The Latest Breaking News from Tasmania

Hospital sex-abuse report rebukes leaders

Tasmania's government will implement all 92 recommendations of a review which found shortcomings at a hospital examined at a child sexual abuse inquiry.

AAP · Dec 14, 2022

Why will deer be shot from helicopters in a Tasmanian national park? Here is what you need to know

Deer numbers in Tasmania are soaring. A new trial will see specialist sharp shooters taking to the sky in helicopters next year to cull feral deer in Tasmania's world heritage wilderness areas. But how will it work?

ABC News · Dec 14, 2022

Tasmanians support Ukrainians in 'life-threatening' winter with much-needed aid relief

A friendship between a Tasmanian pastor and his Kyiv-based colleague has seen a staggering sum raised by generous Australians to help Ukrainians displaced by war.

ABC News · Dec 13, 2022

Looking back at a time when Tasmania's ancient reptiles and dinosaurs packed a bite

Meet Tasmaniosaurus, the ancient reptile fossil found in West Hobart.

ABC News · Dec 10, 2022

Forth pub celebrates colourful, sometimes tragic, 150-year history in Tasmania

A music festival this weekend celebrates a much-loved Tasmanian bush pub with a colourful, sometimes tragic, history.

ABC News · Dec 9, 2022

Inquest into four Tasmania Police suicides exposes harsh toll on officers

Overworked, enduring nightmares of dead bodies, self-medicating with alcohol and other drugs, with the help from well-meaning colleagues in some cases doing more harm than good: An inquest examining the suicides of four police officers in four years has laid bare the torment members can face.

ABC News · Dec 9, 2022

AFP, ATO target 'dodgy' tax software

Businesses allegedly using software to avoid paying tax have been targeted by the AFP in Victoria, NSW, Queensland, Western Australia and Tasmania.

AAP · Dec 9, 2022

Native forest logging near Blue Tier mountain bikes given green light as court case dismissed

A group worried about the environmental and economic impact of native forest logging on the Blue Tier mountain bike trails loses a legal challenge but says the fight is not over.

ABC News · Dec 9, 2022

Tasmanian windfarm approved despite concerns for threatened wildlife

Environment groups say Robbins Island, home to Tasmanian devil colony and critically endangered orange-bellied parrot, is ‘worst possible place’ for energy park

The Guardian - AU · Dec 9, 2022

Tasmanian Premier Jeremy Rockliff encourages kunanyi/Mt Wellington cable car proponents to keep proposal alive

Tasmanian Premier Jeremy Rockliff says he would be "pleased" to receive an updated kunanyi/Mt Wellington cable car proposal after the company behind the project hit a major snag in the state's planning tribunal.

ABC News · Dec 8, 2022