A discharge of mine processing waste water in Tasmania's north-west has prompted a warning from the Environment Protection Authority. The EPA says there's a low risk...

A siege in the state's north-west has tragically ended with the death of man from self-inflicted burns. Reports of threats being made at the property on...

Police have arrested a woman over an alleged mugging in a Launceston hotel carpark last night. Detectives believe they know who the other offenders are, after...

Two teenagers have pleaded guilty to murdering a man in Launceston last year. In a rare move, Justice Robert Pearce made the names of the accused...

All is in readiness for the first Tasmanian Wine Festival staged at the state's Botanical Gardens in Hobart this weekend. 20 wineries each with around half...

The State Government's making no apologies for having the Bob Brown Foundation slapped with a Worksafe Tasmania prohibition notice. The Foundation, which has made headlines lately...

An Australian-owned homewares company, which has 60 stores nationwide, is the latest retailer to collapse into voluntary administration. Ishka employs more than 450 people, including at...

West Coasters will welcome news of a trial bus service between the region's towns. Mayor Phil Vickers says a 12-month pilot will be up and running...

At an unchanged 5.8% for January, Tasmania's trend unemployment rate remains the third highest in the nation in the monthly ABS report on unemployment. Only Queensland...

Two New Norfolk men are due in court on Thursday over an alleged aggravated burglary involving firearms.  Police allege the pair aged 33 and 35 stole...

A report out today confirms the Launceston General Hospital has the worst emergency department bed block in Australia, with the Royal Hobart rated the nation's...

A local insurer has been named Australia's best. In the Roy Morgan Customer Satisfaction Awards, the RACT Insurance took the General Insurer of The Year and...

Police are hunting an armed robber who struck at a post office south of Launceston this morning. The man walked into the Post Office on High...

A peak industry group is lashing Jetstar workers, as 250 baggage handlers and ground crew walked off the job around the country on Wednesday in...

More details are surfacing from the fatal shooting of a man by police on Hobart's outskirts last night. 3 officers were responding to reports of a...

Police are hunting a hoon motorcyclist who sped through a fatal crash scene in northwest Tasmania last week. Emergency services were responding to the tragedy, which...

A recovery team has retrieved the body of deceased miner Cameron Goss, nearly a month after he died in a rockfall at the Henty Gold...

Tasmania Police are pledging a full, arms-length investigation after shooting a man dead at Brighton in Hobart's north overnight. The 38-year-old apparently drove at police who'd...

13 months after fire tore through the Huon Valley, business owners and tourism operators are still feeling the pinch. In some places, including Geeveston, accommodation is...

Jail time is all but guaranteed for a man who lit two of his houses south of Hobart on fire. Mark Gordon Bird has pleaded guilty...