Tasmania

A Tasmanian elder warns some people are reconsidering their support for a referendum to recognise Indigenous Australians in the constitution because they do not feel culturally safe attending public consultations.

Liberal backbencher Adam Brooks defends wearing the Trump cap, but distances himself from 'abhorent and disgusting' comments.

An ambitious plan is underway to fly thousands of live krill from Antarctica to Hobart as part of the Australian Antarctic Division's latest research project with a focus on climate change.

Mothers of children born with Down syndrome say they were put under repeated pressure to terminate their pregnancy and given only worst case scenarios for their baby's chances of a meaningful life.

Researchers devise an ambitious plan to fly live krill from the Antarctic to Hobart.

Shane Warne, Michael Slater and Kevin Pietersen escape being fined by Tasmanian police after they appeared in a Facebook video not wearing seatbelts while riding in a car.

A coroner calls for the non-prescription cough medicine, Robitussin, to carry warnings about its impact on drivers, after finding a high level of the medicine had likely caused a fatal crash.

Mothers of children born with Down syndrome say they were put under repeated pressure to terminate their pregnancy and given only worst case scenarios for their baby's chances of a meaningful life.

Less than 4 per cent of Tasmanian dairy paddocks are in ideal health, according to recent soil tests.

Despite battling years of asthma and infections, Dr Carey Denholm never expected he'd need a double lung transplant.

A team of scientists, naturalists and amateur scientists have coalesced on the Tarkine wilderness in north-west Tasmania in the latest step in the campaign to declare it a national park.

A Victorian man who rang triple-0 to say he was lost and injured in mountains near Launceston spent the night 100 kilometres away at the home of an acquaintance, police say.

A trio of Tasmanian guide dogs celebrates the end of two years of intensive training at the state's first formal graduation ceremony.

Hobart woman Sue Neill-Fraser wants one of Tasmania's most senior judges to be disqualified from hearing what is likely to be her latest appeal against her conviction for murdering her partner Bob Chappell.

A prominent Launceston pathology practice manager, John Wayne Millwood, is remanded in custody for sentencing next month on a child sex charge dating from the 1980s.

Carlos Hippman has been stuttering since he was very young, and it is a condition that has controlled him — until now.

Artist Rory Wray-McCann creates art that seeks meaning from mining and the stars.

Hydro Tasmania's chairman tells an inquiry 'hand on heart' the Tamar Valley Power Station is needed for energy security, putting him at odds with the Energy Minister.

Some Aboriginal people in Tasmania are disappointed proposed changes to the state's Aboriginal Relics Act have been delayed to allow for further consultation.

Several dogs have died in the past week, as snake bites keep Tasmanian veterinarians and snake catchers busy.

An emergency plan and crowdfunding campaign are launched in a last-ditch attempt to save the critically endangered orange-bellied parrot from extinction.

Tasmanian Scuba Diving Club members offer condolences over the death of a club mate who died during a dive in the state's south-east on Saturday.

In a Tasmanian first, premature babies at the Royal Hobart Hospital are being offered donated human breastmilk, flown in from Queensland.

Alex Doolan was forced to retire hurt on 202 after suffering late-onset concussion during Tasmania's Sheffield Shield match with Western Australia at the WACA ground in Perth.