The Latest Breaking News from Tasmania

A 22-year-old Tasmanian man will spend up to five years in jail for accessing child abuse material days after being released from prison for the same crimes.

Test star Marnus Labuschagne opened his red-ball season among the runs as Queensland put Tasmania to the sword on day two in Brisbane.

Tasmania's chief psychiatrist, who has also held the role in several other states, has had his licence suspended by the national regulator.

The nation's medical regulator has suspended the licence of Tasmania's chief psychiatrist, Aaron Groves, leaving him unable to practise.

For refugees moving to Australia, arriving in a new country can be difficult, but a company in Hobart is hoping to make the move easier for Tasmania's newest arrivals.

Set in a vividly captured Tasmania, Arnott’s third book describes one man’s life with a sense of beauty, serious and quiet

Tasmania's minister for sport Nic Street expects AFL club presidents to provide the league with a very positive view of the island state's bid for a licence.

Tim Paine will make his first-class cricketing return in Brisbane, with his Tasmania side sent in to bat against Queensland at Allan Border Field.

There are growing calls for Tasmania's court security to be beefed up after the alleged assault of a police officer and the successful escape of a man shortly after he was sentenced to jail.

Most Australians have known drought in their lifetimes, and have memories of cracked earth and empty streams, paddocks of dust and stories of city reservoirs with only a few weeks’ storage. But our new research finds over the last 1,000 years, Australia has suffered longer, larger and more severe droughts…

Lawn bowls great Rebecca Van Asch announces her retirement from competition to spend more time with her family after a glittering, 18-year international career.