The Latest Breaking News from Tasmania

Coyte's stunning last over as Tasmania claim WNCL title

Tasmania have clinched back-to-back WNCL titles off the back of an incredible final over from Sarah Coyte who took three wickets and produced a run out.

AAP · Feb 25, 2023

Bella's schoolyard attack was filmed and shared on social media. What should happen to her attackers?

Bella was taken to hospital after she was thrown into a wall in a southern Tasmanian schoolyard, in just one of the violent incidents that have attracted public attention due in part to footage being shared widely on social media.

ABC News · Feb 24, 2023

Greg Longmore back on the golf course in comeback after horror fire accident in 2021

A northern Tasmanian man who suffered burns to more than 50 per cent of his body after a distillery blaze is now playing in the state's biggest golf competition in an "amazing" comeback.

ABC News · Feb 24, 2023

Albanese weighs federal support for Tasmanian stadium as AFL pledges $360m for new team

Gillon McLachlan says other clubs ‘very close’ to supporting new team but emphasises it is contingent on stadium

The Guardian - AU · Feb 23, 2023

Man extradited from Broome sentenced to 12 years' jail for child sex abuse in Tasmania

Warning: This story contains graphic details that readers may find disturbing. An eight-year-old girl was denied food by her stepfather unless she performed sexual acts with him, a Launceston Supreme Court has heard.

ABC News · Feb 23, 2023

Bancroft piles on runs for WA against Tigers in Shield

Ladder-leading Western Australia are in an unloseable position against Tasmania thanks to a big century from Cameron Bancroft.

AAP · Feb 23, 2023

Daytime baseball bat murder in park 'driven by anger'

A 21-year-old man was driven by anger when he murdered his grandmother's partner with a baseball bat at a park in Tasmania.

AAP · Feb 23, 2023

McLachlan outlines AFL funds for Tasmanian team

AFL CEO Gillon McLachlan has pledged $360 million towards a Tasmanian team, noting approval for a 19th licence is contingent on securing funding for a stadium.

AAP · Feb 22, 2023

Tasmanian Aboriginals want cultural objects returned to country as TMAG holds exhibition

Members of Tasmania's Aboriginal communities are calling on international institutions to repatriate their cultural treasures, arguing "loans" are not good enough because "nobody borrows their own belongings".

ABC News · Feb 22, 2023

Why Tasmania and Victoria dominate the list of Australia's largest trees – and why these majestic giants are under threat

Australia has an extraordinary diversity of trees, with more than 820 species of eucalypts alone. But not all trees are created equal. Some species can turn into giants, like the majestic mountain ash (Eucalyptus regnans) and the impressive white fig (Ficus virens).

The Conversation · Feb 22, 2023