The Latest Breaking News from Tasmania

A former Tasmanian police officer who drove through a red light above the speed limit and caused a crash that killed a father will spend three years in jail.

It is escaping everyone's attention, but there is another election taking place in Tasmania's south-east — the battle to enter the state's Upper House.

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.