Tasmania

Invasion Day 2023: a guide to protest marches and events across Australia on 26 January

People across the country will gather to call for change on 26 January and celebrate First Nations survival and culture

Mostafa Rachwani

25, Jan, 2023 @9:58 AM

RSLs across Australia urged to follow Tasmania and cut ties with pokies

Tasmanian state branch chief executive says the move is about protecting veterans from gambling harm

Henry Belot

20, Jan, 2023 @4:44 AM

Melbourne shrank while Queensland grew: what the pandemic did to Australia’s population

The Victorian capital is still on track to outpace Sydney as the biggest city in Australia but Covid lockdowns slowed that growth

Amy Remeikis

04, Jan, 2023 @2:00 PM

What the devil? Woman mistakes real Tasmanian marsupial for dog toy in Hobart home

Kirsten Lynch says the Tasmanian devil – who was gently shooed outside – likely followed their golden retriever puppy into the house

Cait Kelly

29, Dec, 2022 @8:35 AM

Most Airbnb-style short rentals in Tasmania used to be long-term leases, study finds

Research commissioned by Shelter Tasmania says increase in short-stay properties had impact on availability of rental houses for local people

Luke Henriques-Gomes

28, Dec, 2022 @2:00 PM

The artist ‘most likely to change the world’? Tomás Saraceno on making art from dust, webs and pollution

Inside Tasmania’s Mona, the Argentinian artist is using spiders, soil and a floating backpack to encourage awareness of nature and sustainability in ‘the Capitalocene’

Kate Hennessy

19, Dec, 2022 @2:00 PM

Snow falls in Tasmania amid unseasonably cold start to summer in Australia’s south-east

Conditions are expected to persist for several days in NSW, but Tasmania and Victoria will see warmer temperatures from Sunday

Mostafa Rachwani

16, Dec, 2022 @4:00 AM

Tasmanian windfarm approved despite concerns for threatened wildlife

Environment groups say Robbins Island, home to Tasmanian devil colony and critically endangered orange-bellied parrot, is ‘worst possible place’ for energy park

Lisa Cox

09, Dec, 2022 @3:32 AM

Covid-19 Australia data tracker: coronavirus cases, deaths, hospitalisations and vaccination

Guardian Australia brings together all the figures on Covid-19 cases, as well as stats, charts and state-by-state data from NSW, Victoria, Queensland, SA, WA, Tasmania, the ACT and NT. Here you can also find the numbers on the vaccine rollout and fourth dose booster vaccination rates.

Josh Nicholas, Nick Evershed and Andy Ball

05, Dec, 2022 @11:16 PM

‘Back where they belong’: sacred Tasmanian rock carvings to finally return home

Sawed off crudely in the 1960s, the 14,000-year-old petroglyphs have been in museum storage for decades. Now, after years of negotiations, they are on their way back to country'

Sarah Aitken

23, Nov, 2022 @3:09 AM