1+ hour, 44+ min ago   (313+ words) Incat’s Hull 096, the world’s largest battery-electric ship, has arrived in South America after travelling thousands of kilometres from Hobart. The Tasmanian-built vessel was officially welcomed at a ceremony in Nueva Palmira, Uruguay, over the weekend. It was then successfully floated…...

2+ hour, 29+ min ago   (539+ words) Two Tasmanian Greens senators have crossed the floor of the Senate to vote against their own party on a federal forest carbon scheme, warning it could end up bankrolling logging in their home state. Nick McKim and Vanessa Bleyer joined…...

5+ hour, 41+ min ago   (364+ words) A coroner has been unable to determine what caused a house fire that killed a Swansea woman on Tasmania’s east coast. Merrell Down, 68, died at her two-storey home on February 28, 2024. Her remains were found in the debris three days later…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (323+ words) Tasmanian parliament has voted down a Labor amendment to cap the number of firearms a person can legally own, with the proposal failing 16 votes to 15 shortly before 7pm tonight. The amendment, moved by Labor member Jen Butler, would have limited licence…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (327+ words) A suspected case of bird flu forced a “partial lockdown” at a Wynyard school on Wednesday, with students pulled from play areas after a sick and a dead bird were found on the grounds. St Brigid’s Catholic School contacted the…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (383+ words) Last summer’s bushfire season was rated normal. Buildings still burned at Dolphin Sands and St Helens. This spring, north-east Tasmania’s risk is rated higher than normal and fire agencies are urging residents to prepare now. Below-average rainfall is forecast across…...

4+ day, 27+ min ago   (472+ words) Premier Jeremy Rockliff has promised to work with farmers who say they are being unfairly fined for clearing trees on their own land, after hundreds protested at Parliament House, dozens of them arriving by tractor. The rally on Thursday targeted…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (333+ words) Bird flu has reached Flinders Island for the first time as the highly contagious H5 strain continues to spread across Tasmania. A greater crested tern tested positive on the island, marking the first confirmed case there, the Department of Natural Resources…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (258+ words) Bird flu has been confirmed at Beaumaris on Tasmania’s east coast, with a crested tern testing positive for the H5 strain. It is the 25th bird flu event recorded in Tasmania and the second in the state’s north-east, according to NRE Tasmania....

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (296+ words) Tasmania’s political leaders have joined members of the Nepali community for a candlelight vigil on the lawns of Parliament House tonight to honour victims of devastating floods in Nepal. Premier Jeremy Rockliff, opposition leader Josh Willie and Greens leader Rosalie…...