The Latest Breaking News from Burnie

Shannan Drakkon's life-long dream to live in a castle led him to build one in suburbia. While he's gone big with the medieval vibes, a fun alternative to having a dungeon had to be found.

After community backlash to a plan to move Burnie's courthouse to the outskirts of town, the Tasmanian government reveals two new proposed CBD sites — including one next door to a childcare centre.

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?

Burnie's only nightclub will remain closed for the second weekend in a row after its security company's insurance provider refused to cover the business for its dance floors and live music.

Rates for residential properties in the north-west Tasmanian city of Burnie will increase by an average of 10.2 per cent, with the council's general manager and mayor at loggerheads over the move.

Will the threatened Indue cashless welfare card roll-out kill the Libs in Tasmania? A day at the senior citizens club suggests so.

Few people we meet in these two marginal Liberal seats are negative about Labor leader Anthony Albanese – rather, he’s a bit of a mystery

The Tasmanian government backflips on a plan to move a court complex out of central Burnie into a residential area.

Plans for the first fish farm in Commonwealth waters off Tasmania's north-west coast have been revealed during Senate Estimates hearings, with opponents describing it as "industry expansion by stealth".