The Latest Breaking News from Tasmania

After seven days of "sore backs and sore bums" an all-female surfboat crew is celebrating with hot showers after rowing 320 kilometres across Bass Strait.

Opener Daniel Hughes has scored an unbeaten 153 to lead NSW to 3-272 on day one of the Sheffield Shield game against Tasmania at the SCG

Tasmanian former chief psychiatrist Aaron Groves has suffered both personally and professionally as a result of his medical licence being suspended over an alleged "inappropriate" personal relationship, his lawyer argues.

Maternity services at a private hospital in northwest Tasmania are unsafe and overwhelmed, the Australian Medical Association says.

An early morning sting involving police, park rangers and timber workers leads to seven people being charged over alleged illegal firewood gathering in a reserve in southern Tasmania.

Farmers in Tasmania are having livestock and machinery stolen from their properties, with victims being urged to speak up — but some are "scared of retribution", an agricultural advocacy group says.

As 60,000 Tasmanian children return to school today, some public schools are feeling the squeeze of rapidly rising enrolments.

A toy poodle owner has likened rescuing her dog from quicksand at a Tasmanian beach to the notorious swamp scene from The NeverEnding Story, while an expert advises if you are stuck in the stuff — the best thing to do is lean back and relax.

Tasmania JackJumpers gun Josh Magette will have surgery after specialists confirmed he had suffered a broken cheekbone and fractured eye socket.