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Members of the swift parrot recovery team slam the Tasmanian government for attempting to downplay the risk that logging plays in the species' future, urging the Commonwealth to ignore suggested edits to a draft plan that instead emphasise sugar glider predation.

One of the people instrumental in the examination of the notorious Don Dale youth prison in Darwin says Tasmania's government should "learn from the example" of how the Northern Territory went against the recommendations of a damning royal commission into its facility for young offenders.

For decades, children from across Tasmania have stayed at Hobart's Springvale student accommodation to complete years 11 and 12 — but its closure means they're scrambling for new options.

Tasmania has maintained net negative emissions for seven consecutive years, the state government's latest greenhouse gas report shows.

"Confused" is how Tasmanian Greens leader Cassy O'Connor says she feels about the way the Tasmanian government is continuing to support development in the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area.

With the peak of the latest Omicron wave expected to hit Tasmania, some parents and teachers are nervous about today's start to Term 3 and want masks mandated in schools, not just recommended.

Tasmanian Liberal MPs were patrons or members of at least seven organisations that won taxpayer-funded grants after pre-election promises — but the government is adamant the local community does not expect organisations to be ineligible "simply because a candidate is a patron".

A proposed reform to Tasmanian law is welcomed as a move which could "change the lives of a lot of kids" by keeping them out of prison — but advocates say there is another key issue which must be addressed.

The minimum age of youth detention in Tasmania will be raised from 10 to 14 under plans from the state government.

The $750 million price tag attached to Hobart's proposed new stadium was a "ballpark" figure provided by a consultant a week before the announcement — with a minister admitting "we had to be able to explain what it could cost, now we need to find out what it will cost".

Tasmania's Aboriginal Affairs Minister apologises for the publication of a racist slur as a place name on a government map, saying the publications would be withdrawn.