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Number of teen dads on the rise as calls for more support increase

Teenage dads can face the challenges of stigma and isolation, in addition to also managing their own physical and psychological changes. This is, of course, on top of raising a child.
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Duration: 1 minute 58 seconds

Outdoor life comes at a price for farmers as they face a greater risk of skin cancer

Living your best outdoor life could be putting you at risk of the "national cancer", health workers warn. Here's why annual checks should be part of everybody's beauty routine.
Bernard Atkins stands in a cap and green shirt, in front of silver cows and green pastures

Here's everything you need to know about today's AACTA Awards

It's been billed as Australia's answer to the Golden Globes — or even the Oscars, depending on who you ask — and the stars are gathering for the ceremony on the Gold Coast.
A composite image of Margot Robbie, Rebel Wilson and Cate Blanchett

AFL racing against the clock to get Tassie Devil approval

The trademark for the iconic character has been owned by Warner Brothers since 1984.
ABC News Current
Duration: 2 minutes 13 seconds

No election called for Tasmania — with Liberal premier to consider demands of independents

The two Tasmanian Liberals turned independents say they want to "resolve this crisis" and with the Premier saying he'll consider their demands it seems the last Liberal government in Australia won't face an election — not in the next few days anyway.
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John Tucker and Lara Alexander speak to media.

Tasmania's Year 12 retention rates continue to lag

Just over 50 per cent of Tasmanian students finish year 12 – well below the national average of 78 per cent.
ABC News Current
Duration: 2 minutes 2 seconds

Independent MP rejects Rockliff's demand for new deal

The move primes the trigger for an early election, with John Tucker and fellow independent to meet Jeremy Rockliff tomorrow.
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ABC News Current
Duration: 1 minute 58 seconds

Premier and independents prepare for meeting that could send Tasmanians to an early election

A Tasmanian state election could be called imminently as an independent MP whose vote props up the minority Liberal government announces he cannot work under "extreme" terms forced upon him by the premier.
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Lara Alexander and John Tucker pose for a photo.

What to do when elderly parents refuse to talk about aged care

Australia's aged care sector is entering a stage of "critical" reform. So what do you do when a loved one is hesitant to accept requisite care later in life?
A man in a hat during golden hour in Florence, Italy.

We relived the thrills and spills of the Turnbull years in Nemesis — with political analysis from Annabel Crabb

The ABC's political docuseries Nemesis is back. We unpack the biggest moments from episode 2, with political analysis from Annabel Crabb. 
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A portrait of Malcolm Turnbull looking determinedly down the barrel of the camera.

Head of Tasmania’s Department of Health apologises to ramping patients

The state’s ambulance inquiry has heard from the head of Ambulance Tasmania that up to a quarter of the state’s ambulances aren’t dispatched to emergencies on time.
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ABC News Current
Duration: 1 minute 45 seconds

Tasmania's former Labor leader David O'Byrne to stand as independent

The man whose short-lived Labor leadership lasted 51 days has quit the party in a sign Tasmania could be heading to an early election.
ABC News Current
Duration: 2 minutes 25 seconds

'It could be a painting': Victorian beach named the best in Australia

Crashing waves, beautiful boulders, emus and wombats help Squeaky Beach take out top spot on Australia's Top 10 best beaches.
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White capped waves roll towards the white sand that's surrounded by greenery under a deep blue sky.

'Distrust, uncertainty and anxiety' in regional communities over green energy transition, report reveals

Poor engagement and consultation has led to "material distrust" of renewable energy developers in regional communities, according to a much-anticipated review.
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sign with red cross over transmission lines and towers on farm gate fence

How does an expensive school uniform help kids learn? Spoiler: It doesn't

Expensive school uniforms with logos and monograms do nothing to help kids learn, so why are we paying so much at the uniform shop?
New prep-aged children sit on floor in circle in prep classroom playing barrel of monkeys game at Spring Mountain State School.

Judge orders logging suspension in area of Tasmania home to rare swift parrot

Environmentalist Bob Brown's foundation is challenging the legality of logging at a forestry coupe in the Huon Valley, south of Hobart.
Swift parrot perched on a tree branch.

Teenager charged with manslaughter over Hobart drowning

A 17-year-old is among four other people who have been charged in connection with the bungled robbery.
ABC News Current
Duration: 1 minute 54 seconds

Review finds horse racing stable participated in race fixing, animal abuse

The review presages the dismantling of the Office of Racing Integrity, which was implicated in the Murrihy report.
ABC News Current
Duration: 2 minutes 29 seconds

Fragile red handfish evacuated from habitat ahead of heatwave

Marine biologists have captured 25 fragile red handfish and removed them from their habitat ahead of a heatwave to protect the species.
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ABC News Current
Duration: 3 minutes 51 seconds

Convoy to return toxic chemicals leaking at Tasmanian waste facility, sparking evacuations, back to mine site

Tasmanian authorities unable to contain a toxic chemical leak at a waste management facility in Spreyton will instead truck the chemical drums back to the mine site they came from and bury them.
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Exterior Veolia waste facility.

Dutton condemns lack of certainty for Tasmanian salmon industry

The opposition leader has accused the government of dishonesty with salmon producers, who feel threatened by plans to protect maugean skates.
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ABC News Current
Duration: 1 minute 50 seconds

Tasmanian devil deaths are on the rise, despite changes to local road rules

A bid to reduce Tasmanian devil deaths on a country road in the state's north west, seems to be failing.
ABC News Current
Duration: 2 minutes 15 seconds

Tasmania's travelling piano has finally found a permanent home

A final performance in Tasmania's Huon Valley was a fitting and bittersweet farewell for pianist Kelvin Smith
ABC News Current
Duration: 2 minutes 2 seconds

Thousands gather at Invasion Day rallies, calling for rethink of Australia Day

Thousands of people gather at Invasion Day rallies across the country, backing Indigenous calls for a change or abolishment of Australia Day.
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Thousands of Invasion Day rally attendees march over a bridge in Brisbane

'We do not let fear hold us back': Melanoma researchers named joint 2024 Australians of the Year

Melanoma research pioneers Georgina Long and Richard Scolyer are jointly named 2024 Australians of the Year for their work developing an immunotherapy approach to treating melanoma.
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A woman and a man dressed formally with awards.