Tasmania

Rebecca White gives the nod to Shane Broad to take Bryan Greens' Braddon seat during her first meet and greet as new leader.

Tasmania's tourism boom shows no signs of slowing down with record growth in the past year, partially driven by a massive uptake on the Three Capes Track.

A number of major tourist accommodation projects proposed for Tasmania's north-west are facing backlash from locals worried about the impact on their small, quiet towns.

Tasmania's Shooters and Fishers Party is pushing for land-based salmon farming, saying the move would silence the industry's critics.

The Greens want assurances no taxpayer funds will be used to seal a possible deal bringing a Victorian sawmill to Tasmania's north-west coast.

Tasmania's Ten Days on the Island festival blasts off, literally, with 30,000 tonnes of rock blown up for a Dutch artist to create sculptures.

Experimental Norwegian rock? Tick. Garlic munching? Tick. Ferret racing? Tick. While other places do weirdness well, Tasmania surely must be the home of the bizarre.

Former Tasmanian MP Brenton Best is undecided whether to put his hand up for ex-leader Bryan Green's seat but says if he does, it may be under the banner of "independent Labor".

Tasmania's new Opposition Leader wants to make parliament more family friendly but says the party's priorities remain unchanged.

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

WorkSafe Tasmania is investigating a fatal incident involving a worker from interstate at Grange Resources' mine at Savage River on the state's west coast.

Tasmania's top female surfer condemned the "outrageous" disparity between prizes offered to men and women entrants at one of the state's longest-running surfing competitions.

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.

A controversial bill to unlock Tasmanian forests, opposed by sections of the industry, passes the Lower House after a marathon debate.

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.

Tasmania's Attorney-General orders urgent action after yet another prisoner is mistakenly released, the seventh in the past two years.

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.

St John Ambulance is urging Australians to save triple-0 calls for life-threatening emergencies to free up ambulance resources.

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

An email obtained by the ABC suggests a company that is under investigation for alleged sub-standard care for children is still operating in Tasmania.

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.

The maximum fine for damaging Aboriginal relics in Tasmania will jump from $1,500 to $1.57 million under changes designed to strengthen their protection.

A fourth case of meningococcal disease for the year is diagnosed in southern Tasmania, with antibiotics given as a precaution to those who had recent contact with the student.