The Latest Breaking News from Tasmania

Anne Marmion loves being a relief teacher but potential exposure to COVID-19 and the ramifications for ageing family members is keeping her away from the classroom. She says she's not alone.

Masks that cover children’s entire faces were included in back-to-school Covid packs, but government insists junior sizes available

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.

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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.