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• Dark Mofo returns with art, food and sell-out events

  10-06-2026 23:34 via abc.net.au
  
  Tasmania's two-week Dark Mofo festival kicks off today in Hobart. Popular events such as Winter Feast, Night Mass, the Nude Solstice Swim and the Ogoh Ogoh procession return, while one of the new Spirit of Tasmania ferries will host a free art exhibition.
  
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• Council plan would make whole-home short-stays off limits for 20k homes

  10-06-2026 21:19 via abc.net.au
  
  A fresh proposal from the Hobart City Council would block about 90 per cent of the city's homes from being wholly converted into short-stay accommodation. The plan is the latest chapter in a long-running push to rein in the number of rentals being lost to platforms such as Airbnb.
  
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• Council plan would make whole-home short-stays off limits for 20,000 homes

  10-06-2026 21:19 via abc.net.au
  
  A fresh proposal from the Hobart City Council would block about 90 per cent of the city's homes from being wholly converted into short-stay accommodation. The plan is the latest chapter in a long-running push to rein in the number of rentals being lost to platforms such as Airbnb.
  
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