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Sabra Lane is farewelling the ABC's AM after nine years of hosting the current affairs radio program.

Christmas is usually a boom time for Tasmanian berry producers, but this year's cold spring has slowed crops and hurt profits.

A judge blasts a man's "complete and utter disregard for the law" and jails him for scamming farmers desperate for feed out of money for hay bales he never delivered.

It is just a few sleeps until Christmas Day, and the weather is promising a mixed bag for Australia's capital cities. Here is what to expect. 

An 88-year-young giant sequoia tree is "declining rapidly" in St David's Park in central Hobart due to a range of disturbances, including vandalism and fire, the council says.

Cashless payments make up about three-quarters of all transactions in Australia but come at a cost to both merchants and consumers, leaving some asking if it is time to consider it essential infrastructure.

It has helped keep the Liberals in power in Tasmania and lobbied on behalf of Airbnb, the salmon industry and the Catholic Church — but the PR firm, described as having "fingers in a lot of pies", is closing down.

Twelve years ago today, Uruguay became the first country to legalise recreational marijuana use. The experiment is still unfolding.

Three "cold and wet but otherwise uninjured" bushwalkers have been airlifted out of Tasmania's remote south-west after calling for help.

People in Hobart in 1971 are asked about legalising marijuana.

Yesterday we asked our readers to tell us how they had honoured the victims of the Bondi terrorist attack, one week on.

Hobart star Nikhil Chaudhary launches a ball onto the roof of Kardinia Park in Geelong, but his 79 off 38 is still not enough to earn him player of the match honours in the win over the Renegades.

Police charge a man after he allegedly produced a 30-centimetre knife at a Christmas carols event in Launceston.

After hearing harrowing stories of abuse against young Nepalese women and girls, Port Macquarie man Ross Nancarrow wanted to help.

For more than two decades, Rob Pennicott has taken tourists to see the D'Entrecasteaux Channel. But what he describes as "dead zones" have him so worried that he is funding a study to find what is going wrong.

The Tasmanian premier's department authorised more than $13,000 of taxpayer money to be spent with a local media organisation to promote the budget after the government asked for an election to be held, documents show.

A work health and safety case against a distillery in Perth, northern Tasmania, is dismissed.

For some parents, the social media bans for under-16s have come as a relief. But others say they are fuelling conflict.

Australia is experiencing a smorgasbord of wild weather in the lead-up to Christmas, featuring extreme heat, humidity, severe thunderstorms, and tropical storms all on the cards.

The tourism industry remains opposed to a 5 per cent levy on short-stay accommodation that the Tasmanian government has promised to implement.