The Latest Breaking News from Tasmania

Tasmania sees a more than 50 per cent jump in the number of people reporting sexual assault compared to the year before, the largest percentage increase in the country.

Colin Carter, the author of a report into a potential Tasmanian AFL club, has slammed Gold Coast president Tony Cochrane over his views on a 19th team.

Nurses and midwives at Tasmania's biggest public hospital have walked off the job in their battle for better resources and more pay.

A Tasmanian teacher has had his offer of employment rescinded by a Catholic school in Hobart after the school claimed it was advised the Archbishop could not support his employment due to the teacher's "relationship arrangement".

People from across the Kentish municipality come together to seek healing after last month's terrifying storm that left hurricane-like damage.

A major disability services provider in Tasmania has discovered it underpaid staff for years by up to $700,000.

As a disability provider in Tasmania which underpaid staff $700,000 pledges to return "every dollar" there are concerns the issue is becoming more widespread in a sector where workers are already low paid.

Nurses at the Royal Hobart Hospital will walk off the job on Wednesday, despite an offer from the Tasmanian government to bring negotiations forward.

Under compulsory preferential voting, all formal votes must eventually preference one of the major parties over the other. The electoral commission has released preference flow information for all minor parties, This means we can tell, for example, how many Greens voters preferred Labor and how many the Coalition.