The Latest Breaking News from Tasmania

Longer wait for troubled youth detention closure

Tasmania's government has provided a formal response to an inquiry into child sexual abuse in state institutions that made 191 recommendations for reform.

AAP · Nov 30, 2023

NSW shock Tigers in Shield as 24 wickets fall in a day

NSW quick Chris Tremain has ripped through Tasmania as 24 wickets fell in a day at the SCG to power the struggling Blues to a shock Sheffield Shield triumph.

AAP · Nov 30, 2023

Pledge for 'world's biggest' salmon farming fight

The Commonwealth has triggered the first step of a review into salmon farming in Tasmania's Macquarie Harbour, in what some have labelled an attack on jobs.

AAP · Nov 30, 2023

Children's care rights not being met, commissioner says

Tasmania's commissioner for children and young people says a shift to team-based case management breached their rights in several areas.

AAP · Nov 29, 2023

Neil-Smith takes seven against NSW, Davies hurts finger

Lawrence Neil-Smith has had the sixth-best bowling innings of any Tasmanian this century as NSW lost Ollie Davies to a finger injury in the Sheffield Shield.

AAP · Nov 29, 2023

Premier takes leave to mourn death of his father

Tasmania's premier is mourning the death of his father who has been remembered as loyal, caring and a tower of strength for his community.

AAP · Nov 29, 2023

No plea from man accused of murdering Tasmanian teen

A 37-year-old man accused of murdering a Tasmanian teenager whose remains were found in bushland in July is yet to enter a plea to the charge.

AAP · Nov 29, 2023

Hobart man traded Aboriginal human remains for acclaim

A Hobart solicitor was able to build his scientific reputation by trading the remains of Tasmanian Aboriginal people, a Cambridge study reveals.

AAP · Nov 29, 2023

Stolen remains of Aboriginal people and Tasmanian tigers traced to grave-robbing Victorian naturalist

Morton Allport earned his scientific reputation by grave robbing human remains and killing soon-to-be-extinct Tasmanian tigers before shipping them to Europe.

LiveScience · Nov 29, 2023

Native forest logging ban in Tasmania could save state $72m, pro-market thinktank says

Analysis recommends the government stop subsidising its forestry arm and generate carbon credits, a move likely to be opposed by industry and conservationists

The Guardian - AU · Nov 29, 2023