The Latest Breaking News from Tasmania

Community forums will be held in Tasmania as the health department aims to rebuild trust after harrowing evidence heard at a child sexual abuse inquiry.

A 14-year-old Tasmanian boy cracks four levels of code imprinted on a commemorative 50-cent coin in "just over an hour" after it was released by the nation's foreign intelligence cybersecurity agency — and the spy boss says she wants to meet him so she can "recruit him".

Heartbroken family and friends of a man lost at sea have farewelled him almost a year on from the boating tragedy which claimed his life and those of two friends.

Caitlyn Carriere is one of a growing number of Tasmanians who have completed a construction industry apprenticeship, with recent data showing the percentage of those completing their training in the island state far exceeds the national average.

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.