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  1. subject to the cloud act...?

    seems likely

    'Unnamed companies are looking at setting up six data centres in Tasmania, a document tabled by the state government in parliament reveals'

    #genAI #tasmania #publicPolicy #datacentres #polycrisis

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-09/six

  2. Animal welfare claim launched against Tasmanian salmon industry by Animals Australia

    Animals Australia is calling on Biosecurity Tasmania to launch an immediate investigation into what it says are serious…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Environment #animalsaustralia #atlanticsalmon #florfenicol #huon #petuna #salmonfarming #Science #tas #Tasmania #tassal #toxic
    newsbeep.com/us/840137/

  3. Animal welfare claim launched against Tasmanian salmon industry by Animals Australia

    Animals Australia is calling on Biosecurity Tasmania to launch an immediate investigation into what it says are serious…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Environment #animalsaustralia #atlanticsalmon #florfenicol #huon #petuna #salmonfarming #Science #tas #Tasmania #tassal #toxic
    newsbeep.com/us/840137/

  4. Spirit of Tasmania ferry operator TT-Line to be in debt until 2052, inquiry hears

    The operator of the Spirit of Tasmania ferries is expected to remain in debt until 2052, a parliamentary…
    #Australia #AU #Austrlia #debacle #debt #ferry #garyswain #newferries #operator #rockliffgovernment #spirit #spiritoftas #spiritoftasmania #spirits #tas #tasmania #tasmaniangovernment #tt-line #ttline
    europesays.com/australia/90507/

  5. Animal welfare claim launched against Tasmanian salmon industry by Animals Australia

    Animals Australia is calling on Biosecurity Tasmania to launch an immediate investigation into what it says are serious…
    #NewsBeep #News #Environment #animalsaustralia #atlanticsalmon #environment #florfenicol #huon #petuna #salmonfarming #Science #tas #tasmania #tassal #toxic #UK #UnitedKingdom
    newsbeep.com/uk/763350/

  6. Animal welfare claim launched against Tasmanian salmon industry by Animals Australia

    Animals Australia is calling on Biosecurity Tasmania to launch an immediate investigation into what it says are serious…
    #NewsBeep #News #Environment #animalsaustralia #atlanticsalmon #AU #Australia #florfenicol #huon #petuna #salmonfarming #Science #tas #Tasmania #tassal #toxic
    newsbeep.com/au/883708/

  7. Animal welfare claim launched against Tasmanian salmon industry by Animals Australia

    Animals Australia is calling on Biosecurity Tasmania to launch an immediate investigation into what it says are serious…
    #NewsBeep #News #Environment #animalsaustralia #atlanticsalmon #AU #Australia #florfenicol #huon #petuna #salmonfarming #Science #tas #Tasmania #tassal #toxic
    newsbeep.com/au/883708/

  8. “A new study led by Flinders University has flipped the historical narrative about #Australia's #thylacine, finding the native apex predator known as the ‘ #TasmanianTiger ’ was significantly different from the wolves and wild dogs it was likened to before being hunted to #extinction.”

    phys.org/news/2026-08-tiger-wo #science #biology #anatomy #genetics #marsupial #tasmania

  9. David Malin astrophotography awards 2026

    The Wishing Tree, captured during n aurora australis at Tasmania’s Bruny Island, was awarded an honourable mention in the Nightscapes category.

    Photograph: Luke Rasmussen

    #photography
    #astrophotography
    #AuroraAustralis
    #Tasmania

  10. Australian social platform

    Swimmers in the annual winter solstice nude swim during Hobart's Dark Mofo festival at Long Beach in Hobart, 22 June.

    Photograph: Rob Blakers/AAP

    #photography
    #Australia
    #Tasmania
    #Hobart
    #DarkMofo
    #WinterSolstice
    #swim
    #nude
    #AltText

  11. Tasmanian coral spawn

    Dark Mofo nude winter solstice swim

    (air temperature: 3.2C, water temperature: 12C)

    Photograph: Rob Blakers/AAP

    #photography
    #Australia
    #Tasmania
    #WinterSolstice
    #DarkMofo
    #Hobart
    #swimming
    #AltText

  12. Disturbing discovery off Aussie coast leaves residents baffled: ‘Nothing would go near them’

    A disturbing discovery off an island in the country’s south has left locals baffled, with a series of…
    #NewsBeep #News #Wildlife #AndiiKneebone #AU #Australia #deadanimals #deadrabbits #invasivespecies #Science #SlopingIsland #Tasmania #YahooNewsAustralia
    newsbeep.com/au/533219/

  13. Truwana/Cape Barren Island trail camera survey captures blond echidnas, white-footed dunnart and more

    Senior ranger Buck Brown knows the sandy beaches and dense bush of truwana/Cape Barren Island intricately. So when…
    #NewsBeep #News #Wildlife #Aboriginal #AU #Australia #blondeechidna #camera #CapeBarren #FirstNations #indigenous #island #leucism #monitoring #Science #survey #Tasmania #trap #truwana #white-footeddunnart
    newsbeep.com/au/531982/

  14. A splash of Victorian elegance on the streets of Launceston.

    Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.

    © 𝓐𝓵𝓵 𝓡𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽𝓼 𝓡𝓮𝓼𝓮𝓻𝓿𝓮𝓭 𝓫𝔂 𝟐 𝓟𝓮𝓮𝓹𝓼 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓪 𝓒𝓪𝓶𝓮𝓻𝓪.

    (𝒟ℴ𝓊𝒷𝓁ℯ 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝒫ℯℯ𝓅𝓈, 𝒹ℴ𝓊𝒷𝓁ℯ 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝓅ℯ𝓇𝓈𝓅ℯ𝒸𝓉𝒾𝓋ℯ!)

    #Photo #Photography #2PeepsAndACamera #Australia #Tasmania #Launceston #HeritageArchitecture #VictorianStyle #CityWalk

  15. Nature’s palette: granite grey, lichen orange, and ocean blue.

    Bay Of Fires, Tasmania, Australia.

    © 𝓐𝓵𝓵 𝓡𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽𝓼 𝓡𝓮𝓼𝓮𝓻𝓿𝓮𝓭 𝓫𝔂 𝟐 𝓟𝓮𝓮𝓹𝓼 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓪 𝓒𝓪𝓶𝓮𝓻𝓪.

    (𝒟ℴ𝓊𝒷𝓁ℯ 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝒫ℯℯ𝓅𝓈, 𝒹ℴ𝓊𝒷𝓁ℯ 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝓅ℯ𝓇𝓈𝓅ℯ𝒸𝓉𝒾𝓋ℯ!)

    #photo #photography #2peepsandacamera #australia #tasmania #TasmanianCoast #OrangeLichen #SeaSpray #waves #sea #ocean

  16. 🚢✨ #Tasmania launches a "world's largest" electric ship, proving once again that size matters even in eco-friendly naval bragging rights. Meanwhile, The Guardian lists every possible edition, ensuring readers can get their daily dose of news-induced stress from any corner of the globe. 🌎😂
    theguardian.com/australia-news #electricship #ecofriendly #navalnews #TheGuardian #newsupdates #HackerNews #ngated

  17. Storm rolling in over Binalong Bay.

    Binalong Bay, Tasmania, Australia.

    Photo by and edit by Kev.

    © 𝓐𝓵𝓵 𝓡𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽𝓼 𝓡𝓮𝓼𝓮𝓻𝓿𝓮𝓭 𝓫𝔂 𝟐 𝓟𝓮𝓮𝓹𝓼 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓪 𝓒𝓪𝓶𝓮𝓻𝓪.

    (𝒟ℴ𝓊𝒷𝓁ℯ 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝒫ℯℯ𝓅𝓈, 𝒹ℴ𝓊𝒷𝓁ℯ 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝓅ℯ𝓇𝓈𝓅ℯ𝒸𝓉𝒾𝓋ℯ!)

    #photo #photography #2peepsandacamera #australia #tasmania #BinalongBay #Storm #DramaticSky #WhiteSand #BayOfFires #CoastalPhotography

  18. Dancing Waves.

    Stanley, Tasmania, Australia.

    Photographed and edited by Kev.

    © 𝓐𝓵𝓵 𝓡𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽𝓼 𝓡𝓮𝓼𝓮𝓻𝓿𝓮𝓭 𝓫𝔂 𝟐 𝓟𝓮𝓮𝓹𝓼 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓪 𝓒𝓪𝓶𝓮𝓻𝓪.

    (𝒟ℴ𝓊𝒷𝓁ℯ 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝒫ℯℯ𝓅𝓈, 𝒹ℴ𝓊𝒷𝓁ℯ 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝓅ℯ𝓇𝓈𝓅ℯ𝒸𝓉𝒾𝓋ℯ!)

    #photo #photography #2peepsandacamera #australia #tasmania #OceanPower #WaveCrash #SeascapePhotography #CoastalLife #NaturePower #SeaFoam

  19. Couple’s shock after finding rare glowing animal on Aussie road: ‘What’s that?’

    During a late-night drive to lull their two kids to sleep, an Aussie couple were “shocked” by an…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Wildlife #Aussieroad #brushtailpossum #brushtailpossums #chelsea #possums #Science #Tasmania #YahooNewsAustralia
    newsbeep.com/us/196731/

  20. Couple’s shock after finding rare glowing animal on Aussie road: ‘What’s that?’

    During a late-night drive to lull their two kids to sleep, an Aussie couple were “shocked” by an…
    #NewsBeep #News #Wildlife #AU #Aussieroad #Australia #brushtailpossum #brushtailpossums #Chelsea #possums #Science #Tasmania #YahooNewsAustralia
    newsbeep.com/au/184367/

  21. Tania Rattray appointed as Leader for the Government in Tasmania’s Legislative Council

    Premier Jeremy Rockliff has appointed independent Tania Rattray as Leader for the Government in Tasmania’s Legislative Council, an…
    #NewsBeep #News #Australia #AU #council #government #leader #legislative #leoniehiscutt #MLC #premier #rockliff #tas #Tasmania #upperhouse
    newsbeep.com/au/56009/

  22. #Tasmania (#Australia 🇦🇺) - 20% escrutado: los liberales 🔵 dominan y podrían continuar en el gobierno

    🔵 Lib-Nat: 38,4% (13)
    🔴 Labor: 23,6% (6)
    🌻 Greens: 16,4% (4)
    🦆 SFF: 3,3%
    🟠 Nationals: 1,8%

    ⚪ Indep: 16,5% (1)

    👇
    electomania.es #politas #auspol #tasvotes

  23. From 2023: Explainer: What are your rights to #protest in #Australia?

    by Amal Naser

    "Which states have criminalised protest and what forms of protest are criminalised?

    "#HumanRights organisations have been increasingly critical towards some Australian states over new legislation which seemingly targets #EnvironmentalProtests in the midst of a global #Climatecrisis.

    "There are dozens of protest regulations across many states, with five (#NSW, #Queensland, #SouthAustralia, #Tasmania and #Victoria) introducing forms of #AntiProtest regulation most recently. South Australia's new laws, passed just last month, increase maximum fines from $750 to $50,000 along with potential jail time, and were prompted by disruption of an #OilAndGas conference by protestors in early May.

    "In the aftermath of protests which sought to block port operations and shut down economic action to draw attention to demands for climate action, the NSW Parliament passed legislation which could see protestors face up to a $22,000 fine and/or prison for a maximum of two years. The legislation targets individuals who block major roads and new tunnels and/or disrupt #port operations in major ports such as #Newcastle and #PortBotany.

    "In 2022, Tasmania passed anti-protest laws by way of the Police Offences Amendment (Workplace Protection) Bill 2022 under the guise of protecting Tasmanian workers. Under these laws, any protestor who obstructs a workplace during protests could face up to 12 months in prison, the Human Rights Law Centre reported:

    " '…community member protesting the destruction of #OldGrowthForests on a forestry site could face a penalty of over $13,000 or 2 years in prison; and An organisation supporting members of the community to protest could be fined over $45,000.'

    "Similar laws were also passed in Victoria. #AntiLogging protestors who 'hinder, obstruct or interfere with timber-harvesting operations' can face up to 12 months in prison and/or a $21,000 fine. PVC and metal pipes which are often used in protest activities are now prohibited in working sites, with additional powers provided to police to search suspect individuals who are 'reasonably suspicious'.

    "In 2019, on public safety grounds, Queensland passed legislation which bans locking devices as modes of civil disobedience. These are tactics used to make it difficult for police to remove protestors and are often used by protestors to lock themselves to property and #pipelines to prevent construction of environmentally-harmful projects. Protestors face up to two years in prison and/or a $6,000 fine. It was rationalised on the basis of activists lacing devices with 'butane canisters' and other devices which were harmful for law enforcement. However, there is no evidence of the use of these devices."

    Read more:
    humanrights.unsw.edu.au/resear

    #PipelineProtestors #BigOilAndGas #BigLogging #ACAB #RightToProtest #SilencingDissent #ProtectTheForests #AustraliaAntiProtestLaws #RisingTide

  24. We don’t need to protect private and profit making companies from citizen advocacy, democracy and good governance.

    We need to protect citizen advocacy, democracy and good governance from private and profit making companies.

    #auspol #election #Election2025 #senate #houseofrepresentatives #vote #vote2025 #federalelection #australia #australiavotes #tassal #tasmania #salmon #fishfarming #salmonfarming

  25. Suspicious photos of alleged thylacine revealed by pop wildlife biologist

    New photos claim to show a thylacine in Tasmania. Distributed by a popular television personality who popularizes mysterious animal sightings, the photos and the backstory appear bogus. In today’s tech landscape, where digital images can be easily manipulated or manufactured, cryptid images without additional evidence should, by default, not be considered useful.

    On May 14, 2024, TV wildlife biologist Forrest Galante posted a YouTube video showing a Zoom discussion with a guy from Minneapolis who claims he and his Dad came upon what they thought was a dog on the side of the road at night in Tasmania. They stopped to help and took photos when they realized it wasn’t a dog. The photos he provided appear to show a thylacine, which has been extinct for decades. Galante interviewed the witness “Zach” and revealed the photos said to have been taken in mid-April at an undisclosed location (near Upper Stowport).

    The video interview is long and somewhat annoying to watch because the witness isn’t very helpful and also keeps his face hidden. Galante doesn’t know what to think because he sees some problems in the story and the photos. While mentioning the inconsistencies, he still desperately wants to believe and also benefits from the hype this could generate. Many people want to believe the thylacine is still existing out there.

    Thylacines (or Tasmanian tigers) were marsupials native to Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea that filled the role of top predator. The last known thylacine died in 1936 and none were captured in the wild after 1933. Data strongly suggests that the their population was in decline and efforts to eliminate thylacines from farmed areas worked too well. After decades of no verified accounts of its existence, it was declared officially extinct by the Tasmanian government in the 1980s. Some people insist it still is out there and see their possibility everywhere, however, the evidence is very poor – just stories and terrible visuals.

    The photos given to Galante looked to be edited or created from existing photos and models. They are strangely blurry, the background and shadows look wrong and the features inconsistent. There is no indication, besides the witness’ word, that they were taken in Tasmania. He did not give the exact location. The details are nonexistent or conflicting. Galante noticed the photos were not originals; he asked for the original unedited photos but there is no word that he got them. By the end of the interview, Galante assured Zach that he would contact authorities regarding this sighting.

    More analysis here by Miles and Trey:

    Plastic Plesiosaur Podcast May 15, 2024

    And Reddit: At Least Some of the Thylacine “photos” appear to be manipulated images of Archesuchus’ Thylacine doll

    Galante and the photos are getting significant attention. Thanks to social media, more people than ever see these images and volunteer their opinion based on their hopes, not their zoological or technological experience. From the responses on Reddit and YouTube, there is a significant percentage of those who think these are genuine pics of a live thylacine, some people think the photos are clearly hoaxed, and a third portion think these photos are fakes but the thylacine is really still around. The proponents of a living thylacine have opinions based on little more than wishful thinking.

    I marvel at the many instances where, when presented with the same visual evidence (for example, the Patterson-Gimlin Bigfoot film), some people will insist that the images of a cryptid are obviously fake and others insist with similar enthusiasm they are totally legitimate and proof-positive documentation. It can’t be both. One party’s opinion is entirely wrong.

    What’s the best bet?

    For those making an extraordinary claim – that something declared extinct and not seen for decades is still around – you must do better than grainy, awful visuals or “I saw it” stories. Regardless of the alleged sighting reports of creatures, whether it be a thylacine or a Bigfoot, there remains key pieces missing in the interpretation that would make the animals’ reality plausible. We have no body parts, no DNA, no reliable sighting patterns – no item to test or solid path to follow. If there is one animal, there must be many, yet we don’t see corresponding evidence of that. People were able to track and kill thylacines to the point where so few remained that they could not survive. Why do we not see them now? How did so few remain for so long without discovery? Because they are truly gone and people aren’t seeing or photographing thylacines.

    #cryptid #Cryptozoology #ForrestGalante #photos #Tasmania #tasmanianTiger #thylacine

    https://sharonahill.com/?p=8561

  26. 𝗪𝗜𝗞𝗜𝗣𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔 𝗣𝗜𝗖𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗔𝗬

    ✧ flame robin ✧

    The flame robin (Petroica phoenicea) is a small passerine bird native to Australia. It is a moderately common resident of the coolest parts of south-eastern Australia, including Tasmania. It was first described by the French naturalists Jean René Constant Quoy and Joseph Paul Gaimard in 1830 and, like many brightly coloured Australasian robins, it...

    #Australia #Petroica #BassStrait #Tasmania #Wikipedia
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flame_ro

  27. It is widely accepted that the Tasmanian tiger or #thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus) became #extinct following the demise of the last captive individual at Beaumaris Zoo in Hobart on 7 September 1936 – but many sightings have been reported since.

    A detailed analysis of more than 1200 sightings suggests the Tasmanian tiger survived until the 1980s, and that there’s a slim chance a few are still around.

    Read about the history – and future – of thylacine… ausgeo.co/thylacine

    📷 Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery Collection

    #ausgeo #wildlife #conservation #tasmania #seeaustralia #tiger #tasmaniantiger #wildoz
    #environment #academia #research #academicchatter #biology #history #histodon #nature #wildlife #photography #science #scientist

  28. Fascinating study suggests it's very likely that the thylacine, last confirmed to exist in 1936, only truly went extinct late in the 20th century...and there's a small chance a few could be roaming Tasmania's most remote wildernesses even now. 😮

    #science #ecology #extinction #thylacine #Tasmania #Australia #animals #TasmanianTiger #thoughts

    sciencedirect.com/science/arti

  29. A reminder that it is Advance Care Planning Week this week, and I am running two public information sessions for anyone interested in learning more about advance care plans, end of life wishes, VAD, funeral planning and other aspects of our important planning needs.

    Deloraine House on Wednesday March 22nd 2-4pm 112 Emu Bay Rd Deloraine TAS 7304

    Meander House on Thursday March 23rd 2-4pm 137 Main Rd Meander (opposite the oval and Community Hall).

    See you there!

    #AskAnnetta #GDEP #ACPW #ACPW23 #EndOfLife #information #tasmania #AdvanceCarePlanningWeek #DeathLiteracy