Hobart News

Salmon producer Petuna Aquaculture comes up with its own plan for preventing environmental damage from intensive fish farming in Macquarie Harbour.

The whisky company Nant Distilling has been put into receivership by a major creditor which is moving to protect its estimated $2.5 million in assets.

In the same week he said he was the best person to lead Tasmanian Labor, Bryan Green tells colleagues he is quitting politics, replaced as leader by Rebecca White.

Tasmania's Anglican Bishop Richard Condie is standing by St Michael's Collegiate in Hobart after a second former teacher fronted court for maintaining sexual relations with a student.

Another former teacher at the elite Hobart girls school, St Michael's Collegiate, is charged over maintaining a sexual relationship with a student.

A hundred at-risk Tasmanian children have no protection case worker assigned to them, the Opposition tells State Parliament after failing to carry a no confidence motion against Human Services Minister Jacquie Petrusma.

Tasmania's Longley Organic Farm teaches others how to make the best use of available land, using traditional and modern methods.

Comedian Wil Anderson is instituting the Voldemort rule for what he calls his most political show ever, but no prize for guessing he who shall not be named.

Agronomist and author Graeme Stevenson has been studying the brown-headed earthworm and believes that its adaptability and deep-digging ability are ideal for locations such as vineyards and orchards.

The Environment Protection Agency has been playing favourites when it comes to regulating salmon farming in Macquarie Harbour, producer Huon Aquaculture says.

A Melbourne-based wool processor says soaring gas prices are likely to wipe out any profits it will make this year.

Former Test spinner and World Cup winner Xavier Doherty has announced his retirement from cricket.

Ryan Michael Zmendak — who once had links to the Rebels Outlaw Motorcycle Club — will spend at least four years in jail.

Hobart City Council wants to install about 2,000 in-ground sensors to detect and fine parking stragglers, but will offer smartphone payments for convenience.

Australia's oldest bridge, which many believe is haunted by a notorious ex-convict, is getting some TLC to help it last into the future.

An elderly woman has a lucky escape when a car ploughs through a wall into her Hobart unit, moments after she was in the room where the vehicle came to rest.

A Tasmanian police officer is suspended on full pay on a charge relating to the alleged possession of child exploitation images.

An Abel is a mountain in Tasmania that is 1,100 metres or higher. There are heaps of them. Bill Wilkinson has written two books about them and these are his favourite three to walk.

Greens leader Cassy O'Connor accuses the Government of meddling in Right to Information releases after she received a response to one longstanding request late on the last sitting day of Parliament.

Airbnb and the rising popularity of Hobart as a study destination as reasons international students such as Celine Yao are having to find alternative accommodation — in share a room at a backpacker hostel.

Little is known about the origins of one of the oldest buildings in Australia — Hobart's Private Secretary's Cottage.

Investors in embattled Tasmanian whisky distillery Nant are told more than 700 barrels sold to them "have never been filled with whisky".

In Tasmania's Southern Midlands, a four-hectare greenhouse nears completion in what is believed to be a world-first trial of growing cherries under controlled conditions.

Human Services Minister Jacquie Petrusma hits back at criticism from the State Opposition, accusing it of making false claims about a foster care provider.

The Tasmanian Liberals use a visit from Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce to make the case for more irrigation funding.