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ABC TassieCast
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Each Friday, Airlie Ward chats with Tasmania's top journos to unpack one of the big stories of the week. If it's going to hit your heart, head or your hip pocket – we're going to break it down for you.
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Tassie's arts cuts: creative or catastrophic?
6d ago00:13:11Tap to summarizeThe state government has already chopped a number of creative courses from education provider TasTAFE ... leading to fears in the arts industry of a state-wide creative brain drain.Let's face it, the discretionary spend on entertainment is getting eaten into by essentials like food and housing ... but are we also poorer if we don't consume those things that feed our soul?
Transcribe →AI deepfakes doing real damage to Tassie teens
2w ago00:14:33Tap to summarizeDo you know what your teenager was up to over the school holidays?While they might not have been created in the classroom, a Hobart school has been criticised for its response to a deepfake incident by some boys who were students at the school where 21 female students were targeted. How should our schools, the legal system and parents tackle this deeply disturbing part of the online world?
Transcribe →Will land sales future-proof Tassie's only uni?
Apr 1600:19:00Tap to summarizeTasmania has a long tradition of young people growing up, spreading their wings, and leaving for the mainland - before for some, returning to the island.But as more jobs demand tertiary qualifications, and as increasing numbers of students bypass the state’s only university for mainland options : is UTas keeping pace, and can it attract and retain the students and staff it needs?Featuring investigative reporter Adam Holmes.
Transcribe →Do we care enough about our pollies' mental health?
Apr 900:18:22Tap to summarizeIn what's believed to be the biggest study of its kind, a staggering 70 percent of almost 300 of our federal, state and local politicians who took part say the job has adversely affected their mental health. Pollies are people too after all and the study authors reckon we all need to take heed otherwise democracy will suffer.
Transcribe →Easter plans under the pump as Tassies shell out for fuel and choccy
Apr 200:13:03Tap to summarizeMany of us are already feeling the pinch ...We've got massive fuel prices, TT Line has added a surcharge, farmers are worried about future production capacity add to that the Easter Bunny is more expensive than ever. Easter is usually a mega earner for our tourism industry but what will the ongoing uncertainty do to the pillar of the state's economy?
Transcribe →The manosphere creeping into Tassie classrooms
Mar 2600:14:30Tap to summarizeThe manosphere - the online world considered responsible for the rise in anti-social behaviour and fuelling misogyny is reaching Tassie classrooms. So how and why are men, particular young men getting caught up in this manosphere web?
Transcribe →Kunanyi/Mt Wellington: A mountain of a debate
Mar 1900:19:32Tap to summarizeKunanyi/Mt Wellington is Tasmania's most visited natural asset but is a cable car the answer to getting more people on the mountain?
Transcribe →Tassie's greyhound industry ... is the gate about to close?
Mar 1200:18:45Tap to summarizeIn 2025 there were more than 200 injuries to greyhounds recorded on the track.Many countries have phased the industry out amid animal cruelty concerns ... could Tassie be the first Australian state to do it?Legislation to ban it has passed the lower house and will soon be voted on in the upper house.Featuring 7.30 reporter Adam Langenberg.
Transcribe →Inside a Hobart community needle exchange program
Mar 500:10:37Tap to summarizeWhen you imagine someone using a needle exchange program, who do you picture? Chances are, it’s not always who you’d expect.
Transcribe →Is that a side of antibiotics with your seafood?
Feb 2600:19:50Tap to summarizeAfter its public image took a dive last summer when millions of fish died ... the salmon industry sought regulatory approval to use an antibiotic in a bid to prevent more mass deaths.But the spread of that antibiotic well outside the target zone has raised further concerns, about what we might be eating and impacts on other industries. Featuring ABC Hobart mornings presenter Leon Compton.
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