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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.

Replacing the two Bass Strait ferries has been far from plain sailing, with operator TT-Line facing obstacle after obstacle. This week, the state-owned company detailed how it came to the decision to pay the shipbuilder an extra $81 million, while copping a 400 per cent blowout in wharf upgrade costs — without telling the public.

After 30 years of providing help for people with autism Tasmania's peak body, Autism Tasmania, will close due to funding being discontinued, with many of those affected reeling over the news, advocates say.

A quote to upgrade the Tasmanian port facility to accommodate the new Spirit of Tasmania ferries has blown out from $90 million in 2020, to $375 million just four years later.

An airport search found 28 grams of the drug ice on a man, hidden in toys and concealed in bags containing Lego, Tasmania Police allege.

The Tasmanian members of the Jacqui Lambie Network had a vision to transform parliament. But is the trio living up to its name — shaking things up, bringing hard truths and keeping others accountable? 

Sarah says most tenants understand the responsibilities of keeping a pet in a rental property — but a new push to give tenants greater rights in Tasmania will meet pushback by landlords, one real estate industry insider says. Here is what is being proposed.

Chinks in Tasmania's minority government armour are appearing, as within the space of hours, The Greens and Labor passed two consecutive bills through the lower house against the government's wishes, both on issues that the Liberals have long held out on.

Job vacancies across radiology, pathology, nursing and midwifery questioned extensively by Labor and the Greens in response to the Tasmanian government's "vacancy control" measures, leaked last week in an internal Health Department memo.

Tasmanian power prices will remain almost unchanged for the next 12 months and, when combined with state and federal government rebates, consumers could see an overall reduction.

A man is charged after the death of a four-year-old child in Tasmania's north-west, with a woman also charged with ill-treating a child.

Tequila, Tabasco, Mouse and Mozza and four other Tasmanian devils will soon board a long haul flight to the US, where they'll settle into four zoos as part of Tasmania's ambassador program.

Hookah diving: those who do it love the underwater freedom, but with no regulations governing the practice people who don't know what they are doing are putting their lives at risk, one expert says.

A Catholic school rebukes the archbishop of Hobart after Julian Porteous earlier this month railed against "woke" culture, same-sex marriage and abortion rights.

A deadly strain of avian influenza wreaking havoc in Victoria is yet to make its way to Tasmania, keeping the state bird flu free. But Biosecurity Tasmania warns it won't stay this way forever, and is urging the state's agricultural industry to be extra vigilant.

Almost half of the public servants identified in Tasmania's child sexual abuse commission of inquiry are still employed and under internal investigation, six months after the release of the inquiry's report.

The much-awaited two brand new Spirit of Tasmania ferries are due in the third quarter of this year, but with its Finnish shipbuilder in financial trouble and other problems of money and logistics, it has been anything but smooth sailing.

Since the Great Depression, begging for money has been illegal in Tasmania but now there is a push to, as one expert says, "tackle social issues in a rational, mature and modern way".

A local media organisation has been reported to Equal Opportunity Tasmania, following concerns from the multicultural community that it did not do enough to moderate comments on a recent post.

Virgin staff dancing at the boarding gate, a call from Richard Branson announcing they'd all won a free cruise, passengers wearing hats and filmed celebrating — but this winner says due to a change in itinerary, to claim her prize will cost her thousands.

Aymee Hewitt and her growing family are on the housing waitlist. They are among those outraged at the destruction of a social housing unit in Tasmania's north that is now unliveable.

A colonial-era statue honouring a former premier who mutilated the body of an Aboriginal man is vandalised on the eve of a tribunal decision on its planned removal.

A man has a lucky escape after jumping out of his car before it is hit by a train at Devonport, in the state's north-west.

Tasmania's minority Liberal government is rolled on the first day of parliament, as the entire crossbench helps install an opposition MP as speaker.

Halitha Khan knew nothing about Tasmania when she moved to the state about a year ago. But her new henna business quickly changed that.