The Latest Breaking News from Tasmania

The average number of new confirmed COVID-19 cases per capita in Tasmania is double NSW and the national average. Here's why it might not actually be as alarming as it sounds.

The Royal Hobart Hospital is considering reducing elective surgeries as rising coronavirus cases take their toll on beds and staff in Tasmania's wards.

Five hospital wards and more than a dozen aged care homes in Tasmania are battling COVID-19 outbreaks, as infections continue an upward trend in the state.

Meet the Tasmanian couple who are happy they ditched 'the Australian dream' to rescue injured animals.

A new group has been formed to come up with solutions to Tasmania's housing crisis, about four years after an urgent housing summit pledged to do the same, but the situation now is even worse.

Bob Cheek was in his 60s and worrying about his future. Then he hit on a scheme that would make him millions

Porsche wants 80 per cent of its cars to be electric by the end of the decade, and is developing a synthetic fuel to power those that will still run on liquid fuels. So what are e-fuels and why choose Tasmania as the site to make them?

Andry Sculthorpe is part of a Tasmanian Aboriginal group calling on private landowners to share information on known cultural sites on farms, and consider allowing access for knowledge sharing and reconnection.

Concerns have been raised at the commission of inquiry about the Tasmanian Office of the Solicitor-General being the sole source of legal advice to most government entities, the power it has in dealing with civil claims of child sexual abuse, and its approach to dealing with civil cases.

AFL great Nicky Winmar cancels his NAIDOC week visit to Tasmania's north-west after "consistent harassment" of his controversial manager, Ricky Nixon, over a controversy in 2010.

An inquiry into child sexual abuse in Tasmania has been told the state's victims of crime support service is underfunded amid a rise in demand.