Sandy Powell

Judges only have authority over waterways, Queen Elizabeth committed treason and Tasmania Police is a company just like Bunnings and McDonald's, a jury has heard.

A man accused of violence against his wife and four police officers has used a final address to the jury to claim innocence and that he had "a right to be left alone".

Tasmania's tourism sector has seized upon the long-standing European tradition of saunas. Enjoyed especially in cooler weather, saunas have started appearing all over the state.

Remnants of an ancient forest, preserved for thousands of years on a northern Tasmanian beach have excited social media users and inspired impromptu family trips.

Warning: This story contains details that may distress some readers.

An engineer tells a court the Tasmanian operator of a jumping castle at the centre of a 2021 tragedy was inconsistent and not competent to make the necessary safety assessments or deviations from the manufacturer's instructions.

An inflatables expert has told a court it is "possible" the jumping castle used at the Hillcrest school in 2021 would still have been tossed across

A mechanical engineering expert has told a court the operator of a jumping castle was justified in thinking she was working within the expected safety standard by using the four safety anchors provided with the device by the manufacturer, despite there being eight anchor points available.

Tensions flared in a Tasmanian court on Friday morning as a crown prosecutor sought to keep a witness for the defence case in the Hillcrest Primary School jumping castle tragedy on topic.

After ten days, the criminal case into Tasmania's primary school jumping castle tragedy has heard its final evidence.