Clancy Balen

The two Tasmanian Liberals turned independents say they want to "resolve this crisis" and with the Premier saying he'll consider their demands it seems the last Liberal government in Australia won't face an election — not in the next few days anyway.

Almost 10 years ago, the Liberal Party came to power in Tasmania with a promise to start extending high schools to year 12. But figures show that in the time since, the year 12 attainment rate has barely shifted.

Tasmania's EPA has ordered a north Tasmanian scrap metal facility to immediately stop using a metal shredder after "elevated levels of lead" were found in the dust it produced. 

Brett Mifsud has travelled to Tasmania for more than 30 years to find and measure the state's largest trees. He fears increasingly frequent and intense fires mean this could be the last generation of giants. 

A car has struck two pedestrians and crashed into a building in Devonport, northern Tasmania, with police warning of a gas leak in the area. 

Police name the 39-year-old woman whose body was found after a house fire in Hobart last Friday, with a 40-year-old man charged with murder.

An emotional Bob Williams greets the fanfare in Hobart with his cat Oli as their yacht, the last in the fleet, brings the Sydney to Hobart race to a close.

With around only 100 of these small, peculiar fish thought to exist in the wild, the decision has been made to take a quarter of those into captivity to safeguard the population — before a worsening marine heatwave wreaks havoc.

Millions of Australians are braving packed airports around the country this holiday period, but some may be frustrated by delays and cancellations. See how each airline performs.

Stewart Williams died in hospital six days after being punched at a Hobart nightclub in 2019. A coroner says his death may have been prevented if his bleeding had been recognised and controlled earlier. 

A new River Derwent ferry service master plan lays out where six proposed terminals would go, and how residents should not expect park-and-ride services to help them make their trip.

Hobart has had one of the country's tightest rental markets. Now there are more properties available and rents have declined — but is it getting more affordable to rent?

Sand flathead is the most popular fish among Tasmanian recreational fishers, but over fishing has left it at risk of population collapse. New rules will come into effect on Wednesday to help protect the species.

A prominent ecologist tells senators it's "too hard to do science" at the Australian Antarctic Division, revealing she quit due to advice from her dentist.

Authorities say damage to private assets and Parks and Wildlife property is being assessed from Tuesday's fire near Coles Bay as they front residents angry about a lack of communications during the emergency.

The biggest glacier in East Antarctica is slowly melting. A helicopter expedition has paved the way for new methods to test what is causing it.

An Australian expeditioner with an undisclosed medical condition is evacuated by helicopter from Casey research station and is being brought back to Hobart on the RSV Nuyina.

The cost carve-up to pay for a multi-billion dollar undersea cable project between Victoria and Tasmania has been renegotiated – with one analyst saying Tasmanians will be "the losers", despite assertions to the contrary from the state and federal governments.

Errol Stewart and his family company are facing charges over garden works at a heritage-listed Hobart property. Mr Stewart says the works were urgent, but the council says the works have damaged the heritage significance of the site.

A Hobart councillor who says removing a statue of a divisive colonial-era figure is akin to putting "everything that colonisation brought on the chopping block" denies her statements are racist — as some call for her to be sacked.

A small Tasmanian town's only GP is quitting, citing burnout, an unsustainable workload and a lack of support from the government. Residents who credit him with saving lives fear what's going to become of local health services.

To deal with the rising cost of living, there's nearly 194,000 young people juggling side hustles — the highest it's ever been — with some saying it's "unavoidable".

The deepest parts of the Antarctic are difficult to explore but seals have helped reveal the mysteries below, and it's a thousand metres deeper than researchers thought. 

A NSW Police cadaver dog brought into Tasmania to help with the search for Shyanne-Lee Tatnell is repurposed to look for missing Belgian tourist Celine Cremer, following new information.

Brenton Lovering and Mat Usher were shocked by the amount of plastic thrown out in health care. Their Tasmanian pilot program is aiming to change that.