Adam Langenberg

The Tasmanian ALP branch was placed under national control in mid-2022, following a year of internal division and a state election campaign marred by infighting. With expectations high that Tasmanians will go to the polls as early as next month, Labor's national executive has voted to end its administration of the state branch.

Speaking to Stateline, Premier Jeremy Rockliff is unequivocal: if Tasmania goes to an early election, it'll be the fault of independents John Tucker and Lara Alexander, writes Adam Langenberg.

Tasmanian Premier Jeremy Rockliff issues an ultimatum to the two Liberal-turned-independent MPs who continue to threaten his government — get in line or face the prospect of an early election.

We ask people for their experiences of Tasmania's ailing health system and hear of misdiagnoses, long waits for treatment or, worse still, no treatment at all. But we also receive some good reports.

A Tasmanian police officer who died by suicide while under investigation is described as a "charismatic" groomer in a review that details three decades of offending.

The Tasmanian government promised in 2018 to build a fifth lane on Hobart's Southern Outlet. Newly-released documents show there's been a cost blow-out "well in excess" of the $51 million budgeted for the project.

A screenshot of a dispatch system showing all ambulances unavailable is presented by a union as further evidence of the worsening "crisis" in southern Tasmania's health system — as the government says holiday season "injuries" are adding to the fleet's workload.

A flock of feral goats causing safety issues on a busy highway north of Hobart has resulted in three government agencies passing the buck on what to do — with a council manager admitting he is "aware this sounds a bit ridiculous".

Tasmania Police has confirmed the officer is the subject of an internal professional standards investigation in relation to the alleged incident.

The Rosny Parklands site, next to the Eastlands shopping centre, will host two MCG-sized ovals, an auditorium, indoor training area and swimming recovery facilities for a Tasmanian AFL team.

After missing out on becoming president of the Tasmanian Liberals last year, a Hobart area mayor has been thwarted again — overlooked for a senate spot at the next federal election following his failing to tell preselectors he had been charged by police in 2017.

Tasmanian businesswoman Jan Cameron, the founder of clothing giant Kathmandu, used offshore entities to hide her control of shares in baby formula company Bellamy's, a court has found.

Bron survived repeated sessions of gay conversion attempts under the instruction of her mother but it took a heavy toll. She says a new draft bill proposed for Tasmania will do nothing to stop such "therapy" from continuing.

There have been some frenzied days in Tasmania's parliament, but this was peak chaos — parliament recalled from summer break to suspend a judge charged with assault and abuse, only for the Liberal government to decide the best option was to do nothing, writes Adam Langenberg.

David O'Byrne is a notable absence from the team the Tasmanian Labor Party is taking to the next election. Labor leader Rebecca White has put a stake in the ground, showing her team's ready to fight an election — only time will tell whether it's enough to avoid a fourth straight election loss.

Tasmania's Premier Jeremy Rockliff has released the government's full response to the damning findings of the child sexual abuse commission of inquiry, and has pledged to rebuild trust in government institutions that failed to protect children from sexual abuse — while promising "real change" will happen.

Tasmania's commissioner for children and young people says allocating adolescents in out-of-home care a case management team instead of an individual case manager violated their rights to feel safe, to be treated with respect, and to have safe contact with their families.

A psychosocial risk survey of more than 1,000 employees of Tasmania's state-owned electricity provider uncovers allegations of bullying, assault and sexual assault, with the boss saying he is "confronted" by the result.

A Tasmanian police officer who aired concerns about young harness racing employees' long work days was taken off the case after a phone call from the head of the state's peak racing body to a more senior police officer, an email chain reveals.

A Tasmanian company is charged in relation to the Hillcrest jumping castle tragedy in 2021, in which six children died after a castle became airborne, with families of the children welcoming the news and thanking those who helped at the scene.

Tasmania could become the first state to introduce minimum sentences for child sex offenders as Labor flips its position, but the controversial legislation has drawn the ire of legal groups and victim-survivor Grace Tame.

Liberal politicians don't usually stand alongside the Australian Education Union. But Bass MP Bridget Archer isn't your usual politician — and that has some calling for her to be gone from the party.

Tasmanian Premier Jeremy Rockliff categorically declares people in charge of regulatory and oversight bodies were not subject to misconduct allegations by the state's child sexual abuse commission of inquiry. He was responding to a statement made by Independent upper house MP Meg Webb under parliamentary privilege on Tuesday.

Tasmanians had hoped the sexual abuse commission of inquiry would help clean up the culture inside state government institutions and departments, and help to stop child sexual abuse from occurring. Instead, there is a mess — and a lot of questions to be answered, writes Adam Langenberg.

Less than a day after making her allegations, disaffected Liberal Elise Archer is dealt a blow with the Director of Public Prosecutions finding her former leader Premier Jeremy Rockliff committed no offence in the lead up to her resigning.