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• Spring bushfire outlook points to busy season for emergency services

  Parts of Western Australia, South Australia and Victoria will see increased fire risk this spring, as emergency services unveil their outlook for the season.  2025-08-27 05:30:26

• Devastated families may take legal action over museum that kept body parts

  Family members who have found out specimens from their loved ones' bodies had been retained by a pathology museum without consent are waiting for the coroner's investigation to finish before they decide what their next steps will be. 2025-08-26 19:35:24

• Tasmanian rescue helicopter service left 'devastated' by contract ending

  After 25 years of service, emergency aviation service Rotor-Lift has lost its contract to a mainland operator — with Rotor-Lift's owner scathing of the tender process. 2025-08-26 07:36:04

• Potato trade restrictions 'likely' as Tasmanian detects second case of virus

  Tracing operations are underway to determine the potential distribution of potato mop-top virus after a second case in a month has been detected in the state. 2025-08-26 03:52:40

• Artificial intelligence targeting short-stay rentals without permits

  A capital city council is employing AI to scrape the internet each day to find every short-term rental — and check if it has been listed without the required permits. 2025-08-26 03:17:27