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'Sad day' as state faces fourth election in seven years

Ousted in a no-confidence vote, Tasmania's premier will seek re-election amid a backlash over budget debt, bungled new ferries and a contentious stadium plan.

AAP · Jun 4, 2025

Troubled detention centre's closure delayed, again

A youth detention centre that a child sexual abuse inquiry said should be shut "as soon as possible" won't be closed until at least early 2028.

AAP · May 5, 2025

Shelving of poker machine reforms 'sickening'

Tasmania's government has parked their commitment to "nation-leading" harm minimisation poker machine reforms.

AAP · Nov 19, 2024

Tasmania says it is committed to truth and treaty, but how is it progressing?

While other states take steps, and even strides, towards reconciliation with their Indigenous communities, what’s happened in Tasmania in the 18 months since a report urged the Tasmanian government legislate a framework towards a treaty?

ABC News · May 28, 2023

Dozens of new illegal 4WD, bike tracks go over sacred Aboriginal sites in Tasmania every year, map shows

Aboriginal rangers who patrol Preminghana in Tasmania's far north-west say it's being destroyed, little by little, by four-wheel drivers and bikers who stray from the tracks.

ABC News · Mar 18, 2023

Christian Lobby, deputy premier pushback over Pussay Poppins drag storytime event at Launceston Library

Tasmania's education minister resists calls by a Christian lobby group to shut down a sold-out drag story time library event for toddlers — as the state's deputy premier declares he wouldn't take his children to see it.

ABC News · Feb 7, 2023

Five facilities to replace Tasmania's 'house of horrors' Ashley youth detention facility

The Tasmanian government outlines a plan for five separate facilities to replace the troubled Ashley Youth Detention Centre, referred to in a recent inquiry as a "house of horrors".

ABC News · Nov 22, 2022

New home for troubled Tas youth centre

Details of reforms in relation to the closure of Tasmania's controversial Ashley Youth Detention Centre have been revealed by the state government.

AAP · Nov 22, 2022

School chaos predicted as thousands of Tasmanian teachers prepare to walk off the job

Thousands of Tasmanian school teachers will walk off the job and strike at lunchtime next Wednesday, with the education department tight-lipped about whether it will cause schools to close for the whole day or end classes hours early.

ABC News · Nov 2, 2022

Ashley Youth Detention Centre staff recruitment underway, as detainee tells mother of lockdown

A young detainee at Tasmania's Ashley prison tells his mother of being confined to his cell for over 22 hours a day, as ongoing staff shortages mean lockdowns and a recruitment drive which could pull staff from the notorious Don Dale jail in the Northern Territory.

ABC News · Aug 31, 2022