The Latest Breaking News from Tasmania

The discovery of a "shocking pest" in Devonport — the small hive beetle — is causing unease among the state's honey bee industry, with Biosecurity Tasmania urging beekeepers to remain vigilant.

A ship banned from Tasmanian waters in order to preserve "the protection of human life, marine assets and the environment" has been re-admitted, less than a year after being involved in the sinking of two tugboats.

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".

Watch: We are a nation of weather extremes today, with intense heat along the east coast, flooding in the north, and a chance of snow in Tasmania. Former

A woman taking part in a fly fishing competition in northern Tasmania has been rescued after having a limb trapped for several hours between rocks.

Tasmania Police's power to issue final family violence orders is exacerbating the problem of victim misidentification, experts say, making it difficult to correct cases where officers have made the wrong call and upending the lives of potentially hundreds of women every year.