Tasmania

A one-week-old orange-bellied parrot chick, named Matilda, with its mother.

A captive-bred orange-bellied parrot chick survives its first week with an adoptive mother in the wild, in a world-first trial of fostering as a strategy to boost the endangered species in the wild. But there are no guarantees of success.

For the third year in a row, the Big Bash finals will not feature the purple team from Hobart, but the team insists it is not time for an overhaul of the playing roster.

A common bacteria kills up to 16 critically endangered orange-bellied parrots at a captive breeding centre in Hobart, in what the environment department labels "a heartbreaking start to the new year".

Tasmania Police say they hold "grave concerns" for 22-year-old Bradley Breward who has not been seen since a night out with friends on New Year's Eve in Launceston.

Two shareholder groups are suing Tasmanian-based baby food maker Bellamy's on the grounds it misled or deceived investors last year.

Younger people are starting to return to Tasmania, with housing affordability boosting the population and driving economic growth.

A sewage leak, which has closed some Tasmanian oyster farms, will cost jobs and hurt the economy in the St Helen's region, the mayor has warned.

A beekeeper is going to extreme lengths to get his bees to leather trees

One beekeeper hired a helicopter to get his hives to the all-important leatherwood stands.

A beekeeper is using a helicopter to bypass a flood-damaged bridge and deliver 216 of his hives to trees that allow his bees to make award-winning honey.

The father of Tasmanian mother Sarah Paino says today will be "full of emotion" as family deal with the first anniversary of her death, while also celebrating the first birthday of her son.

Shaun Marsh finds form with the bat to help steer the Perth Scorchers to a home BBL semi-final with a seven-wicket win over the Hobart Hurricanes.

New South Wales police say despite a number of reports of possible sightings of missing Tasmanian Bernard Gore they have not been able to find the 71-year-old and they are increasingly concerned for his welfare.

Ridley Corporation announces plans to spend $50 million building a fish feed mill as it battles legal action against Huon Aquaculture.

With echoes of the movie Happy Feet, a tiny chinstrap penguin makes an epic 1,500-kilometre journey to remote Macquarie Island, delighting researchers.

Tasmania's Government urges its federal counterpart to delay expanding Centrelink's troubled debt recovery to pensioners until the system is working properly.

The University of Tasmania launches a nationwide project to improve the treatment of chronic wounds in Australia.

With Tasmania's proximity to Antarctica, it is no surprise that it's a popular posting for penguins. Here are some tips on where you can see them in the wild.

Tasmania's north-east has escaped predicted flash flooding as a low pressure system crosses the top of the state.

An early 20th century garage will take centre stage and give Hobart's new $90 million arts precinct its name, the developers have revealed.

Mission Australia cuts six mental health jobs in the state's north because of funding changes associated with the National Disability Insurance Scheme.

Tasmania's State Emergency Service urges caution ahead of severe weather forecast for today in coastal area's of the state's north and east.

Liberal and Labor politicians are among the crowd at a rally in support of the state's salmon industry, which is facing increasing opposition from environmentalists.

Continued high levels of car theft in Tasmania prompts police to urge owners of older cars to install security devices to deter thieves.