The Latest Breaking News from Tasmania

Tasmanian maestro Richie Porte is gearing up for the last week of his distinguished cycling career at the Tour of Britain.

Jason says he's "pumped" about starting at a new school on Monday — but the reason he is having to change is something he says should never have happened.

The humble hot chip is set to cost more after Tasmanian potato farmers pushed for better deals from two major frozen food producers.

After a fight lasting many decades, another rejection from the AFL might see Tasmania beaten once and for all.

Tasmania's capital is growing and is predicted to have an extra 60,000 people by 2050. But a new 30-year-plan to deal with them makes a few key assumptions — about Hobart's traffic and public transport and where these people will live.

A young detainee at Tasmania's Ashley prison tells his mother of being confined to his cell for over 22 hours a day, as ongoing staff shortages mean lockdowns and a recruitment drive which could pull staff from the notorious Don Dale jail in the Northern Territory.

This doctors clinic is to close on September 23, meaning its active patient list of 3,000 will need to travel elsewhere for care — and that is very bad news for this mum and her kids.

The Tasmanian government has been forced to look nationwide to ensure the state's troubled Ashley Youth Detention Centre is properly staffed.

Tasmania Police announces an independent review after it was revealed officers secretly recorded private and legally privileged conversations between lawyers and clients at Risdon Prison for months while trying to make a case against convicted murderer Susan Neill-Fraser's lawyer.