The Latest Breaking News from Tasmania

Tasmania police investigating woman’s suspicious death

Police are treating the death of a woman reportedly hit by a car east of Hobart as suspicious, and have arrested a 38-year-old man.

The New Daily · Mar 12, 2023

WildTracker project helps people understand which animals are living in their backyards

Tasmanians are lucky to share their backyards with a range of native species, and one citizen science project — with 100,000 images — is proving it.

ABC News · Mar 12, 2023

Man dies at Panama music festival in Tasmania, as organisers warn crowd to be safe

A man aged in his 40s is found dead at the multi-day Panama music festival in north-east Tasmania, with organisers warning the crowd not to take any recreational drugs.

ABC News · Mar 12, 2023

Tasmanian government to push ahead with a 2,500-dwelling Skylands housing plan

Tasmania's Planning Minister will attempt to overrule a council's decision to reject a massive housing plan on Hobart's eastern shore — and it could come down to a line on a map — but neighbours say the minister has gone back on his word.

ABC News · Mar 9, 2023

Not evacuating town where a woman died in 2016 floods was wrong call, former SES manager tells inquest

An inquest into the death of a woman who died in floodwaters in Tasmania's north-west seven years ago has heard the State Emergency Service's (SES) regional manager for the north-west ignored his colleagues' calls to evacuate the town.

ABC News · Mar 9, 2023

Penguin paradise and geological freak: why Macquarie Island deserves a bigger marine park

Macquarie Island, around 1,500km southeast of Tasmania, is more than just a remote rocky outcrop. In fact, it’s the only piece of land on the planet formed completely from ocean floor, which rises above the waves to form peaks that teem with penguins and other bird species, some of them…

The Conversation · Mar 9, 2023

JackJumpers basketball team CEO Simon Brookhouse resigns

The Tasmania JackJumpers basketball team is on the hunt for a new chief executive officer after sensationally parting ways with inaugural club boss Simon Brookhouse.

ABC News · Mar 9, 2023

Small hive beetle detected in Devonport beehive threatens $12.8m Tasmanian honey industry

The discovery of a "shocking pest" in Devonport — the small hive beetle — is causing unease among the state's honey bee industry, with Biosecurity Tasmania urging beekeepers to remain vigilant.

ABC News · Mar 9, 2023

The Goliath — the bulk cement carrier involved in tugboat sinkings — re-admitted to Tasmanian waters after ban

A ship banned from Tasmanian waters in order to preserve "the protection of human life, marine assets and the environment" has been re-admitted, less than a year after being involved in the sinking of two tugboats.

ABC News · Mar 9, 2023

Appeal over jail term for boy's tree-felling death

A man jailed for the manslaughter of a seven-year-old boy in a tree-felling incident in Tasmania has appealed the severity of his sentence.

AAP · Mar 8, 2023