The Latest Breaking News from Tasmania

Masks provided to schoolchildren in the Tasmanian government's back-to-school COVID packs are mocked online, with Facebook being blamed for communication "issues" ahead of public school students returning to class.

Tasmania has recorded two additional COVID-19 deaths, with Premier Peter Gutwein having a crack at a union over criticism of the state's back-to-school plan.

Guardian Australia brings together all the latest on active and daily new Covid-19 cases, as well as maps, stats, live data and state by state graphs from NSW, Victoria, Queensland, SA, WA, Tasmania, ACT and NT to get a broad picture of the Australian outbreaks and track the impact of…

A salmon farm in northern Tasmania owned by aquaculture company Petuna is experiencing "elevated mortality" due to a water temperature spike.

The Australian Education Union has raised concerns about staffing levels in Tasmania ahead of the return of public school students this week.

The bushfire tragedy of 1967 looms large over Tasmania and it is hoped "lessons learned" — including the importance of fire breaks on the mountain range behind Hobart — will help stop it happening again.

A fire at a scrap metal facility in Tasmania's north is proving difficult to extinguish due to the shredded "combustible" material inside the warehouse, firefighters say.

Unlike in Victorian and NSW, in Tasmania students don't have to take two RATs a week. Public health experts say that's because Tasmania's COVID situation is different from the mainland states.

Tasmanian health authorities have defended the frequency of COVID-19 testing for public school students as they return to the classroom this week.

Tasmanian beekeepers who rely on the leatherwood flower to produce their world-famous honey are worried after historically low rainfall.

Chris Bakon and his friend were were fishing off Ship Stern Bluff in southeast Tasmania, Australia, when they encountered a sunfish - the largest bony fish on Earth