The Latest Breaking News from Tasmania

A woman has been killed and a man seriously injured after being crushed by a falling tree in Tasmania's north-west, as the state is pounded by severe weather.

The birth of nine new Tasmanian devil joeys in regional New South Wales has spread excitement among conservation groups, who have been working to build the endangered species population on mainland Australia.

Little Shara knows what she wants to say, but her brain is not able to tell her mouth muscles how to move to make the sounds. And living in Tasmania means her family struggles to find speech pathology services. Hopefully, that soon will change.

Nine newborn Tasmanian devils have been born in a NSW wildlife sanctuary, where the once extinct population is now thriving without human intervention.

An 87-year-old former scout master will likely spend the rest of his life in prison for sexually abusing several boys in Tasmania in the 1970s and 1980s.

A Tasmanian coroner says an inquest into the deaths of six children in a jumping castle accident will be heard "as soon as reasonably possible".

AFL CEO GIllon McLachlan has indicated Tasmania's bid for inclusion in the league is contingent on the island state building a new stadium.

In 2016, Tasmania was on the brink of being powerless when its undersea electricity cable broke and its dams were nearly empty. But these days it can produce more than enough power locally to supply homes and businesses. So, should the island unplug from the rest of Australia?

A taxpayer-funded grant promised by a Tasmanian Liberal candidate during the 2021 state election funnelled $150,000 into the rowing club where her daughter was a member.