The Latest Breaking News from Bass Strait

A judge says "commercial needs" were given priority over the welfare of cattle who died from injuries they suffered during a storm in the Bass Strait, with the captain fined $15,000.

New boat Scarlet Runner led the field out of Port Phillip in the 50th Melbourne to Hobart and is setting the pace through Bass Strait.

Overlooking the Bass Strait on the remote and windy northwest tip of Lutruwita/Tasmania is the Kennaook/Cape Grim Baseline Air Pollution Station.

If approved, this will be one of the largest seismic exploration projects ever undertaken, with surveys across an area larger than Tasmania.

A court has been told 16 polo ponies found dead after a Spirit of Tasmania sailing across Bass Strait "suffocated" inside a trailer without proper ventilation.

A bid to delay a court hearing relating to the deaths of 16 polo ponies, found dead after crossing Bass Strait on a ferry, has been rejected.

This wave power generator has completed a 12-month trial off King Island in Bass Strait, successfully generating electricity for hundreds of homes — now the company behind it wants to look at what's next.

When the sunken wreck of a ship torpedoed by the Japanese in WWII was found in Bass Strait, not only did it give Bill Stewart comfort in knowing his dad's final resting place — it would lead to an emotional reunion with his long-lost sister.

Sick of ocean debris washing up near his home on the Tasman Peninsula, Sam McLennan has an ambitious plan — build a raft made entirely out of the materials and sail it across the Bass Strait to kickstart conversations about protecting the marine environment.