ABC TassieCast

Who wins in Hawthorn's big breakup with Tassie?

Are you one of Tassie's eight thousand strong Hawks members? If so, you might be feeling a bit gutted right now with the news the AFL has intervened and given the club the boot from the state ... with next season to be the last we see the brown and gold run onto York Park as the home side.  It's been a pretty messy divorce after 25 years  ... can the Devils unite the island and to riff on the Hawk's team song, be "One for all and all for one"?

Tassie's arts cuts: creative or catastrophic?

The 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?

AI deepfakes doing real damage to Tassie teens

Do 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?

Will land sales future-proof Tassie's only uni?

Tasmania 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.

Do we care enough about our pollies' mental health?

In 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.