The Latest Breaking News from Tasmania

The death of a three-year-old boy in a shed fire in Tasmania has been ruled an accident by the coroner.

All-rounder Jack Edwards has led NSW to a six-wicket win against Tasmania in the one-day competition.

Fire authorities are still mopping up, days after people were told to evacuate a popular tourist destination on Tasmania's east coast.

Researchers have recovered RNA - genetic material present in all living cells that has structural similarities to DNA - from the desiccated skin and muscle of a Tasmanian tiger

A man has pleaded guilty to the murder of a 23-year-old woman whose body was found in a home on Tasmania's northwest coast.

In 2022, there were nearly 1,200 road crash deaths in Australia – a figure that has remained largely the same over the past decade. However, some states and territories have seen dramatic increases in just the last five years, such as the ACT (100%), Tasmania (59.4%) and Queensland (21.2%).

Communities are being warned of a tough season ahead as bushfires burn along the east coast during the spring heatwave

A bushfire near a tourist hotspot on Tasmania's east coast sparked the evacuation of campers and forced some people to sleep in their cars overnight.

An interim review into Tasmania's harness racing industry has found welfare regulations and rehoming requirements are behind other states.