Labor vows to fight on as premier makes power move A state premier will go to the governor to seek power within days, but the opposition leader says it's not the only option as he step up negotiations. AAP · Aug 4, 2025
Lack of ear, nose and throat specialists keeping Tasmanians from getting vital surgery Tasmanians are waiting years instead of days to access vital ear, nose and throat specialist appointments. The Department of Health is trying to find a solution. ABC News · May 10, 2023
A Tasmanian mother says the soon-to-close St Helen's mother and baby unit saved her life Emma was diagnosed with post-natal depression after a traumatic birth experience. She says the help she got from a specialised mother and baby unit saved her life and now she's worried for other mothers because the unit is closing. ABC News · May 9, 2023
Mother of four stuck without a home amid Tasmanian housing crisis A Tasmanian mother and her four children have struggled to find a rental in the state's tight market, and the family has been listed on the social housing waitlist for two years. ABC News · Apr 17, 2023
Tasmanians requiring critical stroke, aneurysm treatments to be flown to Melbourne until specialists return Tasmanians requiring specialist procedures for strokes and aneurysms will be sent to Melbourne for treatment, due to the state being without its two interventional neuroradiologists. ABC News · Jul 22, 2022
Mask mandates back on the agenda as Tasmanian COVID-19 hospitalisations spike While Tasmania's COVID-19 health emergency declaration officially ended on June 30, a recent spike in hospitalisations and deaths has left some considering whether mask mandates should return. ABC News · Jul 19, 2022
Childhood abuse advocates praise Peter Gutwein's disclosure, call for derisive MPs to own shameful behaviour The Tasmanian leader's disclosure that he was a victim of child sexual assault could have a "huge impact" on other victim-survivors, a support group says, amid calls for Liberals who groaned in parliament to apologise. ABC News · Mar 12, 2022
Tasmania's Health Department says its ambulances were unregistered for a day, six years after a similar bungle Ambulances drove around Tasmania unregistered on Thursday following an administrative bungle. It's not the first time that it's happened. ABC News · Mar 4, 2022