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Hunting

Labor to move amendments to gun bill to cap firearm ownership

Labor will move to amend the state government’s bill to revise gun laws to include a cap on the number of firearms a person can hold.

National Firearms Agreement updated

States and territories have agreed to update the National Firearms Agreement, but most jurisdictions have still not committed to a gun buyback scheme.

Hunting

Drew Freeman becomes CEO of the Tasmanian Forest Products Association

Drew Freeman is the new CEO of the Tasmanian Forest Products Association.

Drew Freeman

Fishing - Weather disrupting trout anglers

A late Winter weather front put a damper on a lot of trout fishing plans on Saturday, with conditions not ideal, to say the least.

Ollie Purton

TIA director Mike Rose on importance of new facility

The new facility is valued at $20 million.

An artist impression of the TIA Grow Facility

New Norfolk Junior Football Club suffers alleged break-in

The New Norfolk Junior Football Club has been dealt another blow after its clubrooms at Tynwald Park were allegedly broken into in the early hours of last Sunday morning.

Picture from Derwent Valley Council

Nutrien Ag Solutions

TasFarmers Matters - Councillors ask questions

The Launceston City Council appears to be following a script from TV series Yes Minister

Sir Humphrey

Pooley Wines named Best in Show at the Sydney Royal Wine Show

Richmond vineyard Pooley Wines has taken home the top prize at the Sydney Royal Wine Show.

Winners pic

How carbon credits work

THE Tasmanian Government’s push to establish an inquiry into the sale of Rushy Lagoon has passed parliament.

A newly planted tree seedling

King Island

King Islander wins $649k in TattsLotto

A King Island grandfather has had his Monday transformed after discovering he had won more than $649,000 in Saturday's TattsLotto draw.

Stud ewe Chatswood Jaime and her 1 day old triplets

Lambing season starting on many farms around Tasmania

Tasmanian lamb producers are heading into the new season with prices at historically strong levels and processors already looking ahead to securing supplies from the spring lamb crop.

Senate Inquiry recommends overhaul of the hemp industry

A senate inquiry has called for a national overhaul of industrial-hemp regulation, procurement and building standards after finding that Australia’s industry remains constrained by laws and systems still shaped by the crop’s association with drug cannabis.

Andi Lucas