The Latest Breaking News from Tasmania Police

A full police funeral provided to a senior officer who died by suicide while being investigated for child abuse offences was regrettable, Tasmania Police says.

Tasmania Police have charged a 31-year-old man with 98 child sexual offences allegedly committed over five years.

The teenager has been missing for two months with police finding "no sign of her".

The neighbour of a Tasmanian woman who starved to death in her own home says the 71-year-old was let down by those who should have stepped in to help her.

The woman was described as "gravely ill, both mentally and physically" when police visited her.

A coroner has criticised the response of police after a Tasmanian woman with mental health issues died from starvation in community housing.

A woman's "lonely death" of starvation in the suburbs of an Australian capital city raised "several issues", including with police inaction, a Tasmanian coroner has said.

Australia is experiencing a shortage of police officers, with some states embarking on overseas recruitment drives and one state trying to sign people up at football games.

Costs at 24-hour police stations in Tasmania have more than doubled, and in some cases tripled, since the middle of last year.

Police investigations are ongoing to locate a missing 14-year-old girl in Tasmania, with further searches of a river planned.

New forensic technology will be used to re-examine all Tasmanian cold cases, with police hoping it could finally provide answers to families and loved ones of those like Victoria, whose killer has never been found.