JackJumpers ease past Taipans in NBL The Tasmania JackJumpers have cruised to a 85-69 win over the Taipans in Cairns to put more pressure on the NBL's top four. AAP · Mar 11, 2022
The Loop: Police officer found not guilty of murder, Tasmanian Premier speaks about sexual assault, a Great Moscow misunderstanding Finish your week in The Loop. ABC News · Mar 11, 2022
Glover Art Prize 2022 winner is Tasmanian Jennifer Riddle with a tribute to her sister, Wanderings of the Past and Now Twenty-two years ago, Jennifer Riddle's dying sister encouraged her to pick up a paintbrush, and she has just won Australia's most prestigious landscape art award. ABC News · Mar 11, 2022
Tasmanian Premier Peter Gutwein reveals he is a victim of child sexual abuse Tasmania's Premier Peter Gutwein speaks for the first time about wrestling free from a teacher who sexually assaulted him when he was 16 years old. ABC News · Mar 11, 2022
Tasmania eases mandatory mask rules Tasmania is dropping mandatory mask-wearing rules for many settings but health authorities are still strongly recommending they be worn. AAP · Mar 10, 2022
Mask rules in Tasmania explained, as COVID precautions change again Rules around mask wearing are changing again in Tasmania. Let's take a look at where and when you can ditch your mask — and some situations where you'll still need to wear one. ABC News · Mar 10, 2022
Appeal lost over $940k vet fraud jail term A Tasmanian woman who stole more than $940,000 from her employer to fund her online gambling addiction has lost an appeal against her six-year jail sentence. AAP · Mar 10, 2022
Tas reports daily virus case increase Tasmania has recorded 1167 new coronavirus infections, the fourth day in a row the daily figure has risen. AAP · Mar 9, 2022
Morrison says Qld premier ‘consulted’ on emergency; Rio Tinto ditching Russia; 21 Covid deaths – As it happened All the day’s news as it unfolded The Guardian - AU · Mar 9, 2022
Man extradited from Tasmania to Qld A man has been extradited from Tasmania after being charged with murder following a far north Queensland altercation in 2019. AAP · Mar 9, 2022
Heavy lifting starts on Tasmanian AFL bid As the AFL considers Tasmania's bid to have its own side in the league, officials are bullish about the start of the season. AAP · Mar 9, 2022
Pucovski eyeing another return to cricket Will Pucovski is a chance to return in Victoria's Sheffield Shield clash with Tasmania next week, after recovering from the 11th concussion of his career. AAP · Mar 9, 2022
Tas daily COVID-19 cases rise slightly Tasmania has recorded 1109 new coronavirus cases, a slim rise on the number from 24 hours earlier, and the second day in a row infections have surpassed 1000. AAP · Mar 8, 2022
Ukraine couple flee to Tasmania as house in Kherson destroyed, fate of family members unknown Alexander Djerourou and Anastasia Mikheda received an early warning about the impending war from childhood mate Alex Solomon. They almost did not believe him. ABC News · Mar 8, 2022
The Conversation · Mar 8, 2022 Can we resurrect the thylacine? Maybe, but it won't help the global extinction crisis Last week, researchers at the University of Melbourne announced that thylacines or Tasmanian tigers, the Australian marsupial predators extinct since the 1930s, could one day be ushered back to life.
AAP · Mar 7, 2022 Tasmania reports 1051 new virus cases Tasmania has reported an increase in COVID-19 cases from 24 hours earlier to 1051 new infections.
The Guardian - AU · Mar 7, 2022 Flood havoc as Central Coast braces for 4.5m swells – as it happened This blog is now closed
ABC News · Mar 7, 2022 Concern for state's law system as academics leave, University of Tasmania 'moves away' from 'intimate' teaching It is "vital" that the quality of legal education at the University of Tasmania continues because its deterioration is "a serious concern to the state as a whole", law experts warn.
ABC News · Mar 7, 2022 Regional towns are struggling with GP shortage — this one just lost three When Anne Townsend's mother was recently unwell, she had to be taken to hospital due to a shortage of GPs. But even there she couldn't get treatment.
AAP · Mar 6, 2022 Slight rise in new Tas coronavirus cases Tasmania has recorded 784 new COVID-19 cases, while the island state's number of active cases has fallen for the first time in about three weeks.
ABC News · Mar 6, 2022 Call for Marion Bay to be renamed, 250 years after the first encounter between Europeans and Tasmanian Aboriginal people A Tasmanian Indigenous leader is calling for the renaming of a popular bay, to honour the sacrifice of a man who died defending his land.
ABC News · Mar 6, 2022 Tasmania's dry summer in review, as BOM eyes autumn with waning La Niña Tasmania's record-setting warm and dry summer is set to give way to above average rainfall in eastern and north-eastern Tasmania, the BOM says in its seasonal report.
AAP · Mar 6, 2022 Tigers veterans star in Marsh Cup thumping Tasmania have thrashed Victoria by 139 runs in their Marsh One-Day Cup clash in Hobart thanks to Matthew Wade's 86 runs and four wickets to Peter Siddle.
ABC News · Mar 6, 2022 Ukraine escape complete for Tasmanian teachers Rachel Lehmann-Ware, Duncan Ware Two Tasmanian teachers who fled Ukraine's capital Kyiv as Russian forces started closing in around them make it across the border into Romania — all the while clutching their beloved cats.
The Guardian - AU · Mar 5, 2022 More warnings in place for NSW as severe storms strike Queensland – as it happened This blog is now closed