The Latest Breaking News from Tasmania

Woman charged over Tasmanian shooting

A woman will face court accused of attempted murder after a man was shot and stabbed northwest of Hobart, police say.

AAP · Jun 25, 2022

Woman charged after man, 74, shot, stabbed in southern Tasmania

A woman in her 40s is charged with attempted murder after the shooting of a 74-year-old man in southern Tasmania.

ABC News · Jun 24, 2022

Lettes Bay wooden jetties set for demolition, but locals are fighting to save them

A secluded fishing village on Tasmania's west coast has become a popular tourist destination in recent years due to its heritage-listed miners' shacks and wooden jetties. Now, locals fear a part of what makes the bay unique is at risk of being lost forever.

ABC News · Jun 24, 2022

Tasmanian visual artist Tom O'Hern on how he became 'good at drawing really badly'

Artist Tom O'Hern wants more people to embrace the art of drawing badly, saying life has become too full of perfection.

ABC News · Jun 22, 2022

Anti-protest laws are an affront to democracy. They have no place in Australia

We are unique among liberal democracies in lacking robust legal protection for human rights

The Guardian - AU · Jun 22, 2022

No guarantee Tasmanian households won't be hardest hit by Marinus Link bill

It was the hot topic of letters between former PM Scott Morrison and the Tasmanian government — and it appears there's still no guarantee Australia's poorest state won't pay half the cost of a massive new power project but reap only a fraction of the benefits.

ABC News · Jun 21, 2022

'We're going to die', flood inquest told

The surviving partner of a newspaper delivery driver told him they were both going to die before he slipped from the top of their van into floodwaters.

AAP · Jun 21, 2022

Council calls on Tasmanian government to sack councillor Darren Fairbrother over flashing conviction

The Waratah-Wynyard Council is calling on the Tasmanian government to intervene and sack convicted councillor Darren Fairbrother, who was sentenced this year for flashing a crown prosecutor and her son, because they are powerless to do so.

ABC News · Jun 21, 2022

Final Senate results: Labor, the Greens and David Pocock will have a majority of senators

The final buttons to electronically distribute preferences for the Senate were pressed in NSW, Victoria and Western Australia on Monday. I wrote about the distribution of preferences in Queensland, South Australia and Tasmania on Saturday, and the climate activist’s David Pocock’s ACT Senate victory on Tuesday.

The Conversation · Jun 21, 2022

Tasmanian couple scale frozen waterfalls on Ben Lomond after cold snap

A recent cold snap across Tasmania provided plenty of picture-perfect scenery and Instagram photo fodder and — for the not-so-faint-hearted with know-how — the chance to scale a frozen waterfall.

ABC News · Jun 20, 2022