Ashleigh Barraclough

Farmed Atlantic salmon have been selectively bred to be more resistant to warmer waters and a deadly bacterial disease in a bid to control the drivers of last summer's mass fish death.

Andrew Lovitt knows climate change is coming for his home. For 35 years, he has lived in Launceston, in northern Tasmania — a flood-prone city at the centre of two rivers and an estuary.

In the last months of her life, Roslyn Grima was fighting in court for the right to sell her home at a tourist park to fund her cancer treatment, but died before that could happen. Now, her children will continue her battle.

The nurses' union in Tasmania wants to see private security guards in public hospitals replaced with support officers trained in de-escalation, after a review found "overwhelming dissatisfaction" among staff.

Searchers find a water bottle and a garbage bag that may have been used as a poncho in the Tasmanian bushland where Belgian tourist Celine Cremer went missing.

Long-term residents of Tasmanian caravan parks would be protected from unlimited rent increases and no-grounds evictions and be able to sell their homes under draft legislation.

After 19 homes were destroyed by bushfire in a picturesque east coast Tasmanian community, residents are now reporting instances of looting — described by the state premier as "disgraceful".

Three shootings have occurred in northern Hobart in the space of a week, with police saying two appear to be related.

The National Trust owns several properties in Tasmania, including Franklin House. Wikimedia Commons

Sun 14 Jun 2026 at 9:09pm In short: Firmus Technologies is building an "AI factory" in Launceston, and plans for two more factories in Tasmania have come to light.