ABC News has announced that senior journalist Sabra Lane will join its Hobart newsroom and present the Tasmanian 7PM News ...

Three years ago, Tasmania's environment watchdog proposed to tighten lead emission limits from Hobart's zinc smelter to bring the state into line with national standards — but after pushback from the ...

News from where we live. ABC News Tasmania brings you the day's top stories, exclusive investigations and original reporting on the issues that matter to Tasmanians. Presented by Guy Stayner.

The Tasmanian government is developing a public homebirth model that would allow midwives working in the public system to support women to labour from their homes.

Flowers have been laid for two teenage boys who died in a single vehicle crash in Tasmania's Huon valley overnight, with three others taken to hospital.

The Tasmanian government is pushing ahead with plans to sell 15 hectares of publicly-owned land to the owner of the JackJumpers NBL team despite receiving departmental advice to stop negotiations.

After reports violence on school grounds almost doubled in recent years the Tasmanian government has developed a three-year ...

A respiratory infection known as kennel cough has rapidly spread across Tasmania's greyhound racing industry since the start of February, resulting in the suspension of racing.

The 32-year-old man went into a bushland with a friend to collect firewood on Sunday. Police say he has been found alive at ...

Each summer, tourists flock to Tasmanian beaches to marvel at penguins, but for some, admiring the birds from afar is not enough.

Ron Preuss first walked the 65-kilometre-long Overland Track in 1987. Now, he returns decades later with his daughter Maren ...