The Latest Breaking News from Tasmania

The current inquiry into sexual abuse in Tasmania has opened wounds, with one expert saying the "unexamined dark past" of the prison island has a lot to answer for — made worse by lingering shame and a compulsion for secrecy.

A commission of inquiry is examining the Tasmanian government's responses to allegations of historical and contemporary sexual abuse by public servants.

An incorrect steering setting was selected on a cement carrier ship when it unexpectedly sped up and collided with two tugboats in Tasmania's north-west, causing millions of dollars worth of damage.

As well as the whole House of Representatives, 40 of the 76 Senate seats will be up for election on May 21. There are 12 senators per state and two per territory. At half-Senate elections, six senators for each state and the four territory senators are up for election. Unless…

ALP will benefit in Braddon and Lyons and will preference JLN Senate candidate Tammy Tyrrell

Temperatures four to eight degrees below average are set to chill the south-east as Tasmania braces for an east coast low.

Sydney coach Chase Buford is wary of Tasmania drawing his side into a highly physical encounter in the NBL's grand final series.

"Negative socialisation" could explain why the behaviour and attitudes of Ashley Youth Detention Centre workers might reflect attitudes of "years past", Tasmania's child sexual abuse commission of inquiry hears.

The death of a two-week-old baby boy in Tasmania was the result of a severe brain injury that occurred during a "mismanaged" birth, a coroner has ruled.

Tasmanian parents make their son, who has autism and is non-verbal, the CEO and public face of their business.

A "technical issue" in a 1987 Tasmanian law has started a debate over whether all logging and related protester arrests since then have been illegal. So, what does it mean for the Tasmanian forest industry and those who want the trees to be left as they are?