The Latest Breaking News from Tasmania

A human resources manager at Tasmania's Launceston General Hospital has denied deliberately covering up an allegation of child sexual abuse against a nurse.

Biting winds and pounding rain will hit southern and eastern Australia in the coming days, with Queensland, NSW, Victoria and Tasmania all expected to cop

A Victorian man accused of unintentionally killing his partner's son during a wood collecting trip in southern Tasmania seven years ago had cut the tree incorrectly and therefore had no control over where it fell, a court hears.

Rabbits are one of Australia's most destructive pest animals, but a population on the side of a busy highway in Tasmania appear to be safe from control methods, and locals couldn't be happier.

Footage of greyhounds suffering injuries has been edited out of video replays of Tasmanian races, with critics accusing the sport's local peak body of "covering up" the reality of the industry — but the state Premier says it's common practice across Australia.

The richest broadcast deal in Australian sport does nothing to alter the prospects of a Tasmanian AFL club, league chief executive Gillon McLachlan says.

Crossbench senator Tammy Tyrrell says being a politician is "the strangest experience" as she vows to represent "normal people" in her first speech to parliament.

Tasmania's premier has announced further reviews into Ashley Youth Detention Centre, conceding the needs of current detainees are not being met.

A four-year-old boy in northern Tasmania helps save his mother's life by making a triple-0 call, just a day after she taught him how.

After experiencing mental health issues at work, this man quit his job to pursue a "simple life" on the trail.

Joshua George Hector Clark is facing trial for the manslaughter of a seven-year-old boy during a tree-felling incident in southern Tasmania.