The Latest Breaking News from Tasmania

A coroner has found a tyre inflation accident that killed a man two years ago blasted fragments of his clothing from his body — some of which were later found in the ceiling insulation.

When a recent study implicated forest fires set by early Māori in a hemisphere-wide rise in emissions, it ignited controversy.

A glint of silver, hidden in the soil of a front yard in regional Tasmania, turns out to be the long-lost heirloom of a wartime romance.

More than 100 ex-detainees who say they were physically and sexually abused at Tasmania's Ashley Youth Detention Centre will have to prove their claims in court, as the government announces it is denying most of the claims.

With critics seemingly everywhere, Tasmania's Premier Jeremy Rockliff is battling to deliver on what has almost accidentally become his pet project — securing the island state's entry into the AFL by building a new and very expensive stadium.

It is hoped health researchers will be attracted to work in Tasmania under a deal to open a new research centre in Launceston.

In Oceans of Air, the new exhibition at Hobart’s Mona, artist Tomás Saraceno imagines a future where humans become as sensitive to the environment as a spider in its web. He invites visitors to become participants in his multiple networks and projects. He aims to make us aware of our…

Wood hooking, the practice of illegally collecting timber to sell or use as firewood, is rampant in Tasmania — with authorities trying but failing to put a stop to it.

Inside Tasmania’s Mona, the Argentinian artist is using spiders, soil and a floating backpack to encourage awareness of nature and sustainability in ‘the Capitalocene’

Antonius Cleveland got the job done at both ends as the resurgent Adelaide 36ers finished with a flurry to run down the Tasmania JackJumpers in a 93-82 NBL win.

A cricket fan says he was so engrossed in Australia losing a few quick wickets against South Africa that he almost missed the tiger snake which had come into his kitchen.