The Latest Breaking News from Tasmania

There’s a piece of gardening lore in my hometown which has been passed down for generations: never plant your tomatoes before Show Day, which, in Tasmania, is the fourth Saturday in October. If you’re foolhardy enough to plant them earlier, your tomato seedlings will suffer during the cold nights and…

As yet another Tasmanian community loses its local GP, a group of senior citizens calls for more incentives for young doctors willing to work in rural areas.

A coronial inquest into the deaths by suicide of four Tasmanian police officers hears one took his own life on the same day he received an unannounced visit from the Professional Standards Unit.

The independent MP from Tasmania says the industry has been lying for years about the quality of Australian coal.

Hydrogen fuel trials are emerging across Australia, but a project in Tasmania is seeking to create an entirely renewable energy-generated supply chain.

Concerns were raised about the safety of remote control technology in the lead-up to a driverless freight train speeding uncontrolled for more than 20 minutes in Tasmania, ultimately resulting in two people being struck with flying debris when it was forcibly derailed.

The Tasmanian government and AFL have reached an in-principle agreement on commercial terms for the island state's 19th licence bid.

Many Tasmanian education department staff do not feel physically safe in their workplace and one in four do not feel confident to speak about their concerns, a new survey finds.

After seven years of delays and an emotional criminal trial, a Victorian man who killed the child of his partner while felling a tree in southern Tasmania has been jailed.

A 40-year-old man has been jailed for four years and nine months for causing the death of a seven-year-old boy while cutting a tree for firewood in Tasmania.

A historic 1830s Georgian homestead and rural property in Tasmania's Midlands sells for more than $100 million.