Almost six months to the day since Tropical Cyclone Debbie hit north Queensland, the region is poised for the arrival of another force of nature — British superstar Elton John.
Tasmanian police launch an investigation after the former prime minister and prominent same-sex marriage no vote campaigner says he sustained a "very slightly swollen lip" when he was headbutted outside a private event in Hobart.
Tasmanian MP Nic Street reprimands colleagues who warned "homosexual roleplaying" would be taught in schools if same sex marriage becomes legal, saying as a child he once played a sheep in a play but he has not felt compelled to "leap the fence ... and munch the grass".
A campaign sign for the No vote in the same-sex marriage postal survey sparks a social media "pub brawl", prompting a Hobart hotel to clarify its position to drinkers.
Salmon producer Tassal will no longer be able to relocate seals pestering southern fish farms to the north-west under a ban by the Tasmanian Government, after complaints from northern fisherman.
Australia is now able to get critical supplies to its more remote Antarctic bases after mid-air refuelling allowed an RAAF cargo plane to reach Davis Station.
Discharged mental health patients from the Royal Hobart Hospital who have been sent to stay at backpacker hostels have assaulted guests and verbally abused staff, according to a hostel manager.
Winter rains are in decline across southern Australia, and while it is too early to say beyond doubt it is due to climate change, scientists say it is not just about climate variability.
Tasmania's Liberal Premier Will Hodgman rejects suggestions "radical gay sex education" will be taught in Tasmanian schools, contradicting claims spread by his own colleagues.
A psychiatric patient has been waiting in the Royal Hobart Hospital's emergency department for a bed in the mental health ward for six days, according to unions, but the Government says the person was attended to "in a private cubicle".
Tourism operators at Tasmania's Mount Field National Park welcome further government spending, saying the park's facilities have been somewhat neglected.
Labor pledges $3 million for greater protection and management of a conservation area in Tasmania's north-west, but the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre is critical of the party for not making its position clear on controversial four-wheel drive tracks.
Tasmanian Senator Eric Abetz stands by his claims "radical gay sex education" and "homosexual" role-play will be taught in the nation's schools is same sex marriage is legalised.
A woman "bravely" fights off a man who allegedly tried to take control of her car, with members of the public praised for helping catch the alleged offender.
Tasmanian biologists are haunted by the thylacine — and they don't want the critically endangered spotted handfish to become the next to become extinct.
Tasmanian woman Sabine Wagner says part of her died when her son drowned in a boating accident last year, and she wants other young men to be safer on the water for their mother's sakes.
After more than 100 years of discussion around building a cable car on the mountain backdrop of Hobart, the Tasmanian Government is confident its reality is a step closer.
