The Latest Breaking News from Hobart

Skipper Jeremy Hayward scored two early goals but Australia couldn't hold on as Argentina replied twice in the last quarter before winning a shootout in Hobart.

The Hockeyroos have beaten Argentina 2-0, thanks to goals from Hannah Callum-Sanders and Renee Taylor in Hobart.

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.

Tasmania are 226 runs behind Western Australia with five wickets in hand following a poor start to their Sheffield Shield first innings in Hobart.

A Tasmanian man who fled from the Hobart Magistrates Court, sparking an 11-day manhunt, has been sentenced to six months in prison.

A century to Josh Inglis has put high-flyers Western Australia in a good position after day one of the Sheffield Shield clash against Tasmania in Hobart.

Hobart City Council gives the tick of approval to e-scooters in the CBD, with one councillor praising them for reducing emissions and congestion on the roads.

The use of a "restrictive covenant" — which excludes use of the land for public housing at a new Tasmanian real estate development — has been condemned by housing advocates.

An Antarctic cargo ship chartered to replace Australia's broken icebreaker is on its way back to Hobart after running aground at Mawson Station during a resupply mission — the latest in a long line of problems that have plagued the program.