The Latest Breaking News from Tasmania

An inquest into the death of a woman who died in floodwaters in Tasmania's north-west seven years ago has heard the State Emergency Service's (SES) regional manager for the north-west ignored his colleagues' calls to evacuate the town.

Macquarie Island, around 1,500km southeast of Tasmania, is more than just a remote rocky outcrop. In fact, it’s the only piece of land on the planet formed completely from ocean floor, which rises above the waves to form peaks that teem with penguins and other bird species, some of them…

A Tasmanian artist says he has already received responses to his ad seeking an Australian of British descent to donate their "future deceased body" for an art installation whih he says will "speak to sacrifice for past sins perpetrated" against Aboriginal people.

Scientists are starting to think outside the box when it comes to 'rewilding' — a practice of reintroducing native animals back into their habitat — but could bringing in predators like Tasmanian devils also help deal with foxes and feral cats on mainland Australia?

An environmental war is waging again in Tasmania as a clean energy company fights to save its $1.6-billion wind farm project, while opponents say "half-baked" EPA conditions don't go far enough.

A housing development on Hobart's eastern shore, described by council as "likely the most significant development in Australia", has hit a major hurdle but could still proceed with help from the state's planning minister.

At the height of her gambling addiction, Bree Hughes was visiting up to seven venues each day. She's joined a growing chorus of voices urging Victoria to put the brakes on poker machine losses in the state's most disadvantaged communities.

A Tasmanian woman who uploaded to TikTok a video of her holding a native marsupial by its tail while her dog savaged it is ordered to pay a $4,000 fine — with a wildlife carer saying people convicted of such offences should be made to care for sick and injured…

A popular tourist train derailed with 90 people on board in Tasmania — but it was travelling so slowly the railway's manager says he "doesn't think the passengers really knew what happened".