The Latest Breaking News from Tasmania

A Tasmanian woman who alleges she is a victim of domestic violence says she feels "gaslit" by the state's justice system after senior police downplayed her claims as "a family quibble" and a magistrate called them a "tenuous thread of allegations".

Authorities have ordered people in parts of northwest Tasmania to evacuate, with flooding rivers in the top half of the state to keep rising in coming days.

Minna Blaney is desperate to live a full life, but at present, it's a struggle just to leave the house.

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Tasmanians are being urged to prepare for a major rain event bearing down on the island, with concerns that measures put in place after the 2016 floods are incomplete and a hard-hit town is still vulnerable.

Victoria and Tasmania are forecast to receive the brunt of the torrential rain this time around but the flooding continues in NSW. Here's what to expect near you.

The Tasmanian Fire Service denies union claims that removing 22 faulty fire tankers from service will impact firefighting capacity this summer, but there are claims dozens more could be under review with the same issue.

A West Australian woman sentenced to 23 years' jail for murdering her mother with a cushion in Tasmania has appealed the length of her sentence.

Tasmania Police say a body found in a burnt-out car in bushland likely belongs to a man wanted over a shooting incident a fortnight ago.

More than 500 candidates in Tasmania are vying for a career in local government but these elections have become "a little personal".

Tasmania Police's professional standards body will investigate the finding of a body in a vehicle believed to have been owned by Robert Greig — the man wanted over an alleged shooting.