Lucy MacDonald

Tasmania is no stranger to controversial projects. The island state gained worldwide attention in the early 1980s when calls to save the wild Franklin River in the state's south-west from damming intensified.

Ella Haddad, Jeremy Rockliff and Ruth Forrest want the parliament to be a safe place for those with mental health concerns. ABC News

JCP Youth offers a range of services and programs for at-risk young people in Tasmania. Supplied: Will Smith

The state government's legislation to ban greyhound racing looks set for defeat. ABC News: Siobhan Heanue

The Labor party's first state conference in seven years reunited old friends and potentially a few "frenemies", but with issues like greyhound racing absent, drama was largely kept at bay.

Almost 3 tonnes of the antibiotic florfenicol were used at one Tasmanian salmon farm lease in just two months, with information on its use across eight other sites yet to be released to the public by authorities.

Tasmania is one step closer to introducing a levy on short-stay accommodation, after legislation passed the lower house.

It was a revelation that came at the end of a parliamentary week.

Thu 28 May 2026 at 7:11am In short: The Tasmanian government has unveiled new laws designed to strengthen family violence protections and address coercive control.

Sat 30 May 2026 at 9:32am Tasmanian government minister Madeleine Ogilvie will move to the backbench after accusations she misled parliament.