Tasmania

Tasmania Fire Service creates a story map to engage youth in the 1967 bushfires that killed 62 people.

'Nothing about us, without us' is the catch phrase for a website designed for people with disabilities to connect and share their experiences.

The Federal and State Governments have announced up to $14 million will be made available to help Tasmania recover from the devastating June floods.

The Tasmanian Government continues to reject Basslink's assertion that a crucial fault in its undersea electricity cable was a "force majeure" or unavoidable event, with Energy Minister Matthew Groom saying Tasmanians have the right "to know everything possible".

The names and faces change but the problem seems to be the same — the system is not doing enough for Tasmania's most vulnerable children.

An eight-day remote disaster training course is pushing medical teams to hone their skills in extreme environments.

Doctors, first aiders and the untrained joined for rescue training on Mariah Island on Tasmania's east coast.

Tasmania is now the only state with a Christmas biker toy run

Motorbike riders who took over Hobart's streets this weekend raised thousands of dollars and filled trucks with toys to help families in need this Christmas, the Salvation Army says.

The life of one of Tasmania's greatest "unsung heroes", revered Aboriginal warrior and clan leader Mannalargenna, is marked with a celebration considered to be among the most important developments in the state's history.

With many people in rural communities losing faith in the major two parties, One Nation is trying to register in Tasmania ahead of the next state election.

For Australia's wine producers, climate change is not a thing of the future but an issue to be dealt with right now.

Primary producers across Tasmania are ramping up recruitment following the deal on the backpacker tax.

The custom-built Ocean Warrior will soon sail to fight whaling in Antarctica.

Conservation group Sea Shepherd unveils the latest addition to its anti-whaling arsenal, a $12 million custom-designed ship it will send to confront the Japanese fleet in the Southern Ocean.

Tasmania fails to secure a decommissioned navy ship, the HMAS Tobruk, with the state being the only one never gifted a former Australian warship to use as a dive wreck.

Salmon producer Tassal records an increase in a bacteria responsible for "visual impact" near its salmon pens in the intensively farmed Macquarie Harbour.

Investors in the boom baby formula business Bellamy's Australia have had a massive dummy spit, sending shares plunging on news new Chinese regulations were crimping sales and depressing prices.

As Uber launches in Hobart, a divide exists between those hoping to reap the benefits and taxi drivers fearing for their livelihoods.

The Tasmanian Government confirms 11 children have been removed from under-fire residential care provider Safe Pathways.

The role of Eora man and Aboriginal resistance leader Musquito in Tasmania's history has been revised again.

The Tasmanian primary school that has banned Christmas candy canes and birthday treats has gone to ground, as criticism of the healthy eating policy rollout mounts.

Forestry Tasmania dismisses concerns harvesting timber from two coupes containing wedge-tailed eagle nests on the Frankland River will threaten the nests.

Farmers say they are now in a battle to rebuild their workforce after federal Parliament endorses a 15 per cent backpacker tax.

There is relief among Tasmanian fruit growers that the stalemate over the backpacker tax has finally ended, after Greens senators agreed to a 15 per cent rate.