The Latest Breaking News from Tasmania

Data shows one state in particular has the worst wait times for elective surgery in the country, with almost one in five patients waiting more than a year for an operation — close to triple the national figure.

Police and emergency services are searching for a woman in her 20s who became separated from friends and family while swimming at Cataract Gorge in Tasmania.

Police and emergency services were called to a popular swimming spot in northern Tasmania after a woman in her 20s became separated from her swimming companions.

Tasmania has reported another coronavirus death, the third since the island state reopened to mainland hotspots on December 15, and 643 new cases.

Tasmania Police have arrested a 25-year-old man over the suspected murder of another man whose body was found on a rural property in the state's northwest.

Tasmania records its third COVID-19 death, a 79-year-old woman with underlying health conditions, as Public Health director Mark Veitch says he thinks the state is "past the peak of the initial entry of Omicron into the population".

One effect of La Niña is the later Tasmanian fire season; another effect is it has added to the fuel load — and that is deeply worrying, with many seeming to forget the disasters of the past, one fire expert says.

A myriad of issues is keeping women from getting medical care in regional Tasmania, while "urban refugees" add more pressure, a Senate inquiry has been told.

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Tasmania has recorded 619 new COVID-19 cases, with the number of people being treated in hospital increasing slightly to 17.