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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

A Tasmanian school bans students from including candy canes and similar treats with their Christmas cards this year, along with a general veto on birthday cakes from 2017, in a move one parent has labelled "food shaming".

Staff at Tasmania's Royal Hobart Hospital fear the holiday season and building renovations will further compromise an already struggling Emergency Department.

By skipping the plastic tinsel and making their own decorations, the Carter family creates memories as well as a more sustainable festive season.

Environmentalists want a proposed new limit on salmon farms in Macquarie Harbour to go even further to give the waterway a chance to recover.

Police lay multiple charges against a Hobart man who allegedly shot at officers during a 14-hour standoff at a Moonah house on Sunday night.

An unusual rise in water temperatures off the east coast of Tasmania causes problems for abalone divers.

Paul Clitheroe, the owner of reigning Sydney to Hobart handicap winner Balance, was planning not to race again, but his wife gave him a "leave pass" to defend his title.

How do you like your vegetables cooked? If you like them soft and falling apart, you're probably cooking them too long and putting your health at risk.

Tasmania's second largest salmon producer Huon Aquaculture condemns a proposed stock reduction for Macquarie Harbour, labelling it "window dressing" and "spin".

The National Library takes delivery of a letter written in 1824 by a young carpenter in Hobart.

Peter Nevill made a statement with his bat about his desire to return to the Test stage at the same venue which hosted his axing, writes Grandstand's Scott Rollinson.

Tasmanian patients with no way to get home from hospital are being put in taxis, with some racking up fares of more than $600 to cross the state as taxpayers foot the bill.

Environmentalist and former Greens leader Bob Brown backs away from earlier calls to use aerial culls to control Tasmania's wild fallow deer population.

The Judge family create their own off-grid paradise in Saltwater River, complete with fruit growing in the bathroom.

Fruit growers hope resolution of the working holidaymaker tax will see backpackers reapply for jobs in hot spots of the harvest trail.

Passengers on board a Virgin Australia flight from Sydney to Hobart are forced to change planes in Melbourne, after a "minor engineering issue" was detected.