Bec Pridham

A Tasmanian mine failed to ensure the stability of the ground where an underground miner was working when he plunged with his machinery into a void four years ago, the Burnie Magistrates Court has heard.

Jordi Apted waited almost a decade before she received her endometriosis diagnosis — her "horrific" pain often dismissed.

Both of Tasmania's major political parties come under scrutiny for their handling of community grants, with integrity around the commitment of public money questioned as election day draws closer.

In short: An inflatables expert for the defence's case will be allowed to examine the jumping castle at the centre of a 2021 Tasmanian school tragedy in which six students died, ahead of a trial beginning later this year.

On Tasmania's wild west coast, towns have risen and fallen at the whim of industry. Some of their oldest living inhabitants remember their former homes, and how their communities came undone.

In short: Three Tasmanian friends set out to sea after a night of drinking in 2021 and never returned, with a coroner finding they drowned.

For a while it looked like the penguin-themed bins in the tiny coastal hamlet of Penguin were set to be trashed — but after a community outcry, it looks like they are here to stay.

A plan for a joyous day at the pool for teenager Shanika Thomas after a couple of years of poor health quickly turned into a "heartbreaking" ordeal.

Aymee Hewitt and her growing family are on the housing waitlist. They are among those outraged at the destruction of a social housing unit in Tasmania's north that is now unliveable.

Afghan refugee Mohammad Rezayi fled his home, saying goodbye to his wife and four young children with the hope of sending them when he got to Australia. That was 12 years ago.