Visy Pulp and Paper Mill has been completed, and all they are waiting for … More

War on Waste a battle for Batlow growers

Batlow apple grower Greg Mouat said he was as shocked as the rest of the country to see the wastage … More

Snowy study in full swing

Excavation works are due to begin near Tantangara Dam in “four to five weeks,” Snowy Hydro CEO Paul Broad told … More

Unanimous ‘yes’ to Batlow buy-out

One hundred per cent of the growers that make up the Batlow Fruit Cooperative, known as Batlow Apples, have voted … More

The Mongolian Wolf Hunt

We were staying in a nomad camp in the middle of the steppe. There were about 10 bottles of vodka … More

Gift from a benevolent stranger

A Canberra woman, at the end of her life and suffering from dementia, has donated her overlocker sewing machine to … More

Dogs running wild

Goobarragandra farmer Lindsay Buckley has lost 12 sheep in two weeks to wild dogs. His is one of the worst-hit … More

Growers grapple with changing apple industry

Batlow Apples has been a cooperative for 96 years, remaining grower owned and operated in all that time. However, the … More

Core change flagged for co-op: Batlow Apples considers selling controlling stake

The board of the Batlow Fruit Cooperative – known as Batlow Apples – is recommending to its members that the … More

PM announces $2bn expansion of iconic scheme

Five hundred jobs are expected to come to the region starting from next year, with the construction of an expansion … More

Snowy Hydro 2.0

Turnbull drops in to Talbingo Residents of Talbingo were surprised with an uncommon site up in the mountains on Thursday: … More

Community confronts church leaders

Fractured parish critical of church process: Archbishop here for meeting to discuss Father Brian Hassett About 100 members of the Tumut … More

The investigation into Father Brian Hasset

Father Brian Hassett (right), former Tumut parish priest, pictured here with former Tumut mayor John Larter. TIMELINE OF EVENTS 1990 … More