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A former Tasmanian cop repeatedly groomed boys over his decades-long career. A report into Paul Reynolds has outlined how he used his standing in the community to do it.

The number of children currently in youth detention in Tasmania is the highest it's been in a decade, and low staffing levels means those at the centre are increasingly being left in isolation. 

Stories of abuse and neglect from the notorious Ashley Youth Detention Centre in Tasmania were heard throughout a commission of inquiry. Labor says it needs to be shut sooner than the Liberals' mid-2026 timeline but won't set a date.

Different age groups, different genders, different nationalities; but once everyone is in the boat, they become "part of the team" — and that aspect is a big part of this club's ongoing success.

Jo Pickett's horses have a special job: helping young people with disabilities learn communication and social skills. But due to a wideranging review of safety procedures by Tasmania's education department her small business, and other activity providers, are in limbo due to an indefinite ban.

The public servant replacing Tim Marney, who was tasked with implementing a new model of care at WA's problem-plagued Banksia Hill facility, held a role overseeing children's wellbeing at Tasmania's Ashley Youth Detention Centre.

The claims of abuse made by former youth detention detainees were not acted on and crosschecked with a list of current staff, meaning children kept making complaints about the "same" people, a lawyer says.

It was described as a landmark report into how Tasmanian authorities handled allegations of child sexual abuse in hospitals, schools, detention and out-of-home care. So what did it say?

Child sexual abuse at Tasmania's only youth detention facility "remains a live and current risk" and not a historical problem, a two-year inquiry finds. The state premier says he would close it now if he could but there are no other options for housing child inmates. 

That a paedophile had worked on a children's hospital ward for almost two decades was Launceston's worst-kept secret. Then one phone call changed everything, setting in motion a series of events that would alter Tasmania forever.   

A former detainee at Ashley Youth Detention Centre claims staff turned off fire sprinklers, leading him to suffer burns and smoke inhalation.  

More than half the people released from Risdon Prison this year will be exiting into some form of homelessness — with more than half of those ending up back behind bars.

The Tasmania Fire Service says a fire at the Ashley Youth Detention Centre, which led to the hospitalisation of a staff member, was deliberately lit and caused $20,000 damage. 

Anna Terry is ready to bring Tasmanian culinary delights to a decadent food display.

Fast-acting insulin Fiasp has been a "game changer" for Daniel Webb in managing his type 1 diabetes. The drug was about to be removed from the PBS, but a temporary solution has been found.

A senior Tasmanian government MP is at the centre of fresh questions about a perceived conflict of interest, after a community project he and his family are involved with won $1 million in taxpayer funding following recent state and federal elections.

One of the worst-affected families from last year's flood disaster in northern Tasmania has been dealt another blow after their home was vandalised.

One of the worst-affected families from last year's flood disaster in northern Tasmania has been dealt another blow after vandals broke into their waterlogged home and spray-painted walls, smashed glass and bashed holes in plaster.

A support worker who helps Aboriginal prisoners when they are released in Tasmania is not surprised the rates of incarceration have doubled in a decade, saying the system is failing her community.

Four months on from one of Tasmania's most devastating floods, Clinton Hobby and his family still cannot move back into their Deloraine home.

Months on from the devastating floods that wreaked havoc in Tasmania's north, residents in Deloraine are still struggling to rebuild their lives.

More than 100 ex-detainees who say they were physically and sexually abused at Tasmania's Ashley Youth Detention Centre will have to prove their claims in court, as the government announces it is denying most of the claims.

A "gladiator pit", a "war zone", a "kindergarten for the adult prison" — these are just some of the ways Tasmania's only youth detention centre has been described.

Time lapse inmate pacing Ashley cell