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The Californian bushfires are a “preview of what can happen in Hobart”, a Tasmanian professor and one of the world’s leading ...

Tasmania is forecast to be in the centre of a three-day low-intensity heatwave starting Friday — but there’s one business ...

A set of identical triplets has been born at the Royal Hobart Hospital in what’s believed to be the first birth of its kind ...

A man has died after he was found with critical injuries inside a suburban home south of Newcastle in NSW. Emergency services ...

A ticketing system should be considered to prevent peak season overcrowding in Tasmania’s world-famous national parks says ...

A record-breaking turnout is expected for this weekend’s Cadbury Marathon. At noon Wednesday, the number of registrations sat ...

The arrival of a new ultra-luxury yacht in Hobart on Wednesday has been hailed as a watershed moment for Tasmanian tourism which will attract “high-value travellers” to the state.

Police are struggling to control a wild group of child criminals who are committing at least eight crimes a day, resulting in ...

Environment Minister Madeleine Ogilvie has sung the praises of the aquaculture industry after an inspection tour of Storm Bay ...

Labor leader Dean Winter has returned to his roots to shoot a social media video introducing himself to an online audience.

Department of Health Secretary Dale Webster has apologised to mothers who had negative birthing experiences while using ...