The Latest Breaking News from Tasmania

A woman has been killed and a man seriously injured after being crushed by a falling tree in Tasmania's north-west, as the state is pounded by severe weather.

The birth of nine new Tasmanian devil joeys in regional New South Wales has spread excitement among conservation groups, who have been working to build the endangered species population on mainland Australia.

In a world-first, Tasmania will be recreated in a real-time virtual model to help predict where disasters will happen and how to keep communities safer.

Tasmanian Liberal MPs were patrons or members of at least seven organisations that won taxpayer-funded grants after pre-election promises — but the government is adamant the local community does not expect organisations to be ineligible "simply because a candidate is a patron".

Tasmanian mother of six, Darlene Avis Geertsema, who disappeared over 40 years ago was killed by her former partner, a coroner finds — with police confirming they will "review the findings".

There are calls for Tasmania to ban so-called gay conversion therapy by the end of the year to prevent the island state from becoming a "dumping ground" for the practice — but the Catholic Archbishop has "grave concerns" about what it sees as a "threat to religious freedoms".

Little Shara knows what she wants to say, but her brain is not able to tell her mouth muscles how to move to make the sounds. And living in Tasmania means her family struggles to find speech pathology services. Hopefully, that soon will change.

Nine newborn Tasmanian devils have been born in a NSW wildlife sanctuary, where the once extinct population is now thriving without human intervention.

An 87-year-old former scout master will likely spend the rest of his life in prison for sexually abusing several boys in Tasmania in the 1970s and 1980s.

A Tasmanian coroner says an inquest into the deaths of six children in a jumping castle accident will be heard "as soon as reasonably possible".

AFL CEO GIllon McLachlan has indicated Tasmania's bid for inclusion in the league is contingent on the island state building a new stadium.