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Helen Shield
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Radio, sleeping, remedial bushwalking. Views mine not my employer’s (work contact shield.helen@abc.net.au)
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Just reposting this which I think is the most gorgeous thing I have seen in my career - a critically endangered orange-bellied parrot feeding on a carpet of daisies after an ecological burn. This was the first time they’d had the chance to feed naturally in 15y and was wonderful to witness
😭😭😭🧡🧡🧡🧡
May 17, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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PUPPY PILE!!! PUPPY PILE!!! #puppyclub
April 27, 2025 at 4:44 AM
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Looking forward to chatting with @helenshield.bsky.social on ABC Hobart at about 21:10 tonight, about why things - like #LastOneLaughing - are quite so funny...

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youtu.be/-HeAAhlNNgw?...
Joe Wilkinson's Epic RNLI Speech | Last One Laughing
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April 23, 2025 at 2:39 AM
What would be a great Tasmanian band name? #Tasmania #Lutruwita #music
April 23, 2025 at 4:58 AM
And here was I forgetting the garnish. Bob had to get his own coriander tonight, the poor pup
March 28, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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St. George Bank's online banking is reportedly down for many users today. Are you affected too? #StGeorgeBankDown #StGeorgeDown
Is St. George Bank down? [February 27, 2025]
St. George's online banking is reportedly down for many users on February 27, 2025. Based on the graph showing on the outage tracking service DownDetector, the volume of user reports surged around 6:5...
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February 27, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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I've just found the best hack. Swear in your search request. It's a great way to bypass the AI summary and make your search history look like you're chronically pissed off at everything!
January 30, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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I had a chat with Helen Shield at ABC Hobart about our SimCity twinning hopes www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
The Tassie community wanting to twin town with SimCity - ABC listen
Residents in the tiny Tasmanian town of Fingal have proposed town twinning with virtual video game SimCity to breathe life back into their community.
www.abc.net.au
February 8, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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My look at an interesting - and maybe prescient -- media situation down in Tas, where a string of local papers & a polling company have passed to owners that also operate a powerful lobby firm, & who have worked on campaigns for the incumbent Liberal government www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Papers, polls, PR and politics: meet the powerful lobby firm with a finger in every Tasmanian pie
Font Public Relations shares ownership with a polling company and a network of local newspapers. Some call it the saviour of independent news – but others claim it’s damaging transparency
www.theguardian.com
February 1, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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You can say that it’s a fascist or Nazi salute because *it is*.

Complicated, I know.
January 21, 2025 at 7:33 AM
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Great to see more folk from #tasmania still arriving here every day! Here are two starter packs of Tasmanian users that might help you find some familiar faces. These links can also be shared on other platforms to encourage folk to make the move over here!

go.bsky.app/Dhstko4

go.bsky.app/QdK7iXR
January 11, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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Popped out to see the stars just now but the curtains were drawn
January 1, 2025 at 1:14 PM
My phone is an ancient potato which can’t do night photos so it picks up not much more than the naked eye. View from my balcony tonight is therefore pretty much this
#aurora #realisticaurora #stilldamncool #auroraaustralis
January 1, 2025 at 1:24 PM
March boldly into 2025 and if you don’t like the smell of someone, don’t be afraid to change course
#wombatwisdom #wombat #Tasmania #Lutruwita #cute
January 1, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Let these furry tanks mark your new year with cubes of joy #wombat
December 31, 2024 at 9:34 AM
Bracing for the crowds for NYE*

*crowds of wombats and cape barren geese #tasmania #lutruwita #NYE
December 31, 2024 at 3:56 AM
Not pictured: the leftover limoncello and raspberry trifle I had for breakfast, eaten out of a teacup, with extra custard. Hello Boxing Day, you cheeky minx
December 26, 2024 at 3:30 AM
I can see why humans have always been so keen on getting together to feast. That’s a good time.
December 25, 2024 at 11:59 AM
After all there’s only one more sleep #christmas #muppets
December 24, 2024 at 10:55 AM
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New Nov pokies losses data out today

Nov 2024 $16m
Losses in Federal Group casinos $6.8m
Av loss per day $516,174
In the last year $189.89m
Lost since 2018 ‘pokies’ election $1.18 billion
No of pokies operating in Sept = 3282 #politas #gambling

Data www.treasury.tas.gov.au/liquor-and-g...
Gaming machine expenditure by rolling year | Treasury and Finance Tasmania
Gaming machine expenditure by rolling year
www.treasury.tas.gov.au
December 23, 2024 at 1:52 AM
Can’t believe we had to share this with THREE PEOPLE today. Summer crowds, amirite? #Tasmania #Lutruwita #beach #summer
December 15, 2024 at 10:27 AM
Promise I wasn’t using it when I took this photo but here’s the new view from my loo. A touch of Never Come Here courtesy of @kudelka.bsky.social
December 15, 2024 at 8:09 AM
Watched a Rhys Nicholson Christmas special while I wrapped presents last night. Rhys is just charming and hilarious without fail. I reckon I’d be entertained watching them wait in a GP clinic.
December 15, 2024 at 12:51 AM
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the correct way to pronounce "pantomime" is "panto" because the mime is silent
December 13, 2024 at 4:14 AM