Tasmania has a way of wedging politicians between industry and the environment, between jobs and endangered species — with Labor and Liberal strategists well aware of the votes which are at stake.

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Former Tasmanian Supreme Court judge Gregory Geason pleaded guilty to breaching an AVO. Picture: NewsWire / John Appleyard The court was told the charge related to communication “with someone ...

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The RSPCA is examining whether the former owners of Tasmania's largest puppy farm can be criminally prosecuted following an ABC report that aired concerns from former workers on the treatment of ...

Sharp-eyed Patton had spotted a basking eastern screech owl at the entrance to its roost hole 30 feet up in a giant sycamore. I found myself in the area on Dec. 22 and stopped by on a sunny but frosty ...

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“It’s one of the most beautiful and distinct owls in the world,” David Barrett, a birder and founder of Manhattan Bird Alert, told The Post. “It’s the owl from Harry Potter — Hedwig.