Numerous quarters are handing out a serve to Hobart's Lord Mayor for what other aldermen portray as presenting views that don't reflect the rest of the council. Recently Mayor Ron Christie caught flak over adopting indigenous...

Media reports implying scallops will be in short supply this year are being hosed down in Tasmania's North East. There have been some assumptions that the decision to close the Tasmanian fishery for the next two...

Ninteen new police officers have just graduated from the Police Academy ready to join the force on the beat. The seven men and twelve women have just completed a rigorous 31 week training program. Eight of the...

A potential big boost for Launceston, after the city was shortlisted as a possible home for a new Qantas Pilot Academy. Launceston is one of nine Australian cities which could host the Academy. The city had...

As Hobart's Lord Mayor fends off criticism for suggesting Dark Mofo should move to Launceston, the Premier has announced funding to keep the summer festival, Mona Foma, in the northern city for another three years. Will...

Bellamys and milk processor Fonterra have started a long term partnership in the supply of organic milk. The deal will see Tasmania's organic dairy farmers build a 20 million litre milk pool to be process at...

The attorney general says she won't back down on her stance to make priests report any confessions of child sexual abuse. The Catholic Church has indicated it will oppose the measures - claiming Catholic law is...

The head of TasWater has declared the state's ongoing issue of towns with undrinkable water is virtually over. The north east towns of Cornwall and Gladstone have had their drinking water restrictions removed today with Wayatinah...

One of Tasmania's oldest Hydro power stations may be replaced as the utility presses on with its battery of the nation scheme. The historic building was built in in the 1930s and is now the subject...

Tasmania's politicians have been spending more time on the Premier having to apologise for telling parliament he wasn't present during a national Liberal Party vote. The opposition parties have been making much of an image surfacing...