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From being a hot destination 10 years ago, Tasmania's population growth has ground to a halt. Big changes will be needed to reverse the trend, experts say.

Average wait times for ambulances in Tasmania have exceeded worst-case scenario projections, despite extra resourcing, with many staff wanting to change careers, new survey results show. 

Neighbours of a Homes Tasmania development in Burnie say excavation works have caused their land to start slipping downhill, restricting access to parts of their property.

The premier says there will be $1 million in savings from not appointing another minister and instead redistributing Madeleine Ogilvie's portfolios within cabinet.

Australia's Antarctic icebreaker can't access the marine fuel depot near its home port in Hobart. It currently makes a 674 kilometre detour to Burnie, but are there other options?

Authorities are considering whether it is feasible for Australia's Antarctic icebreaker to safely travel under Hobart's Tasman Bridge, as the Tasmanian government tries to resolve a costly refuelling saga.

As household budgets tighten, keeping up a health and fitness regime often slips, but experts say giving people cheap or free ways to stay fit is critical to longer-term wellbeing.

The Tasmanian government is making changes to the rules for deer hunting in the state, but farmers say it won't be enough to bring numbers down, with the sector's peak body calling for the species to be declared a pest.

A Tasmanian council says using AI for a strategic plan has saved them time and money, and will be used much more in the future, but a resident says the community consultation is 'completely lost with AI'.

A bill to ban greyhound racing in Tasmania has been delayed until the government can secure enough support to pass it. Meanwhile, financial support has been offered to racing participants ahead of the 2029 phase-out deadline.

A cancer survivor who stood alongside the Tasmanian premier at a 2025 election promise announcement says he is disappointed that the hospitals investment appears to be "on the back burner."

Ruth Forrest says she is "deeply disappointed" about a lack of government response over a leaked email and is considering referring a complaint to WorkSafe Tasmania and parliament's Privileges Committee.

It has been two decades since substantial land hand-backs in Tasmania, so private owners are doing it instead. Near Hobart, a piece of land that was once a dumping ground is being restored.

New laws designed to strengthen family violence protections in Tasmania include an extension to the statutory limitation period for coercive control offences, and a "nation-leading" levy which would be paid by offenders.

A coronial inquest into the deaths of six children at a Tasmanian primary school could begin in September, nearly five years after the tragedy occurred.

A war thousands of kilometres away from Australia's farms is quietly reshaping what crops are planted and what will be available at supermarkets in the future.

The fast spread of pest eleven-armed seastars has fishers, along with researchers, concerned.

The Tasmanian government says Ashley Youth Detention Centre could become a minimum-security adult prison and "agriculture-based prison rehab and training facility".

A federal department says the Tasmanian government's proposed interim solution to a costly refuelling saga affecting Australia's Antarctic icebreaker is "far from" acceptable.

The parliamentary committee says it is not for it "to answer the questions raised by the Legislative Council members", pushing back that the government should provide answers to convince upper house MPs to support the bill.