Hobart News

The 82-year-old was one of 50 people arrested, who are calling for a Royal Commission into the assessment process for Gunn's proposed Tamar Valley pulp mill. When half of them refused to move from the steps of Parliament House they...

The boy, who can not be named for legal reasons, pleaded guilty to one count of attempted murder. The court heard that the teenager had sent a text message to a classmate and arranged to meet her in remote bushland...

The recipients solved a longstanding puzzle involving the ends of chromosomes, the giant molecules of DNA that embody the genetic information. These ends, called telomeres , get shorter each time a cell divides and so serve as a kind of...

Retail sales increased 0.5 per cent or $82 million in the three months to September, according to Statistics New Zealand. The seasonally adjusted result is the second quarterly increase after four quarters of decreases...The supermarket and grocery sector recorded the...

The boy, who can not be named for legal reasons, has pleaded guilty to attempted murder. The Supreme Court in Hobart has heard that in March the boy arranged to meet the school friend. They walked together into bushland and...

was asked about what some have claimed to be excessively close links between the state government and Gunns. "I can't believe that you couldn't be moved by the level of corruption that happens here," asked a woman who identified herself...

Heide was among actors touring a play about explorers Bass and Flinders when he found himself at Sarah Island, the site of Tasmania's oldest convict settlement, and first heard a story that made his jaw drop. That was 12 years...

It is also believed there are power disruptions in the area, with lines down in the water. The State Emergency Service has 40 staff attending to dozens of jobs in the south, mostly related to flood damage in coastal areas...