The Latest Breaking News from Tasmania

Voters in New South Wales are heading to the polling booths on March 25. For both Premier Dominic Perrottet and Labor leader Chris Minns, it is their first election as leader. The Coalition government has held power since 2011. Labor needs to gain a net nine seats to form majority…

A penguin has been found with its leg dangling and toe torn, after allegedly being abused by a group of youths in Tasmania — and bird advocates want those responsible punished "to the fullest extent of the law".

Despite the damage humans cause to the planet, in some cases wildlife can benefit from the presence of people. The Tasmanian devil, for example, frequently feeds on roadkill left by humans.

"My heart and my family's hearts have been ripped apart in a tragic day for us."

Queensland face a mountain to climb if they are to challenge Tasmania in their final-round Sheffield Shield match and hang on to second spot.

Possums on Maria Island expanded beyond usual habitat and had become ‘pretty significant predator’

Police have charged a man with the murder of a woman who they allege was struck with a car on a secluded rural property in Tasmania.

A warning from the stage of a Tasmanian music festival for punters to "not take recreational drugs" as a precaution following a death at the event has again sparked calls for an introduction to pill testing — but the government is not budging.

Spirit of Tasmania operator TT-Line and Andrew Williams have been fined a combined $90,000 over the deaths of 16 horses.