The Tasmanian Government will invest $50 million to encourage the development of a hydrogen energy industry in the state, earmarking Bell Bay in the north and Burnie in the north west as likely hubs.

Peter McGlone travels 38 kilometres a day from his home on the outskirts of Hobart into the CBD, but for what he pays you'd be forgiven for thinking he lives in a bigger city.

It's not a science fiction horror plot. Scientists are encouraging microorganisms present in pristine Antarctic soils to eat up the inevitable spilt fuel.

Police charge a woman with four breaches of a family violence order after she is taken into custody after hitting and killing a man in a car in southern Tasmania.

A working group is established to help create a National Horse Traceability Register, fulfilling one of 18 recommendations handed down by last year's Senate inquiry.

Tasmania will have a basketball team by 2021 under a new deal between the State Government and National Basketball League owner Larry Kestelman.

Two of the victims of a triple fatality in Tasmania's north this week are remembered as blokes who would "drop everything to help you out", as investigations into the crash continue.

DAILY BRIEFING: Two men allegedly involved with the Bandidos motorcycle gang are charged in relation to the theft of $5,000 worth of building materials, and the National Basketball League's boss is expected to announce a Tasmanian team will return to the competition.

A ransomware attack, targeting software used by more than 75 per cent of the wool industry, forces the buying and trading system offline, meaning auctions and exports can't proceed.

The Tasmanian Government reveals the completion of the long-awaited K-Block building at the Royal Hobart Hospital has been delayed indefinitely, citing concerns over water quality and noisy air conditioning.

After summer 2019-20, you'd be forgiven for looking at the forecast for autumn with trepidation, but the BOM's latest outlook offers some optimism.

DAILY BRIEFING: Tasmania's university is offering financial assistance to students affected by the coronavirus travel ban, and there are fears the end of an era could be drawing near for racecourse bookmakers.

Erin Hext is an experienced bushwalker, who set out on a day hike near Hobart well prepared. She didn't expect to make the return journey in a rescue helicopter.

It's taken 9,000 new bolts and a thousand metres of wire to get the Huon Valley's popular Tahune Airwalk rising from the ashes of last year's devastating bushfires.

Tasmania, once known for losing people to the mainland, is undergoing a population boom, and new figures show Hobart had the greatest rise in median house prices for the December quarter for 2019.

Forest protesters in Tasmania no longer have the potential of a huge fine hanging over their heads after the state's workplace safety regulator lifted a ban on their activities.

The budget airline, which is owned by Virgin Australia, will also cut its fleet by a third, with regional centres hardest hit.

There are calls for an overhaul of Tasmania's local government code of conduct system, with councils forking out tens of thousands of ratepayer dollars for complaint investigations — many of which are dismissed.

Three people die in an early morning crash on a highway in Tasmania's north, but two young children — including a nine-month-old baby — survive.

DAILY BRIEFING: An American citizen found with drugs in his cruise ship cabin weeps as the facts of his crime are read to a Hobart court, and the latest NAPLAN results show Tasmanian students from non-English-speaking backgrounds are outperforming native English speakers.

The Federal Group looks set to lose its poker machine monopoly, and David Walsh could be offered an up-market casino licence under a gaming policy outlined in a Tasmanian Government consultation paper.

A seven-year-old boy who was injured after he was thrown from an inflatable tube, or "ski-biscuit", onto the shore of the Prosser River on Tasmania's east coast at the weekend has died.

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