Tasmania

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Cricket Australia boss James Sutherland says Australia has had a 'significant fall from grace' in the last three months and foreshadows changes to the team for the third Test in Adelaide.

The major supermarkets tell a Senate inquiry consumers always have a choice not to buy cheap milk.

Cricket Australia chief executive James Sutherland admits the national side has had a serious "fall from grace". Look back over his press conference in our live blog.

A Tasmanian council's general manager will leave her post with a payout of around $180,000 after a public spat with the mayor which ended in the entire council being sacked.

Tasmania's Sentencing Advisory Council recommends minimum sentences of up to four years for some sexual crimes against children, but restates its opposition to mandatory minimum sentences.

The numbers surrounding Australia's routine batting-order collapses make no sense to any person with a passing understanding of cricket, writes Geoff Lemon.

Historically when things have got this bad for Australian cricket, substantial change has followed. This time, it needs to come at the very top.

A 23-year-old man is in the Royal Hobart Hospital in a critical condition after he was cut from the wreckage of his ute following a crash involving four cars on a major Tasmanian highway.

Heavy rains again hit a flood-prone tourist attraction in Tasmania's north, just as the region is getting over the catastrophic June floods.

Tasmanian parliamentarians who are new mums will be allowed to breastfeed in the chamber, under a rule change introduced by Speaker Elise Archer.

Two weeks after a salmon producer broke industry ranks on the state of Macquarie Harbour, Tasmania's environmental watchdog has told companies to reduce their environmental impact.

Australia's two innings featured more pathetic dismissals than an entire season of The Bachelorette. Relive all the gruesome lowlights here.

ABC Grandstand's expert commentators give their two cents on how Australia needs to react to another embarrassing Test drubbing.

The Proteas wiped the floor with Australia and they didn't even have some of their best players available. Who did South Africa leave out and where do they fit in a side looking to whitewash Australia Down Under?

Skipper Steve Smith admits Australia's crushing Test loss and series defeat to South Africa marks a low point for him and the team.

Gone is the ideal of a house in the suburbs with a drive to work; in its place is an apartment block within walking distance of everything you need.

Australia loses the Test series 2-0 after a stunning capitulation on the fourth morning of the second Test results in an innings defeat to South Africa in Hobart.

The Tasmanian Government moves to fix a gap in a transport subsidy which left people who moved to the National Disability Insurance Scheme out of pocket.

Australia goes down with barely a whimper against South Africa, losing the second Test and the series in Hobart. Relive the devastation as it happened in our live blog.

If day four is anything like day three at Bellerive Oval, then cricket fans can expect a lot more odd twists and turns in the second Test.

Child services provider Safe Pathways, featured in a Four Corners report, is already being investigated, Tasmania's Human Services Minister Jacquie Petrusma says, and children in its care will be visited today by welfare officers.

Police renew their call for drivers to stay away from flooded areas after two helicopter rescues in north Tasmania.

Australia is fighting for survival in the second Test after another solid day for the tourists in Hobart, still 120 behind South Africa with two wickets down.

Tasmania's State Emergency Service says while flood warnings are in place in northern Tasmania, it will not be a repeat of the devastating June event.