The Latest Breaking News from Hobart

A trio of Newcastle Cruising Yacht Club (NCYC) boats are expected to do well if southerly conditions dominate in the Sydney to Hobart race next month. Four Hunter boats are in the 118-strong fleet set to contest the 77th edition of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's 628-nautical mile race,…

Climate anxiety is at the heart of Tasmanian author Robbie Arnott's fiction, with his latest novel, Limberlost, garnering rave reviews and awards buzz.

When Kate Dixon planted the fluffy pink poppies, she thought prospective brides might be the most interested — not drug authorities.

After more than five decades, three apologies and painstaking preservation work, ancient Indigenous rock carvings are making the journey from museums to their original home hundreds of kilometres away in a remote corner of Tasmania's far north-west.

Tasmania's Premier goes on the offensive at those who question his plan to spend an estimated $375 million of taxpayer money on a new Hobart stadium in order to launch a local AFL team, as a federal Liberal colleague says he has reservations over the cost.

Adelaide Strikers captain Tahlia McGrath made a brilliant unbeaten 93 in an eight-wicket win over Hobart Hurricanes to keep her team's WBBL title hopes alive.

A popular city-dwelling platypus dies after becoming entangled in twine, and just after a call went out for the Tasmanian public to supply earthworms for its recovery.

Wet weather in Hobart has left the first session of day four washed out, halting Tasmania's charge at a Sheffield Shield win over NSW.

Tasmania recovered from 3-14 to post 333 thanks to Matthew Wade's century against New South Wales in their Sheffield Shield clash in Hobart.