Clancy Balen
Clancy Balen is a multi-platform cadet journalist at the ABC Hobart. Previously, he worked as a general news reporter at The Examiner in Launceston.
Clancy also has a background in audio production and sound design and has produced and hosted award-winning podcasts such as The Yarn (Australian Podcast Awards 'Climate Award') and Uncurated (New York Festivals Radio awards).
He has also provided editing and original sound design for the podcast series One Small Act by Deadset Studios and Pinna FM.
Latest by Clancy Balen
New lead on missing Belgian tourist's phone activity helps pinpoint search
A NSW Police cadaver dog brought into Tasmania to help with the search for Shyanne-Lee Tatnell is repurposed to look for missing Belgian tourist Celine Cremer, following new information.
Medical waste program aims to fix 'shocking' use of single-use plastics in health care
Brenton Lovering and Mat Usher were shocked by the amount of plastic thrown out in health care. Their Tasmanian pilot program is aiming to change that.
Farmers make the switch to renewable energy and power-saving measures in bid to battle rising electricity prices
A combination of high input costs and lower livestock prices are forcing change on farms.
'Low-hanging fruit': Councillor slams his own council's decision to double rates for vacant residential blocks
A rate hike for vacant residential land is being used to combat the practice of "land banking" in Hobart, but some are concerned it will have unintended consequences.
Hobart council doubles rates for short-stay owners to boost housing stocks
Hobart City Council has voted to double the rates charged for short-stay accommodation properties in a bid to get more properties back on the long-term rental market.
Concerned Catholics want investigation into allegations of inappropriate behaviour by head of catholic schools in Tasmania
Concerned Catholics of Tasmania wants an independent investigation into Catholic Education Tasmania after its executive director apologised for inappropriate behaviour towards two staff members.
Missing divers found at sea after search off Tasmania's east coast
A search is called off after two divers are located in waters off Tasmania's east coast.
No trains or trams and the traffic jams easily — so how will 23k footy fans get to Hobart's new stadium?
Hobart — a city with no passenger trains or trams, a single ferry route and limited bus patronage — is about to get a 23,000-seat stadium close to the CBD. How will crowds get to and from there?
'A terrible thing': Minister confirms 16k documents released online in Tasmanian data breach
The Tasmanian government sets up a helpline as hackers release 16,000 documents online as part of a cyber attack on a third-party transfer software used by the state's education department.
'I'm a bit pissed': New Year's Eve drunken gatecrash at party devastates three victims, court told
A court hears bourbon, wine and beers were consumed in the lead up to woman's New Year's Eve drunken row and gatecrashing incident in 2021 which left three people with life-changing injuries.
'Drugs destroy lives': Tasmanian government says no way to pill testing despite warning after festival death
A warning from the stage of a Tasmanian music festival for punters to "not take recreational drugs" as a precaution following a death at the event has again sparked calls for an introduction to pill testing — but the government is not budging.
The giant inflatable octopus instilling 'a sense of awe'
When Lisa Reihana constructed an enormous octopus based on a Māori creation story, she never intended it to leave its home in New Zealand. Now, in its Australian debut, the inflatable sculpture is featuring in Tasmania's Ten Days on the Island festival.