Tony Briscoe brings you rural news and events from Tasmania and a the nation.
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Welcome to The Heart of it, where we delve deep into the stories behind the legends of Tasmanian football. In this podcast, we explore the rich tapestry of Tasmania’s football history, celebrating the players who have left an indelible mark on the game. While their achievements on the field have been well-documented, we believe there’s more to the story. Our conversations go beyond the headlines, offering listeners a glimpse into the journey that shaped these remarkable careers. From humble ...
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Welcome to Be Tasmanian: a podcast about an impossible mission in a small state at the bottom of the world. It’s about uncovering a hidden story that unites people, and using that story to inspire community action. It’s about place-branding, destination marketing and economic development, but it’s really about culture: It’s about who we are, why we live where we live, what all that means, and what we ought to do about it.
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The only Tasmanian to win the coveted Norm Smith Medal, Colin Robertson, grew up on a dairy and potato farm in the small north west town of Yolla. The paddocks, with tree limbs for goals posts, were Robertson’s equivalent of the MCG and where he honed his skills before starring with Wynard in two premierships. Multiple VFL clubs came calling, but t…
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Reaction to the planned closure of King Island Dairy
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Calls to keep the King Island Dairy openDoor Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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King Island locals react to the planned closure of the King Island Dairy
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A King Island beef farmer says he believes history will repeat itself with the planned closure of the King Island Dairy.Door Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.Door Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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A member of the Tasmanian Team of the Century, Paul Williams was drafted to Collingwood as a schoolboy and after a controversial move to the Sydney Swans in 2001, played in an AFL premiership in his 294th game. The Williams story has many fascinating chapters. From family run pubs, fish and chip shops and Tasmanian state league football, to the tra…
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Is this the weirdest beer in the world?
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Oysters mussels and seaweed are part of this beer brewDoor Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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A key pillar in Essendon’s quest for an AFLW premiership, Wynyard’s Ellyse Gamble has enjoyed the highs and lows of football and of life since being drafted while on an east coast bushwalk in 2017. Gamble ran out for the Western Bulldogs in their first ever AFLW game, but injury robbed her of the chance to play in a premiership the following year. …
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Laura McBain was a young mother when she packed up her belongings and moved from Sydney to the northern Tasmanian town of Exeter. After a challenging start to her new life in Australia's smallest state, McBain would rise from humble beginnings to become one of the country's most successful businesswomen. Now, a rusted-on Tasmanian, McBain is a key …
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The Launceston suburb of Waverley might be best known for its woolen mill, but it can also lay claim to a Collingwood premiership star. Doug Barwick was recruited to Fitzroy after winning a best and fairest with East Launceston in 1983. A powerfully built player with a prodigious kick, Barwick's switch to Collingwood in 1988 proved life changing. H…
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Avoiding accidents on farmDoor Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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There have been few more brilliant or flamboyant footballers than Campbell Town’s Brent Crosswell, who won four VFL premierships with Carlton and North Melbourne. An extreme talent possessing skill, speed and power, Crosswell was a schoolboy prodigy, whose feats in big games were legendary. But he was also highly temperamental and, by his own admis…
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Food Manufacturing in trouble in Australia
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Warning from the boss of Cadbury about the future of the Claremont chocolate factoryDoor Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Sixteen years of producing micro herbsDoor Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Sniffing the soil to see how healthy the ground isDoor Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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No real signs of extra rainfall for Tasmania heading into spring
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No sign of extra rainfall for the state over the next three monthsDoor Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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New Federal Agriculture Minister talks rural issues
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Plenty of issues for the new Federal Agriculture Minister Julie Collins to tackle.Door Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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The love affair with Broccoli and other plants
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This story is about a lasting romance with broccoli and other plants.Door Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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A former Tasmanian player who became a state league senior coach at the age of 24, Zane Littlejohn quickly established his credentials winning back-to-back premierships with North Launceston. After being lured to the Brisbane Lions, where he worked under fellow Tasmanian Chris Fagan, Littlejohn is now the senior coach of VFL club Box Hill and worki…
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Tasmanian salad producer sheds jobs and as new owners prepare to take over
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Rural news and events from Tasmania and the nation.Door Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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A champion swimmer, who once shared the pool with Olympic golden girl Ariarne Titmus, Nicole Bresnahan only started playing football as a 19-year old. Just a couple of years later she was drafted by North Melbourne and selected to play in the Kangaroos’ first ever AFLW match. As she readies for her 50th game with the club, Bresnehan is also working…
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Controlling the feral cats
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A trial is underway to control feral cats by getting rid of their main food source, wild rabbits.Door Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Irrigators on the Craigbourne Dam to get full allocations next season
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Farmers happy to see Craigbourne Dam get more rainDoor Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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With more than 18-thousand first-class runs, former Tasmanian captain Jamie Cox is a revered figure in cricket and widely considered as desperately unlucky to have never played in Tests for Australia. What is less known about the Wynyard product, is that he was once an Essendon footballer – despite being completely oblivious to the fact. In 1987, a…
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Tasmanian winemaker Ed Carr named the Sparkling Winemaker of the YearDoor Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Jumbo oysters are proving popular at Salamanca marketsDoor Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Andy Bennett is proof you don’t need to be born in Tasmania to become a Tasmanian – a very passionate Tasmanian. Originally from Broken Hill, Bennett was very late to football but quickly rose to prominence representing the revered South Australian state team in the late 1970’s. After stints with Hawthorn and St. Kilda in the VFL, which included a …
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Tasmania's wine industry is celebrating a big vintage this season with wine grape crush, up 36 per cent compared to the year before.Door Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Record prices for latest Tasmanian wine grape harvest
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Wine grape growers in Tasmania get record prices in latest harvestDoor Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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What happened to Tasmania's favourite salad company?
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Former chair of a Tasmanian salad company details voluntary administrationDoor Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Former Chair of Tasmanian salad company details administration
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Why Tasmanian salad company went into administrationDoor Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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There are reports the gum tree deaths in southern Tasmania could be worse than first thoughtDoor Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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A Tasmanian dairy farmer who fell victim to a hay scam puts out a warning
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Warning from a dairy farmer who fell victim to a hay scamDoor Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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One of only four players in the history of the game to win three Brownlow Medals, Ian Stewart describes the harsh environment that gave rise to his immense football talents. Stewart spent his early years on Tasmania’s rugged west coast, but his childhood was most shaped by his experiences living alongside orphaned migrant children at the Hobart wel…
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Grape crop destroyed by hungry waspsDoor Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Most of Tasmania can expect slightly below average rainfall over the next three monthsDoor Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Rainfall predictions for Tasmania not good
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The weather bureau says the next three months could bring lower than average rainfall to most of TasmaniaDoor Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Extension of time for Tasmanian farmers to apply for financial help
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Tasmanian farmers needing financial assistance now have until the end of winter to apply for helpDoor Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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North west Tasmanian farmers protest at planned Renewable Energy Zone
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More than 100 people attended a meeting overnight in the north west of Tasmania to discuss a Renewable Energy ZoneDoor Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Making approvals easier for farmers to develop Agritourism in Tasmania
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New cellar door at Bream Creek proving a successDoor Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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