The Latest Breaking News from Tasmania

When Liz Christie heard her regular GP was retiring from the profession, she was disappointed, but figured she would just switch to another doctor in the Battery Point clinic — then she got a message saying she would need to find a new practice.

Inside Parliament House in Hobart, the debate focused on the public sector pay offer, cost of living and inflation — but outside, where thousands of striking workers gathered, there was far more at stake than the annual percentage increase.

When Janet Rice's wife Penny Whetton died suddenly, she sought answers from the post-mortem report. But after the laws in her home state stopped her accessing that, an urge was born to overcome a perceived injustice.

A Tasmanian snake catcher says a man got a shock after finding a "pretty big" tiger snake curled up next to the toilet in his one-bedroom unit on Tuesday morning.

As the over-70s national cricket championships begin, some players see it as a time to renew old rivalries between states, while others are just happy to be fit enough to take part.

The week-long running "project" will see him cover almost two-and-a-half times the height of Mt Everest in elevation, and 380 kilometres in distance, on "muddy and very technical" trails.

Thousands of public sector workers, including teachers, have held strikes across Tasmania in their battle for improved pay and conditions.

Former Australian senator and Greens co-founder Bob Brown says he has been arrested in Tasmania while staging a protest against logging. 

Greens co-founder Bob Brown says he has been arrested in Tasmania's northeast while trying to save swift parrot populations.

Premier Jeremy Rockliff and others have delivered a historic apology from Tasmania's parliament to victim-survivors of child sexual abuse in state institutions, almost two years to the day since the government announced an investigation into the allegations.

On a typical work day, Karen Grant meets clients for a walk on the beach. She's one of a growing number of mental health professionals helping people with eco-anxiety — and getting outside is part of her advice.