Tasmania

Police confirmed the tragedy this afternoon.

The woman’s fellow rafters were forced to spend the night in the wilderness after she died.

A career criminal who torched a hostel and killed six backpackers made a ‘ploy for sympathy’ when he told lies during sentencing for child sexual offences.

A man who allegedly shot a veteran police constable at a rural property has appeared in court on charges of murder, attempted murder and aggravated assault.

Residents across Tasmania’s south west have been rattled by a magnitude 4.1 earthquake that one local described as like a ‘thunderclap’.

A court has delivered its decision in the appeal of a couple who were found guilty of murdering their former son-in-law in the driveway of his rural home.

Tasmania's Labor opposition has confirmed its support for the Macquarie Point AFL stadium, ahead of a parliamentary vote that will decide its fate.

Tasmania’s AFL dream is in crisis after a damning report found the proposed $1.8bn stadium would harm the state’s economy but Jeremy Rockliff has other ideas.

The club faces a giant hurdle to enter the AFL after the Tasmania Planning Commission released its findings into the viability of the Macquarie Point Stadium.

After years of delay, Tasmanians finally have an answer on whether a major wind farm will go ahead.

ANDREW CARSWELL: The Tasmanian Premier has what Sussan Ley could only dream of: a party unbound by the Nationals.

In a bid to shore up the support of progressive independents, one state government has announced it will phase out greyhound racing by 2029.

Jeremy Rockliff will remain Tasmania's premier after the State's governor reappointed his government, ending weeks of political limbo.

Wild details have emerged days after a ‘very experienced’ pilot, his passenger and pet dog disappeared over the Bass Strait.

A man who pleaded guilty to manslaughter after killing a mother of four with a car on the driveway of a property has argued his 13-year jail sentence is too high.