The Latest Breaking News from Tasmania

Child among bushwalkers waiting for rescue in snow

Bad weather conditions have hampered rescue efforts of two bushwalkers and a child in freezing conditions in Tasmania's Cathedral Ranges.

AAP · Jul 15, 2024

Antarctic blast brings damaging winds and alpine blizzards to Victoria and NSW and possible snow in Queensland

Tasmania has already recorded winds of 100km/h from the low-pressure system which is moving up the east coast

The Guardian - AU · Jul 15, 2024

Body found after fire destroys house

One person is dead after fire tore through a house in South Burnie, Tasmania.

AAP · Jul 15, 2024

All-weather cricket stadium in Tasmania set to transform the sport

NEW DELHI: The construction of the world's first all-weather cricket stadium in Tasmania, Australia, has cricket enthusiasts around thrilled. The ground-breaking Macquarie Point stadium, which will be constructed on Hobart's waterfront, will transform the sport by ensuring that it can be played in any weather.

The Times of India · Jul 9, 2024

We used 1,000 historical photos to reconstruct Antarctic glaciers before a dramatic collapse

In March 2002, the Larsen B Ice Shelf collapsed catastrophically, breaking up an area about one-sixth the size of Tasmania.

The Conversation · Jul 8, 2024

Blockade Australia climate activist sentenced to three months in jail over Port of Newcastle protest

Laura Davy, who travelled from Tasmania to take part in a protest at a coal terminal, will appeal prison sentence

The Guardian - AU · Jul 8, 2024

Indigenous people can get cheap or free medicines. But we show access depends on your postcode

Policies designed to ensure Indigenous Australians have equitable access to medicines aren’t being accessed uniformly across the nation, our research shows.

The Conversation · Jul 7, 2024

Tasmania's AFL stadium design world first cricket plans

Concept drawings of Tasmania's 23,000-seat roofed multipurpose stadium on Hobart's waterfront have been released with the state's timber featured in the design.

AAP · Jul 6, 2024

PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ can be absorbed through human skin, says research

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) or synthetic forever chemicals have been detected everywhere from the Arctic ice and its polar bears to penguin colonies in Tasmania, even in rain water and sea spray. These persistent chemicals have been found in the blood of people all over the world, as well…

The Conversation · Jul 5, 2024

Demography is destiny: Tassie plan to boost population

Tasmania has unveiled a smorgasbord of incentives to retain and entice young people to live in the island state as it grapples with an ageing population.

AAP · Jul 2, 2024