The Latest Breaking News from Olivia McTaggart

A Tasmanian coroner has received a large volume of evidence as part of a probe into how six Hillcrest Primary School students died in a jumping castle accident.

The case of the "brutal" death of a woman whose body was found in a burnt out unit has highlighted a problem in Tasmanian law, with a coroner saying she is "limited" in the findings she can make — with the government now saying it is "open" to making changes.

A coroner says a Hobart woman who died after choking on her dinner may have survived if paramedics weren't delayed in accessing the complex where she lived.

Two bronze medals from our Kiwi wāhine - down on the green and up in the air - were the highlights of Day 5 at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games.

Triple gold medallist Ellesse Andrews makes history as our women on wheels again steal the show in Birmingham on Day 4; LockerRoom updates you on the performances of our Kiwi wāhine.

A coroner says a 66-year-old experienced sailor who drowned in Tasmania trying to secure his yacht made an "unwise decision" in severe weather.

It was an "unwise" decision for a northern Tasmanian man, who drowned just metres from police standing on the shore, to attempt to secure his yacht in a storm, a coroner finds.

An elderly woman died after being thrown from her car when it reversed unexpectedly outside her home in Tasmania.

A coroner has found an error in how Ambulance Tasmania triaged a call from a 77-year-old man who waited four hours for paramedics and died from a head injury.