The Latest Breaking News from Sarah Courtney

The fourth Tasmanian Liberal government MP to quit politics since last year's state election has been replaced by a fellow Liberal in a recount.

In 2011, Kylee Pearn told the Launceston General Hospital that there was a child abuser working in the children's ward — she knew because he'd abused her years earlier. The paedophile, James Geoffrey Griffin, would continue working there for another eight years.

Tasmanian Premier Peter Gutwein has made minimal changes to his cabinet following the resignation of senior MP Sarah Courtney last week.

The exit of government minister Sarah Courtney has led to calls for a return to a 35-seat Tasmanian lower house, but not everyone agrees that more MPs means better governance.

Courtney will resign after drawing criticism for holiday in France as Tasmanian schools prepared to reopen amid Covid concerns

Tasmanian Education Minister Sarah Courtney has quit politics after recently being criticised for going on holidays during back-to-school preparations.

Education Minister Sarah Courtney, who caught COVID while on holiday in France last week, says she wants to spend "meaningful time with the people I love".

Tasmania's Education Minister is isolating with coronavirus in France just days out from the start of the school year, with Premier Peter Gutwein saying he is "happy to have a debate" about her right to take an "appropriate break".

Tasmania's education minister has contracted COVID-19 while on an overseas holiday in the lead-up to the beginning of the school year.