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

Strong winds battering south-east Australia ease as cold weather blasts Tasmania
Warmer and drier conditions forecast for early weeks of summer after wet and gusty spring
Mostafa Rachwani
22, Nov, 2022 @2:27 AM

China to take military action against Taiwan within two decades, Kevin Rudd says – as it happened
This blog is now closed
Nino Bucci, Caitlin Cassidy and Amy Remeikis (earlier)
21, Nov, 2022 @7:47 AM
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