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Lucie Cutting
Hobart, TAS
Lucie Cutting began her career with the ABC in 2017. She is a features reporter and radio presenter based in Hobart, Tasmania.
Lucie presents the statewide Tasmanian program Sundays with Lucie Cutting. She has a passion for the arts but covers a wide variety of topics. You can keep up to date with her work on Instagram.
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Reluctant artist hopes his captivating pieces will make people question what they throw in the bin
Dawit Dersolign does not describe himself as an artist, but what he makes from discarded items contradicts that statement.
Woman spurred by platypus continues rescue mission, later undergoes surgery
With just her bare hands, Jenny Forward picked up a platypus in a roadside gutter she thought needed rescuing. She says within seconds she knew it was a "big mistake".
Film set for box office hit Tasmania Story still stands, but only just after vandals and neglect take toll
In 1990 a Japanese-language film made in Tasmania was released in Japan. Called Tasmania Story, it became a multi-million-dollar box office hit that fuelled tourism and trade opportunities.
When John sold his business, he added a contract clause to protect his beloved Pies signage
Tasmanian man John Howard might be the state's most visibly devoted Collingwood fan. In 2010, he painted a dedication to the team on the roof of his business — and when he moved on, he made sure it was there to stay.
Rarely seen, two Tasmanian masked owls are life models for wildlife fundraising art classes
In a makeshift art studio offering painting workshops in southern Tasmania, you'll meet a different sort of muse. It's a creative brushstroke to fundraising, taken by a raptor rehabilitation centre that features usually "secretive" birds.
When he was homeless Josh slept close to his guitar. Things have changed and he's performing on stage
When Josh left home he took a bag of belongings and his guitar. He says the instrument kept his "spirit alive" during bouts of homelessness.
Your questions about thylacine de-extinction answered
Should the thylacine be brought back to life? Professor Andrew Pask — leader of the Thylacine Integrated Genetic Restoration Research Lab at Melbourne University — answers your questions about plans to de-extinct Australia's only marsupial apex predator.
Duration: 10 minutes 59 seconds
Should the thylacine be brought back to life? Here's how you responded
Scientists say they can bring the extinct thylacine back from the dead within a decade, but does anybody want them to? The resounding answer to an ABC survey is "Yes".
Rotting away from the inside out, this blue gum was filled with concrete. Four decades later it's stronger than ever
Rotting and riddled with wasps, in the 1980s an ailing blue gum at Anglesea Barracks was filled with concrete to stabilise it. Almost four decades on the old tree still stands, is still alive, and the concrete is barely visible.
The day Tony Hawk carved it up in Tasmania
In December 1990, professional skateboarder Tony Hawk performed "pretty much" every trick possible on a ramp in Hobart during his first and only visit to Tasmania.
When asked how she wanted to celebrate her 21st birthday, Holly had a radical idea
Tasmanian Holly Jury has created a 21st birthday celebration like no other, producing, directing and starring in a local production of Little Women to mark her milestone.
'Fake news' and 17th century texts: What books you could borrow in 1850s Tasmania
A bequest of more than 1,900 books in 1851 by a former colonial secretary brought the world to Tasmania. Languages, revolutionary discoveries and "fake news" filled the library, some of which can still be found today.
Aussie apiarists to wax lyrical at global gathering of young beekeepers
Tasmanian teens Reuben, Lillith and Audrey will soon embark on journey to Slovenia to represent Australia at an international meeting of young beekeeping enthusiasts.
Sienna, 9, is unique among her peers. She is the only child born in her remote community
With limited health services, anyone expecting a baby has to leave Flinders Island before their due date. A community leader says it is "really sad for women who are pregnant."
Tassie the dog has chewed up 20,000km on motorcycle road trips and can't wait for the next one
Six years on from adopting a little dog in Tasmania, Andrew Darwood has travelled most of Australia with his mate, Tassie, sitting at his back on a motorcycle.
Yoav says these trees hold clues to our past, but a fire could destroy them. So he is saving them one leaf at a time
A collection preserving physical specimens from Tasmania's tallest forest grove of flowering plants will help ensure opportunity for future research of the ancient giants.
Hobart mum reflects on how she enticed East African superstar to perform in Tasmania
In just six days and with "next to no budget", Eris Gino organised all aspects of a concert tour stop in 2017 to fulfil her daughter's dreams of seeing a Ugandan musician — "East Africa's Beyonce" — perform.
For three weekends a year, residents on Flinders Island are 'covered in scratches' in their hunt for a delicacy
Eating mutton bird is part of a long culture in the Furneaux Island group. While the rest of Australia is enjoying the short-tailed shearwater with binoculars, island dwellers are getting out their knives and forks.
Anna hopes to one day return to Ukraine. But for now, she paints to stay connected to home
Anna Mykhalchuk fled Ukraine with her husband and child, carrying two backpacks and a baby carrier. Creating Ukrainian folk art is keeping her home country close to her heart.
Researchers classify new 'plasticosis' disease caused by the ingestion of plastic by seabirds
A team of scientists in Australia and the UK discover a previously unknown disease attributed to plastic consumption by Lord Howe Island seabirds, which is creating extensive scar tissue in their stomachs.
It started off 'awkward as heck', but now finswimming is like flying for Marta
What first presented as an unusual sight at her local pool has become a loved sport for Marta Hodul Lenton, who is about to compete in the world championship in Egypt.
A monofin explained by Tasmanian finswimmer Marta Hodul Lenton
Tasmanian finswimmer Marta Hodul Lenton explains and shows how a monofin works.
Duration: 1 minute 20 seconds
Karuna made a chair, through the process she learned leadership skills too
An experimental mentoring program in southern Tasmania sees participants make a chair while learning leadership and teamwork skills.
Should the Tassie tiger be brought back to life? Have your say and ask the experts questions
We want to hear from you — should the Tasmanian tiger be brought back to life? And what will that mean for First Nations people, the environment, and the ecosystem?
How an island community solved its used glass bottle problem
The people of Flinders Island have a waste problem. But locals in the town of Killiecrankie are taking matters into their own hands, one bottle at a time.