The Latest Breaking News from Tasmania

Farmers are pleased to see backpackers back in force in Australia for the fruit harvest, which is well underway.

The Adelaide 36ers have plunged to eighth on the NBL ladder after being thrashed 98-82 by the Tasmania JackJumpers, who reinforced fourth spot.

The owners of a stricken Sydney to Hobart yacht salvaged from a remote Tasmanian island plan to restore the vessel to its former glory.

After appearing doomed, stuck in the sand on a remote Tasmanian beach with no road access, the Sydney to Hobart yacht Huntress has been refloated and is licking its wounds in port — with its crew vowing to repair it to its "former glory".

The wording of a letter informing patients their mental health service is in crisis is "a template, in case it's needed in the future", Tasmania's health department says — but a health union says it shows mental health care is "in such a state it might be embarrassing to admit".

Ambulance Tasmania reported a significant increase in patients being given the wrong medication, doses, and routes last year, in what a union says is a result of excessive workloads.

Firefighters working in Tasmania's south-west wilderness are hitting a bushfire hard ahead of hot conditions expected later in the week.

The Aboriginal Land Council of Tasmania has claimed ownership of a stranded yacht that washed ashore on Christmas Beach during the Sydney to Hobart race.

The opposition has called for 28 Tasmania Fire Service job vacancies to be filled urgently, which the government blames on low unemployment rates.