The Latest Breaking News from Tasmania

Sunday will mark the end of the Daylight Saving Time (DST) in eastern Australia, but there are many who would like to see it last longer or permanently.

Tasmanian apples could fetch top prices this season, with its apple season escaping the bad weather that plagued interstate orchards.

Repairs to a popular mountain bike trail in Tasmania's north-east have been completed just in time for hundreds of riders taking part in the Enduro World Cup.

Tasmania's health department reveals it is sitting on a $22.8 million stockpile of "unusable" personal protective equipment purchased during the COVID pandemic — with the government taking legal action against a supplier of faulty face masks.

Legislation establishing a framework for children and youth's safety across Tasmanian businesses and organisations has passed the House of Assembly.

New environmental standards proposed for the Tasmanian salmon farming industry are blasted as "half-baked" and weaker than the ones already in place — but the industry defends its practises as "world class".

An independent Tasmanian politician has told state parliament that possums and other animals are being used as live bait in the greyhound racing industry.

Tasmanian woman Katrina Munting is seeking damages and only now coming to the end of her third major legal process since reporting to police in 2018 that she had been sexually abused by one of her high school teachers.

Recovering addicts Lekita and Justin want to give their son the best possible chance in life, but say they constantly face roadblocks because of their past — with advocates warning families like theirs are at risk of losing their children if they cannot get a roof over their heads.

Patchiness and exemptions of anti-vilification laws based on gender and sexuality leave queer community vulnerable, campaigner says

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