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In the last financial year, Tasmanians lost more than $208m on poker machines in hotels, clubs and casinos.  The state government plans is introducing a suite of reforms to reduce the harm on those dealing with addiction, but many have questioned whether the changes go far enough.  This week on iHeart Tassie, Judy Augustine looks at the true cost of changing our gambling laws. See omnyst...

This week on iHeart Tassie, Britt Aylen is joined by Tasmanian writer and comedian Claire Sullivan to talk about her new book. Criminally Bad: The 100% True Story of Tasmania's Most Inept Crime Ring is in bookstores now. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The 2026 Tasmanian Craft Fair kicks off in Deloraine next week and is the largest display, sale and working demonstration of all types of crafts in the Southern Hemisphere, but it's been revealed this year's event is the last of its kind. This week on iHeart Tassie, Director Stephanie Johnston explains why this popular event, which has been delighting crowds for 45 years, is drawing to a close. Se...

As discussion about conversion therapy picks up pace, ahead of debate in parliament, two survivors have opened up about how the practices left them with years of trauma.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Hobart artist Emi Emi has made a name for herself with a unique style of music, notably singing in both English and Japanese. Now she's released her EP, and she says its creation has helped strengthen her cultural connection.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The discovery in the UK last month of a Tasmanian Tiger's mounted head sold at auction has sent tails waging here. A natural history collector from Essex spent more than £62,000 pounds, that's almost $120,000 Australian dollars, buying the taxidermy in Bristol. It's been 90 years since the last known Tasmanian Tiger died in captivity in 1936 and despite their extinction, the animal remains o...

This week on iHeart Tassie, Britt Aylen speaks with UNSW researcher Dr Tim Churchill about new scientific research proving that devils lived over in the WA's Pilbara region for around 45 thousand years. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Frontline police officers in Tasmania say they're increasingly having to take on work outside of their official responsibilities, and there are several areas contributing to their workloads.  In this episode of iHeart Tassie, Judy Augustine speaks to the chief of the police union about how child safety responsibilities keep landing on their desks. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy infor...

As demand grows for safe family homes to place children in need, there's a greater need for new foster carers in Tasmania. But there are a few things which might be preventing those who would otherwise tick the boxes from fostering. This week on iHeart Tassie, Judy Augustine speaks with a seasoned carer, who provides a look into her life as a dedicated foster mum. See omnystudio.com/listener for p...

In this week's episode of iHeart Tassie, Ebony Abblitt interviews Senator Jonno Duniam about his time in politics and impending retirement, as well as Wendy Askew about what is coming next in her retirement. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this week's episode of iHeart Tassie, Ebony Abblitt interviews Tasmanian Greens Senator Peter Whish-Wilson on his retirement from politics - including highlights from both in and out of the chamber, and plans for the future. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dodges Ferry in the state's south is the site of a new cat management program by Ten Lives Cat Centre, Landcare Tasmania and the Sorell Council. The location was chosen after 83 per cent of submissions to a recent community consultation survey were from Dodges Ferry residents, which highlights significant local interest in the issue. And now with the H5 bird flu on our doorstep, authorities are ur...

On Monday night, the City of Hobart voted to begin the process towards the transfer of nearly 5 hectares of land at Hobart's Queens Domain to the Aboriginal Land Council of Tasmania. This week on iHeart Tassie, Judy Augustine speaks with advocate and former ALCT chair Michael Mansell about the history of land returns in our state, and other areas that he believes should be considered for repatriat...

In Tasmania, kids with ADHD or autism face long waits for assessment, late diagnoses, or sometimes slip through the cracks entirely. In regional Tasmania, the situation is even more acute. Recently, a team at the University of Tasmania has been working to change that, through radical collaboration. In this episode, we speak to Baxter Adams from the University Psychology Clinic - about how the...

In just two years workers compensation claims for teachers in Tasmania jumped, they rose from 198 in 2023 to 249 in 2025. Included in that figure is a huge increase in psychological injury claims and an increase too in physical injuries. On this week's episode of iHeart Tassie, we speak to a Tasmanian teacher who's been in the job for 25 years. Peta Maree Revell-Cook, who is also a part of the Aus...

In this week's episode of iHeart Tassie, Ebony Abblitt takes a look at the trail running community across the state, which is seeing a huge boom in popularity. Speaking with members of the Her Trails Run Club, she explores why women are being drawn to the sport and the sense of community it can foster at the same time. In the extended version available on the station's website this morning as well...

This week on iHeart Tassie, Britt Aylen sits down with Tasmanian entertainer John X - who is currently treading the boards as Cal in Waitress up in Melbourne. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A group of volunteers has made headlines in recent months, after spending countless hours searching for missing persons lost in Tasmania's wilderness - finding the remains of missing Belgian tourist Celine Cremer near Waratah, and more recently, a body believed to belong to Peter Willoughby at Underwood. Jon Edmunds, president of Find Our Lost Loved Ones (or FOLLO) is now making searching for miss...

Judy Augustine speaks with Paula Wriedt and Michelle Dracoulis about online abuse and other issues faced by women in local government here in Tasmania. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Think Tasmania and you're probably thinking produce, tourism, maybe modern art. But fashion? Think Melbourne or Sydney. For Emma Petterwood, that assumption is Romy the Brand's secret weapon. At just three years old, Petterwood's Hobart fashion label is thriving — showing at Australian Fashion Week, selling into the lucrative US market, and recently collabing on a piece with the Tassie Devil...

Spencer Connelly was five-years-old in December 2012 when he and his older brother Fletcher were set on fire by their father. His dad loaded open gas bottles into a car boot and lit a cigarette and left his boys alone.. Now 13 years on, and Spencer openly shares his experience with family violence and living with life-altering scars. Olivia Hicks speaks with Spencer about his terrifying experience...

May 9th 2026 marks two decades since Brant Webb and Todd Russell were rescued from the Beaconsfield Mine. In this episode of iHeart Tassie, Ebony Abblitt speaks to Brant about his experience being trapped underground, and how it changed his life. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week on iHeart Tassie, John Fabris finds out all about a Hobart Beer Company that grew out of homebrewing and takes a look at all the ins and outs of homebrewing. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.