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Allrounder Hayward signs with Tigers
Allrounder Ella Hayward has signed with the Tasmanian Tigers ahead of the 2026-2...
Callan Morse 14 May 2026
SiS Tasmania welcomes federal support to end Indigenous family violence
SiS Tasmania, an Aboriginal-led Family Violence and Prevention Legal Service, ha...
Callan Morse 13 May 2026
'Respect, rights and reform': Why Tasmania must get heritage protection right
As the Tasmanian Government progresses its overhaul of the Aboriginal Heritage A...
Mark Harriss 12 May 2026
Indigenous ‘keepers switch states, sign on ahead of summer of cricket
A Tasmanian Indigenous star fresh off national championships success and a toute...
Callan Morse 12 May 2026
Calls to better support Aboriginal people at risk of family violence

SiS Tasmania has called on the Tasmanian Government to do more to support Aboriginal people exposed to family violence - particularly women, children and families.

Callan Morse Callan Morse May 5, 2026
Security cameras were offline during ‘critical incident’ at troubled youth detention centre

Security cameras at northern Tasmania's troubled Ashley Youth Detention Centre were offline during a "critical incident" just days after the facility was set on fire, right to information laws have re...

Callan Morse Callan Morse May 4, 2026
Aboriginal forest defender speaks out on 'shock' rejection of request for on-Country hearing

An Aboriginal woman has been left shocked after an on-Country hearing request was rejected by a Hobart magistrate last week. Ruth Langford sought the approval of Chief Magistrate Catherine Geason this...

Callan Morse Callan Morse Apr 30, 2026
Legal service accuses Tasmanian Government of failing Aboriginal people

New data has prompted the head of an Indigenous justice service to accuse the Tasmanian Government of failing Aboriginal people. Tasmanian Aboriginal Legal Service CEO, Jake Smith, said new adult pris...

Callan Morse Callan Morse Apr 27, 2026
Magistrate denies Aboriginal forest protester's on-Country hearing request

An Aboriginal woman's request for her trespass case to be heard on Country has been rejected by a Hobart magistrate. Yorta Yorta/Dja Dja Wurrung woman Ruth Langford's request for her hearing relating...

Callan Morse Callan Morse Apr 20, 2026
Government spruiks ‘stronger protections’ as consultation opens on Tasmania’s Aboriginal Heritage Act

The reforming of Tasmania's Aboriginal Heritage Act has progressed after the state government opened public consultation on the proposed legislation.

Callan Morse Callan Morse Apr 1, 2026
Rock art suggests thylacines may have lived on mainland longer than first thought

Newly discovered rock art raises the possibility Tasmanian tigers and devils may have survived longer in northern Australia than previously thought.

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Lloyd Jones Apr 1, 2026
Tasmanian Alliance throws support behind inquiry into racism and hatred targeting Indigenous people

Tasmanian Regional Aboriginal Communities Alliance (TRACA) has thrown its support behind the federal inquiry into racism, hate and violence directed at Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Callan Morse Callan Morse Mar 19, 2026
Consultation with Alliance on Aboriginal Heritage Act progresses, TAC remain ‘completely shut out’

Consultation on reforming Tasmania's Aboriginal Heritage Act has improved, according to the Tasmanian Regional Aboriginal Communities Alliance (TRACA).

Callan Morse Callan Morse Mar 18, 2026
Indigenous children locked up at 'distressingly high' rate in Tasmanian youth detention centre

New Department of Education, Children and Young People (DECYP) data indicates Indigenous children and young people continue to be disproportionately represented in northern Tasmania's Ashley Youth Det...

Callan Morse Callan Morse Mar 17, 2026
Indigenous rangers find rarely seen animals in first camera survey of Truwana

The first camera survey ever conducted on Truwana / Cape Barren Island off Tasmania - led by the Truwana Rangers - has recorded two rarely seen animals: white-footed dunnarts and blonde echidnas.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Mar 11, 2026
‘Locking up children is not the answer’: Aboriginal Legal Service sounds alarm over Tasmania's youth justice system

Tasmania's Aboriginal Legal Service has reaffirmed its opposition to the state's treatment of children in the justice system after the Tasmanian government released a consultation document for its new...

Callan Morse Callan Morse Mar 4, 2026
Manix-Geeves ton unable to lift Tigers to WNCL victory

A century from Emma Manix-Geeves wasn't enough to secure victory for Tasmania in their Women's National Cricket League (WNCL) clash with New South Wales at the weekend.

Callan Morse Callan Morse Feb 24, 2026
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