Lucy MacDonald

Exiled former Tasmanian Labor leader David O'Byrne has finally quit the party, saying he wants to put a "difficult time" behind him and stand as an Independent at the next state election.

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.

An Australian of the Year finalist divested shares in an abattoir owned by herself and her husband in the wake of "animal welfare issues".

The federal government has partially suspended Tasmanian Quality Meats' export registration and placed several conditions on the business. Any decisions about domestic market supply is up to the Tasmanian government.

Helen Bird died in 2010. Her death is being re-examined at a coronial inquest, which has heard her husband, who has been named a person of interest, has given differing accounts of Helen's state before her death.

The Bob Brown Foundation films thousands of dead fish being pumped from the bottom of Tasmanian salmon pens. The owner, Tassal, says the incident is "minor".

Surrounded by bush and with hills and valleys, the Greater Hobart area presents a challenge for fire preparation. A new tool shows residents the risks they face.

Eastlands shopping centre could be anywhere in Australia. It has the usual shops, and a growing youth crime problem. The Tasmanian government is moving to a new model of youth justice.

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.

A scathing report finds equipment failure, overworked crew — many who had never been in Antarctic conditions before — as well as other factors contributed to a 2021 fire on board a ship which was thousands of kilometres from help "in some of the harshest and least-forgiving oceans on the planet".

Some of Tasmania's public servants are wrongly accepting gifts such as event tickets, cash and even membership to the Qantas Chairman's Lounge, and listing "networking and goodwill" as the reason for accepting, a report finds.

A wildlife rescue volunteer called to a Tasmanian family home to assist with an injured bird went on to sexually assault several children, who since the abuse last year have "rejected contact and affection" from their mother, a court hears — with the man escaping a prison sentence.

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.

Salmon farming operations in Tasmania's Macquarie Harbour could be temporarily halted, Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek warns, amid a push to protect the endangered Maugean skate.

Stephanie says a letter from the National Disability Insurance Agency that said her six-year-old daughter could lose her funding earlier than expected came as a shock.

A number of senior Tasmanian public servants are named by an Independent MP under parliamentary privilege as people who may be facing misconduct notices over the way reports of child sexual abuse were handled.

The Tasmanian man was reported missing on a bushwalk with his wife and their dog six years ago but now police say they're reinterviewing old witnesses.

Urgent care clinics have been opened around Australia to help ease the pressure on hospital emergency departments — so where are they? When are they open? And do they bulk-bill?

For years, Tasmania's top-ranked greyhound trainer was on the RSPCA's radar, but inspectors could find no wrongdoing despite monthly visits to his facility. In the end, what brought him down was not how he treated his dogs, because he did so inside the law.

A former president of Little Athletics Tasmania has admitted she used the not-for-profit's fundraising money to go shopping and then fabricated bank statements to cover her tracks.  

A deadly strain of bird flu that has already killed millions of seabirds across the world is likely to land on Antarctic shores this summer, threatening already struggling penguin colonies and marine mammals.

Angus isn't like most other year 11 students — it takes him a lot longer to read and understand information. His school gave him extra time at his mid-year exams which really helped. The trouble is, at finals, he won't get anywhere near that — and experts say that isn't fair. 

The last Liberal government in the country is in turmoil as it faces the threat of an early election, brought on by the resignation of the former attorney-general.

That a paedophile had worked on a children's hospital ward for almost two decades was Launceston's worst-kept secret. Then one phone call changed everything, setting in motion a series of events that would alter Tasmania forever.   

An Aboriginal elder whose handcrafted jewellery was stolen from an exhibition space on Hobart's eastern shore says she was gobsmacked to learn about the theft.