Riverina woman's long distance Derwent River swim for mental health Swimming for a cause: Brenda Norman swam for 20 hours in Tasmania's Derwent River to raise funds and awareness for mental health issues. ABC News · Feb 1, 2022
COVID reveals Aust hospitals struggle Victoria is spending the least on its public hospitals while South Australia's ambulance wait times have blown out, a new productivity report has revealed. AAP · Jan 31, 2022
Virus-strained Tas nurses flag action Industrial action is on the cards for nurses and midwives in Tasmania due to chronic understaffing issues exacerbated by COVID-19. AAP · Jan 31, 2022
Tasmania records 699 new COVID cases, a rise from yesterday's figures Daily coronavirus cases in Tasmania rise to 699 from the 504 reported yesterday, but hospitalisations in the state remain steady. ABC News · Jan 31, 2022
Ransomware attack cost Tasmania's pokies giant Federal Group millions of dollars Cyber hackers targeted Federal Group last year but the Tasmanian pokies and casino giant refused to pay. The company says it still cost them millions of dollars to fix the problem. ABC News · Jan 31, 2022
COVID updates: All the coronavirus news you need in the one place — as it happened Get up to speed on the latest coronavirus news happening across the country. ABC News · Jan 31, 2022
What are the face mask and testing rules for children at school? Unsure what's required in your child's classroom? We've broken down the rules around face masks and rapid testing for each state and territory. ABC News · Jan 31, 2022
Covid-19 Australia data tracker: coronavirus cases today, trend map, hospitalisations and deaths Guardian Australia brings together all the latest on active and daily new Covid-19 cases, as well as maps, stats, live data and state by state graphs from NSW, Victoria, Queensland, SA, WA, Tasmania, ACT and NT to get a broad picture of the Australian outbreaks and track the impact of… The Guardian - AU · Jan 31, 2022
Tasmania's poppy farmers ride booms and busts of global pharmaceutical industry A dramatic upheaval in the global pharmaceutical industry has Tasmanian poppy farmers searching for a more stable future. ABC News · Jan 30, 2022
Tas miscalculates hundreds of virus cases Tasmania has been forced to adjust its overall coronavirus case count downwards after 1333 infections were wrongly recorded. AAP · Jan 30, 2022
Tasmania records 504 new COVID cases, seven people being treated in hospital The Tasmanian government will correct what it says are data errors in its tally of the state's COVID-19 cases. ABC News · Jan 30, 2022
CMO says Omicron subvariant ‘not cause for concern’ – as it happened This blog is now closed The Guardian - AU · Jan 30, 2022
JackJumpers score consecutive NBL wins Tasmania has won consecutive games for the first time this season, handing New Zealand a 83-59 loss in Hobart. AAP · Jan 30, 2022
Australian wines that show off the country’s diverse wine scene From the increasingly adventurous and reasonably-priced Blind Spot range to chardonnay from Tasmania | David Williams The Guardian - UK · Jan 30, 2022
ABC News · Jan 29, 2022 Fifth person dies with COVID since Tasmania's border reopening Another person dies with COVID-19 in Tasmania, the fifth death since the state opened up, as a former health minister says she was "triple-vaxxed" but still "knocked for a six" by the disease.
The Guardian - AU · Jan 29, 2022 NT chief minister says Omicron ‘too infectious’ for lockdowns to work as nation records at least 88 Covid deaths – As it happened All the day’s news as it unfolded
ABC News · Jan 29, 2022 Will Tasmania's 2012 Guinness World Record for waterskiing ever be beaten? Those involved say not likely After years of failed attempts, a small Tasmanian waterski club smashed the world record for the most skiers to be towed behind a single boat. Ten years on, those involved say the record will be hard to break.
Autosport · Jan 29, 2022 Supercars announces race formats for 2022 season The Australian Supercars championship has locked in its race formats for the 2022 season, including five refuelling events.
Motorsport · Jan 29, 2022 Supercars locks in 2022 race formats Supercars has locked in its race formats for the 2022 season, including five refuelling events.
AAP · Jan 28, 2022 Tasmania records 683 new COVID-19 cases Tasmania has reported 683 new COVID-19 infections, with 17 people now in hospital.
ABC News · Jan 28, 2022 Meet Tasmania's accidental apiarist on a mission to find unusual native honey flavours Rob Barker never intended to be a apiarist, but then the universe sent him a sign — or more accurately, 20,000 individual buzzing signs.
ABC News · Jan 28, 2022 Saving the orange-bellied parrot is just one perk of spending time in Tasmania's beautiful south-west Volunteering to help save the critically endangered orange-bellied parrot is a dream job for these bird lovers, and they get to spend four weeks in one of the most beautiful parts of Australia while doing it.
AAP · Jan 28, 2022 JackJumpers rally to down 36ers in NBL Tasmania JackJumpers have claimed just their third win of the NBL season, prevailing 76-71 over the Adelaide 36ers in front of their home crowd.
AAP · Jan 28, 2022 Storm damages Tas hospital, patients moved A hospital in northern Tasmania has been damaged by a storm, forcing the evacuation of 18 patients to other facilities.
ABC News · Jan 28, 2022 Two TasPorts tug boats sink after collision in Devonport Two tug boats in Tasmania's north have sunk after a collision with a commercial vessel, TasPorts says.