The Latest Breaking News from Hobart

Navigator Adrienne Cahalan will bring her considerable knowledge of the Sydney to Hobart race to one of the top overseas boats in the fleet.

The "summer holiday in Tasmania photos" will need some explaining, with that big yellow ball in the sky replaced by snow, clouds and rain — but hope is on the way.

A new research aquarium will be built in Hobart to unlock the secrets of Antarctic krill, a small creature with a giant role in the Southern Ocean's food web.

Rachel Beck, the wife of supermaxi LawConnect's owner, has overcome initial negative thoughts about her Sydney to Hobart debut and is back for another crack.

The Hobart City Council will write to the University of Tasmania calling on it to pause "all activities pertaining to its proposed campus relocation" from Sandy Bay into the Hobart CBD.

Experienced Sydney to Hobart sailor Andrew Miller was already keen to partner his son, Harry, in his first attempt at the race. Now, after changes to include two-handed crews in the race for the Tattersall Cup overall handicap prize, the Newcastle Cruising Yacht Club duo are eyeing a special debut…

The Thomsons found J-Bird rotting in a mooring almost three years ago and rebuilt the former diesel yacht to become fully electric, becoming the first of its kind to enter the race.

Andoo Comanche looms as the benchmark boat for line honours in this year's Sydney to Hobart unless there are light winds, says the supermaxi's former co-owner.

We could populate a city bigger than Brisbane, Canberra and Hobart combined with the Australians who live in poverty.

The Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens is urging customers who bought restricted poppy seeds from its gift shop to return them, after realising it was selling the prohibited product following recent raids on a Hobart flower farm.

A life-changing project giving free period underwear to low-income women in Hobart has now expanded across the state, alleviating cost-of-living pressures and reducing landfill.