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Reporter @abcnews from Tassie in Canberra. Views are my own.

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3 years
Today was tough for many, but mostly for the Hillcrest community and first responders. Thank you to everyone who has reached out to me. At the height of awfulness when I arrived, I put down my camera. A parent came up to me and hugged me. She sat with me and said “we’re human” 💔
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Two boys who were injured in a jumping castle incident in north-west Tasmania last week have been moved out of intensive care. Their condition has been steadily improving, and they’re now in a stable condition in the Royal Hobart Hospital ❤️
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Devastating scene on Tasmania’s west coast. Photo by me for @abcnews
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#BREAKING : Antarctica can no longer lay claim to being the only continent free of coronavirus after 36 Chileans reportedly tested positive for COVID-19.
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Peter Cundall has passed away peacefully today after a short illness. He was 94 @abcnews
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For everyone replying to this. You weren’t there. There was no media opportunity, no political or campaign announcements in the north-west. The media were already at the school. You are using this to fit your own narrative. Five kids died and you make this about politics?
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Australia’s Prime Minister leaves flowers outside Hillcrest Primary School in Tasmania @abcnews
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Addison Stewart, 11 years. Zane Mellor, 12 years. Jye Sheehan, 12 years. Jalailah Jayne-Maree Jones, 12 years. Peter Dodt, 12 years.  These are the names of the five children killed at Tasmania’s Hillcrest Primary School.
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Several children have fallen from a height of 10 metres, causing serious injuries, after the wind blew a jumping castle into the air at a primary school in Tasmania's north-west @abcnews
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From Monday, masks will be mandatory for all indoor settings in Tasmania #covid19tas
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We did it, Tassie! Today marks 100 days since we last recorded a case of COVID-19 in the state. We’re also currently the only Australian jurisdiction with zero active cases #politas #covid19tas
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Spotted at Hobart Airport … “Australian BOREDER Force” 😅👀
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#BREAKING : There have been NO NEW coronavirus cases in Tasmania today #covid19tas
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I know where I’ll be going to vote today... Mount Nelson Primary School 👏👏👏 #politas #auspol #ausvotes
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#BREAKING : Four students from Tasmania’s Hillcrest Primary School have died after the jumping castle incident this morning. Four others are in a critical condition. No words @abcnews
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Wow 🥺
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#BREAKING : Voluntary Assisted Dying legislation has just passed Tasmania’s Parliament and will now become law #politas
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Please enjoy this #LoveActually parody from my mum (and principal of Tasmania’s Riverside Primary School) 🤣 Full video here:
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Tasmania won't re-open its borders completely until everyone aged 12+ has had access to a choice of COVID-19 vaccine, says Minister Michael Ferguson. The PM yesterday said border closures should end when 80% of the 16+ population is fully vaccinated #covid19tas
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JUST IN: Passengers on a boutique cruise ship that arrived in Hobart today are being placed in isolation following a passenger tested positive for COVID-19 #covid19tas
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Tasmanian Premier reveals modelling that if Tasmania opens at 80% vaccination rate, over first six months there would be 14900 cases and nearly 100 deaths #covid19tas
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Yothu Yindi's 'Treaty' was just played on repeat on Triple J for an hour. The program finished with a snippet of Indigenous Australians Minister Linda Burney from last night, following the referendum defeat #auspol
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Good news! At least two of the whales saved after last weeks mass stranding on Tasmania’s west coast have been tracked in waters well south of the state. Of the 230 stranded, 44 were saved @abcnews
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One child in hospital following the Hillcrest jumping castle tragedy has been released. The other is expected to be released next week ❤️
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Hobart’s popular Bar Wa Izakaya restaurant is shutting down temporarily, saying a “financial cost is better than any health cost … most restaurants did not want this. The border opening will slowly suffocate us” #covid19tas #politas
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#BREAKING : There are ZERO known active cases of coronavirus in Tasmania! #politas #covid19tas
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Hard to put into words the scene here in Tasmania’s north-west. It’s just devastating @abcnews
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Incredible scenes here on Tasmania’s west coast, with the surviving whales being taken to deeper waters @abcnews
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That’s it! There will no longer be daily Tasmanian coronavirus updates, unless there is a change. No more nightly tweets from me. Thanks to everyone who has followed along! ❤️ #covid19tas
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A moment of silence was observed at parkrun this morning in Devonport. The youngest victim from the jumping castle tragedy, 11-year-old Addison Stewart, often took part. Participants were encouraged to wear her favourite colour - aqua/green ❤️ @abcnews
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My older brother Lachlan was named the north/north-west Tasmanian finalist as @woolworths checkout operator of the year 🤩 “Customers have commented they will wait that extra couple of minutes just so they can be service by Lachie”
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Tasmanian Senator @JacquiLambie will vote AGAINST the 'asylum seeker phone ban' bill. “I'm not comfortable banning the phones of people who aren't doing anything wrong with them” #auspol #politas
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#BREAKING : The 2021 Australian of the Year is Tasmania’s Grace Tame. For the first time in the 61 year history of the award, a Tasmanian has been named Australian of the Year #ausoftheyear #ausday2021 @abchobart
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#BREAKING : Tasmania’s border will reopen to everywhere in Australia on December 15. You can enter if you are fully vaccinated and have had a negative COVID-19 test within 72 hours of travel #covid19tas
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#BREAKING : Only 35 whales have survived of the 230 which became stranded in Tasmania’s west @abcnews
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#BREAKING : Peter Gutwein is resigning as Premier of Tasmania and from parliament #politas
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Just Hobart things
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Tassie is back! We’ve just been told all services have now been restored, after seven hours of a statewide internet outage @abcnews
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#BREAKING : Two students now dead at Tasmania’s Hillcrest Primary. Awful @abcnews
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Prime Minister @ScottMorrisonMP had this video on his Twitter, Instagram and Facebook accounts for three hours. It has now been deleted #auspol
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Hundreds of Aboriginal flags have been placed outside Tasmania’s Clarence City Council, in protest to the decision not to permanently fly the flag outside the chambers #politas @abchobart 📷: Georgia Stone
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Devastating news. Another child has died following the jumping castle tragedy in Tasmania’s north-west. It’s an incident that has now claimed the lives of six young Tasmanians @abcnews
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No new COVID-19 cases in Tasmania. Wastewater results all coming back negative as well #covid19tas
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This is not good
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What an incredible morning up on Hobart’s kunanyi/Mount Wellington ❤️
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Snowboarding through Launceston’s CBD 😎🥶⛄️ 📷: Sam Berry
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50 days! It has been 50 days since Tasmania recorded a new case of coronavirus #covid19tas
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#BREAKING : A Tasmanian man in his 40s has died after he received the first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine #covid19tas
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Today’s my last day working for the ABC in Tassie (for now!). It has been a wild two years covering the north-west. I’m heading up to Canberra to work with the ABC team in Parliament House until the end of the year 😄
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The family photo on @billshortenmp ’s desk at the start of Labor’s new election ad is the same scene featured four seconds into the ad #auspol
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Independent Tasmanian MP @WilkieMP says incoming Prime Minister @AlboMP called him this morning. He says the conversation was about “connecting” after the break from parliament #politas #ausvotes
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Huge amount of water flowing into the Mersey River. This is heading towards townships of Kimberley and Merseylea, then to Latrobe. We’ve been here for five minutes and we’ve seen the water rise in that time #tasweather @abcnews
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Celebrating my 24th birthday (24 on the 24th) in Stanley 🥳
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There are 15 reported COVID-19 outbreaks at aged care facilities in Tasmania, as of midday today #covid19tas
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The crabs are out for Christmas in north-west Tassie 🦀👀
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Two possums and the moon in Devonport tonight 🌕🥰
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There are now ZERO active cases of COVID-19 in Tasmania #politas #covid19tas
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A huge few days covering Tasmania’s flood emergency in the north-west. Here’s the sunset tonight from Latrobe @abcnews
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Breaking: I’m moving to Burnie! I start as the News Reporter for the ABC in north-west Tassie in October! After three years, I’m sad to be leaving the team at @abchobart , but excited to be telling Tasmanian stories. I’d love to hear any tips: Bovill.Monte @abc .net.au
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Incredible! This was just visible over Tasmania. 📷: Luka van de Wolfshaar in Devonport
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Check out the view from Hobart’s kunanyi / Mount Wellington summit webcam right now 😍❄️🥶
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Heartbreaking scene as hundreds of pilot whales are stranded in Tasmania’s west. Despite efforts from rescuers, many have already died. My photos for @abcnews
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Two travellers from New Zealand have arrived in Tasmania from NSW since the travel bubble commenced. As Tasmania is not included in the bubble, the travellers have entered quarantine in a government facility #politas #covid19tas
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Tasmanian Liberal @BridgetArcherMP tells ABC Northern Tasmania she is on a waitlist to attend the National Press Club event with @TamePunk and @BrittHiggins_ tomorrow. She hasn’t been able to get a ticket #politas #auspol
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The waves off Tasmania’s west coast right now are 16 METRES high #tasweather
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NO NEW cases of COVID-19 in Tasmania #covid19tas
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Easily one of the most spectacular walks I’ve ever done, but also, one of the most challenging. Mount Anne in Tassie’s incredible southwest. The walk has only recently reopened after the area was impacted in the 2019 bushfires #discovertasmania @tasmania
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There is a goat in Salamanca
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Omg
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#BREAKING : Hobart City Council has voted to REFUSE the development application for the kunanyi/Mount Wellington cable car.   FOR REFUSAL   Reynolds Burnet Briscoe Sexton Thomas Harvey Dutta Ewin Sherlock   AGAINST REFUSAL   Zucco Behrakis Coats #lgtas #politas @abchobart
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My new favourite Tassie walk. Incredible. #MountAmos #discovertasmania @tasmania
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Australia’s Prime Minister leaves flowers outside Hillcrest Primary School in Tasmania @abcnews
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A whale known as "Blade Runner" has been spotted in Tasmanian waters. The humpback whale was reportedly hit by a ship's propeller almost 20 years ago. 📷: Drew Griffiths
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428 new cases of COVID-19 in Tasmania #covid19tas
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Prime Minister @AlboMP is in Tasmania today, talking to locals impacted by flooding. Latrobe dairy farmer Michael Perkins tells him climate change is clearly making floods more frequent and more destructive @abcnews
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Tasmania’s Premier Peter Gutwein leaves flowers at Hillcrest Primary School @abcnews
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Another day in the office 👀 @abcnews
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#BREAKING : Tasmania is scrapping 7 day quarantine requirement for international arrivals from midnight tonight #covid19tas
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Queenstown #auspol
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The rainbow flag has just been raised outside the Central Coast council chambers in Ulverstone. Ulverstone once had a reputation as Australia's most homophobic town @abcnews
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#BREAKING : The Sydney Hobart yacht race has been CANCELLED #politas #covid19tas
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#BREAKING : The lockdown will end in southern Tasmania at 6pm tonight. No new cases of COVID-19 have been detected #covid19tas
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IF THERE IS A LOCKDOWN, SUPERMARKETS STAY OPEN PEOPLE!!!!
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43 new cases of COVID-19 have been recorded in Tasmania, taking the total number of active cases to 243. There have now been more cases in the last two weeks than there was the whole way through the pandemic #covid19tas
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Today’s office: The Edge of the World
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#BREAKING : Tasmania declares the whole of NSW high-risk from midnight, effectively closing the border #covid19tas
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Snowwwww on Hobart’s kunanyi/Mount Wellington this morning 😍
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50% of eligible Tasmanians will have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine by the end of the day! The national average is around 41% #covid19tas
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NO NEW cases of coronavirus in Tasmania today - the state total remains 205 #politas #covid19tas
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Tell me it’s 18 degrees in Hobart without telling me it’s 18 degrees in Hobart:
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I’ve just arrived at Strahan. It’s a devastating scene. Dozens of whales have been stranded here @abcnews
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I just spoke to a woman who spent more than six hours in the line to be tested in Kingston today. She arrived before the site opened and was just a few cars from the front when the site closed. She’s one of dozens who were sent away without being tested #covid19tas
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#BREAKING : New case of COVID-19 recorded in Tasmania. Traveller who recently arrived from NSW. They did NOT spend time in the community #covid19tas
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#BREAKING : Monte is OUT @abchobart 👋🥲
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The #InvasionDay rally in Hobart from above @abchobart #AustraliaDay
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Devastating scene on Tasmania’s west coast. A number of buildings have been damaged or destroyed in Rosebery, including the heritage centre and the Mount Black Lodge. The heat from the bushfire caused part of the main road to melt @abcnews
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JUST IN: 80% of Tasmania’s 16+ population is now fully vaccinated #covid19tas
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#BREAKING : Restrictions on people travelling to Tasmania who have been in the metropolitan Melbourne area will be lifted from midnight tonight #covid19tas
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Second day in a row: NO NEW cases of coronavirus in Tasmania #politas #covid19tas
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