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Premier Jeremy Rockliff visits King Island

Tasmanian Premier Jeremy Rockliff is visiting King Island today as part of the Liberals campaign for re-election.

Premier Jeremy Rockliff

Local indoor cricketers notch up first win at Nationals

The Tasmanian U18 indoor cricket team has had a positive start to its National campaign.

Levi and James

Fishing - Countdown to trout time

Time is ticking with just a few weeks left before the start of the 2025-26 Tasmanian Brown Trout fishing season

Lake Sorell

Fury at lack of tractor training

A lack of tractor training in schools has infuriated TasFarmers President Ian Sauer.

Tractor

TasFarmers Matters - Farmers tied up in red tape

FARMING can be a tough way to provide for your family.

Red tractor

Day to honour accident victim

The passing of Somerset farmer Robert Morey in a tragic farming accident on May 23 has greatly impacted those who knew and admired him around the state.

Robert Morey

Fishing - Trout season fast approaching

WE’RE less than a month away from the start of another Tasmanian brown trout fishing season.

Trout

Wool Report - A year of going nowhere fast

It was firm and unchanged again for the Australian wool market last week.

Wool report

A little star with winning ways

THE first progeny of record-breaking bull Cluden Newry Uppercut in Tasmania, possibly Australia, has landed two weeks early at Toliver Angus.

Toliver Angus stud

Renewables plan for farm land powers ahead

THE owners of a pair of farming properties in the Central Highlands earmarked for large-scale renewable energy projects have signed a deal to co-develop the projects with a Malaysian engineering and infrastructure firm.

Cellars Hill Wind Farm Location