The Latest Breaking News from Tasmania

Tasmanian parents brace for school return amid expected COVID peak

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.

ABC News · Jul 25, 2022

Bob Brown Foundation wins legal case against Chinese-owned MMG mine tailings dam approval

A Federal court finds the Morrison government's approval for a tailings dam in Tasmania's wilderness area is invalid, prompting calls for people arrested during protests there to be compensated as "citizen heroes".

ABC News · Jul 25, 2022

Bob Brown win in Tas mine court battle

The Federal Court has declared government approval for mine expansion-related works in west Tasmania didn't properly consider potential harm to a rare owl.

AAP · Jul 25, 2022

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

Why Roelf Vos built the Swiss-styled town of Grindelwald on a hill in northern Tasmania

Back in 1980, self-made Dutch businessman Roelf Vos embarked on a very personal building project — to recreate a Swiss village in northern Tasmania. Four decades on, this unique town is still attracting visitors from around the world.

ABC News · Jul 21, 2022

Bulk-billing doctors nowhere to be found, with this Tasmanian mum finding it's cheaper to fly interstate

It sounds bonkers, but for Tasmanian mum Bec Haight, it's cheaper for her to fly her family to Melbourne than to be seen by a doctor in her home city.

ABC News · Jul 21, 2022

Man dies, another injured, after excavator rolls at railway worksite in Tasmania

A Victorian man dies and another suffers injuries after an excavator rolled at a railway worksite in northern Tasmania.

ABC News · Jul 20, 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

Get Ready To Freeze ‘Cos A Polar Frost Is Coming To Make It Colder Than A Penguin’s Asscheek

It's noot looking good.

Pedestrian.tv · Jul 19, 2022

New telescope mount helps Tasmanian observatory prevent 'catastrophic' collisions in space

For scientists trying to keep track of over 400,000 objects, including satellites, discarded rocket bodies and other junk flying around above the earth — the job just got a little easier.

ABC News · Jul 19, 2022