The Latest Breaking News from Tasmania

Meet the tour operators who are hand-building kayaks from a rare Tasmanian timber for paddling on Dove Lake.

Morale among drivers with Tasmania's state-owned bus operator is tanking, with one saying they hear of a colleague being spat on or hit "every day" and concerns from the unions that streamlined training is leading to more crashes.

New figures show it is taking about 20 per cent longer to start and finish child safety investigations in Tasmania than just a year earlier, as one worker says staff are struggling to keep on top of priority cases.

Tasmania's government has announced plans to merge the state's fire and emergency services after reviews found current laws were hampering frontline services.

The emu is iconically Australian, appearing on cans, coins, cricket bats and our national coat of arms, as well as that of the Tasmanian capital, Hobart. However, most people don’t realise emus once also roamed Tasmania but are now extinct there.

The search for the owner of a drone lost in a river in central Tasmania has led all the way to the frozen wastes of Antarctica, with the pilot — now based at Casey Station — "hugely thankful" it has been found.

Hobart City Council becomes the first council in Tasmania and one of the first in Australia to move its citizenship ceremony away from Australia Day — but the vote only just succeeded.

A diver emerges from a river clutching a car's number plate, captured on video — could it be from the car owned by a man who went missing more than 14 years ago? After this weeks' remarkable discovery solving another cold case disappearance, one Tasmanian family hopes that they, too,…

The cancellation of a historic motorsport expo in Tasmania has raised questions regarding government funding, according to a local report.