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[Link] Sam lives in Tasmania but has to fly to Melbourne to get the ADHD help he needs
Read: 6/12/2021 www.abc.net.au
Tasmania has just one specialist ADHD clinic servicing the whole state and only three psychiatrists that will take ADHD patients. For Mr Mitchell, it meant he resorted to visiting a psychiatrist in Victoria to manage his disorder.
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[Link] Tasmania shooting: two men dead and woman in hospital
Read: 7/11/2021 www.theguardian.com
Two men have died and a woman is in hospital after suffering gunshot wounds at a Tasmanian house with two children inside. Police were called to a property on William Street in Devonport after reports of shots fired about 1am on Saturday.
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[Link] A homeless man who died after being severely burned is being remembered as a gentle soul
Read: 19/10/2021 www.abc.net.au
Aged in his 50s, Daniel Tommerup was cooking a steak outside Milton Hall on Frederick Street in Launceston's CBD when his clothes caught alight. He suffered burns to his lower body and was flown for treatment to the Royal Hobart Hospital, where he later died.
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[Link] Delivery driver who called worker 'juicy' threatened to sue her after she made complaint
Read: 16/9/2021 www.abc.net.au
Frayne Higgins was hoping to overturn a decision by Tasmania's Anti-Discrimination Tribunal last year, which found he had sexually harassed a female retail employee and ordered him to pay her $45,000.
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[Link] Leader of micro-nation found guilty of lighting fires
Read: 13/8/2021 www.abc.net.au
During the trial, jurors heard that at the time of the fires Matthewson was living on a bush block owned by Zachary John Mead, with a financial agreement between the pair for him to buy it.
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[Link] Near-miss was Delta strain, as Tasmanian COVID closures continue
Read: 8/8/2021 www.abc.net.au
Deputy Director of Public Health, Julie Graham, said it did not take very long to identify everyone that came into contact with the man, who did not have a valid G2G (Good-to-Go) pass.
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[Link] This couple downsized after 40 years and helped solve overcrowding
Read: 8/8/2021 www.abc.net.au
Elaine and Rod Smith didn't take long to say no when their community housing provider first asked them to consider moving out of the house they had lived in for 42 years.
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[Link] How was Tasmania's new COVID case allowed into the state?
Read: 7/8/2021 www.abc.net.au
Tasmania has recorded its first COVID case in hotel quarantine in 238 days. It means potentially dozens of northern Tasmanians have been forced into self-isolation and questions are being asked about how he came to be in Tasmania in the first place.
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