The Latest Breaking News from Tasmania

The JackJumpers' dream of a finals berth in their debut season is back on track with a win over Cairns, while a Taipans great may have played his last NBL game.

Peter Gutwein's surprise exit as Tasmania's premier will not have a major impact on the island state's push to become the AFL's 19th club.

Jeremy Rockliff is set to become Tasmania's next premier and Michael Ferguson his deputy when the Liberal party room meets — with Elise Archer's leadership bid appearing to be over.

Environmental campaigners demand all logging in Tasmania "stop immediately" after the government says a "technical issue" with a 1985 law needs to be fixed. The Greens saying it calls into question decades of logging — and arrests of those who protested against it.

A senior Tasmanian paramedic tells the ABC it is a wonder how the state's strained ambulance service continues to operate.

With the total number of COVID-19 infections tipping over 100,000, you would have had to be living under a rock to not notice the recent wave of illness breaking out across Tasmania. But, experts say there is good reason not to panic.

Jeremy Rockliff will be declared the next premier of Tasmania by week's end, while a battle will play out for the role of deputy, the ABC understands.

An Integrity Commission Tasmania report has found $21 million in pre-election grants announced by the state Liberal Party were distributed without fairness.

A man accused of murdering a 89-year-old Gold Coast inventor in 1992 has been granted bail after being held in custody since his arrest in Tasmania in 2020.