The Latest Breaking News from Tasmania

Rates for residential properties in the north-west Tasmanian city of Burnie will increase by an average of 10.2 per cent, with the council's general manager and mayor at loggerheads over the move.

The hospital supervisor of a notorious paedophile who worked in a children's ward has tearfully told an inquiry she was aware of him hugging young patients — but that it was "accepted by all staff" and in her opinion at the time something which could be addressed by "education".

From humble beginnings in rural Tasmania, Jean Stafford is Australia's most decorated female country artist and she is still performing 60 years on.

As coal-fired power stations close down, there is a push for the renewables-rich state of Tasmania to become the "Battery of the Nation". The problem is, no one knows who will foot the multi-billion-dollar bill.

A mining representative sat through and rebutted briefings to Tasmanian politicians provided by environmental and civil groups, but when it came time for them to hold a briefing, it was closed to everyone else.

An inquiry has been told a Tasmanian hospital failed to act after being told a male nurse had abused a colleague when she was a child.

Penalties for peaceful action are now the same as for aggravated assault

In Tasmania it can get so cold you open the door to the fridge to warm the house up — where are the coldest places and how does it compare with mainland Australia?

A Tasmanian inquiry has been told an alleged pedophile nurse was reported to police and breached patient boundaries across decades before being charged.