Meg Whitfield

When rideshare driver Mo picked up passengers last month, he didn't expect to be held at knifepoint. Advocates say it's an all too common occurrence — and are calling for better protections for gig economy workers.

In short: What's next? More financial assistance has opened up for Tasmanians affected by the recent storm and flooding event , as residents continue assessing the damage.

This Meals on Wheels branch on Hobart's Eastern Shore provides 170 meals every day. But it has to move out of its venue — and it can't find anywhere to go.

In short: A group of Tasmanian women is taking part in a program designed to open the doors to working to politics.

As a teenager growing up in regional Tasmania, Samantha Downie says it can be difficult to make her voice heard.

A 22-year-old interstate tourist has been assisted from near Cradle Mountain in Tasmania, after attempting to climb it without shoes.

A contentious boutique hotel development for Hobart's eastern shore has been granted "major project" status by the Tasmanian government and will be assessed before an independent panel, bypassing the local council.

The team behind an attempt to 'de-extinct' the Tasmanian tiger says it has made a series of significant advancements, including producing a reconstructed thylacine genome that is 99.9 per cent accurate.

A tool by which people can enter their Hobart address to see how their residence has been assessed for bushfire threat has been updated for the coming Tasmanian season — with one suburb home to 1,727 buildings considered in the most at-risk categories.

When Mitch McPherson ordered the first run of SPEAK UP! Stay ChatTY car stickers, he thought they'd end up in his wardrobe gathering dust. Eleven years later, the equivalent of one-in-six Tasmanians are sporting one.