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A Tasmanian artist who built a fire bunker on her property in Tasmania has been fined, for failing to have the permit for its installation.

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.

A senior Tasmanian police officer who was under investigation for child sexual abuse offences when he died by suicide was still sending explicit messages to teens in the days leading up to his death, a report finds.

The abnormal pressure is having a significant impact on the nation's weather, including extreme low overnight temperatures over south-east states and a lengthy stretch of showery days along the eastern seaboard.

A Tasmanian homelessness charity has removed two mobile trailers containing sleeping pods for people sleeping rough after being told it didn't have permission to put them there, in the latest tussle with the local council. 

The mandatory system was due to begin operating by the end of this year, but the Tasmanian government says the project will need more time as it is more complex than first thought.

Lakes have frozen over with inch-thick ice in Tasmania's Central Highlands as a high pressure system leads to some of the coldest temperatures ever recorded in the state.

Desperate to feed hungry animals, these Tasmanian farmers spent thousands of dollars on hay that never arrived. Now, they want to protect other vulnerable people from doing the same.

An aged care facility has failed to get an emergency guardianship order for a Tasmanian resident accused of increasingly aggressive behaviour, which included pushing a woman who later died from a fracture sustained in the incident.

The Jacqui Lambie Network trio of MPs were criticised for surrendering their independence when they signed an agreement with Tasmania's minority Liberal government last April. After three months in their new role, the three have signalled they intend to renegotiate the deal.

It can take up to two weeks and is exhausting work, but these specialised staff feel "houseproud" after cleaning out Tasmania's public caves. So, what's involved?

A report has found Hobart City Council staff breached anti-discrimination laws by lying to councillor Louise Elliot about the availability of a venue for a planned event about "the impact" of transgender women in women's sports.

Afghan refugee Mohammad Rezayi fled his home, saying goodbye to his wife and four young children with the hope of sending them when he got to Australia. That was 12 years ago.

Australia is facing a national GP shortage. Tasmania is hoping a new incentive plan, to wipe HECS debts or provide a relocation payment, means they will choose the island state — but, there is a catch.

In 2021, a woman raised concerns about a staff member at a major Tasmanian hospital who issued a death certificate for her grandmother. That staff member responded they had the proper authorisation — as it turns out, they did not. Now, a total of 29 deaths at the LGH will be referred to the coroner.

A long-awaited coroner's report into a veteran pilot's death is handed down, deeming it a "tragic" accident — with one of his daughters just "weeks away" from "following in her dad's footsteps" by getting her own commercial helicopter licence.  

A Tasmanian man found guilty of two counts of assault and of splashing a corrosive acid on arresting police officers in 2021 has been sentenced to jail.  

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 teenage boy who performed first aid on his mum and CPR on her new boyfriend, who had both been stabbed by the boy's father, has been praised by a judge for "undoubtedly" saving his mother's life.

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A former nurse at the Launceston General Hospital who was also a children's camp leader is facing two counts of indecent assault against children in the 1980s.

Before botanical illustrator Maura Chamberlain made her way to Macquarie Island, her experience with sub-Antarctic plants was limited to those in the local botanical gardens. Now she knows what it's like to walk through them. 

In what one expert has likened to a plot from the political satire programs Utopia or Yes Minister, a report detailing ways to improve the processes by which the Tasmanian government can be more transparent to the public is released — with the suggested improvements blacked out in page after page of redactions.

As Tasmania's multicultural community reports a rise in race-based crime, a grassroots organisation heads to schools to teach young people to embrace diversity.

Job losses as the brewing of Tasmania's iconic Boags beer shifts to the mainland.