Op shop purchase of The Hobbit could be worth tens of thousands if verified as first edition Tolkien
A Tasmanian woman is trying to sell what she says is a 1937 edition of JRR Tolkien’s The…
Only private mental health clinic in southern Tas could close
The only private mental health clinic in southern Tasmania could be shut at the end of the month…
Hospital in the Home program helping young man with agoraphobia who ‘cut himself off from the world’
Tom French went from being a teenager who loved the outdoors to a young adult who could not…
Tasracing sacks chief thoroughbred steward for ‘conduct-related matters’ days into employment
Tasracing has sacked its newly appointed chief thoroughbred steward for “conduct-related matters” that occurred just days into their…
Wildlife Photographer Pleads Guilty to Trespassing on Private Island to Photograph Rare Parrots
Orange-bellied parrot photographed in Melaleuca, Southwest Conservation Area in Tasmania, Australia by JJ Harrison (Wikimedia Commons/ CC BY-SA…
Horse Racing Tasmania: Codi Jordan, Tasracing | Rsn
“Those feats are a good thing to remind me of what I’ve done and how far I’ve come.…
Calls to reform Australia’s pension age as labourers consider early retirement due to injury
In Australia, the pension age was lifted from 65 to 67 in 2023. For some manual workers, it’s…
Australians are moving to Tasmania to escape climate change, but the island state is not immune
Jack Taylor can still vividly remember the day when the air around him became too hot to breathe.…
Tasmania’s only large-scale private mental health clinic, the Hobart Clinic, to close inpatient site by end of October
Tasmania’s only large-scale private mental health clinic will be closing down its main site, after years of bleeding…
Antarctic expeditioners join research project to help astronauts on space missions
In the dark depths of the Antarctic winter, Meg O’Connell couldn’t help thinking her morning coffee was missing…
Cricket legend Michael Slater is hit by family tragedy just weeks after posting worrying message in the wake of his domestic violence disgrace
Former Test batter turned TV star Michael Slater has announced the death of his father Peter with an…
Australian fur seal and 15 cormorants die in Tasmanian salmon farm despite Tassal assurances of wildlife safety
Tasmanian crossbenchers say that an upcoming review of the salmon industry needs to examine all environmental regulations and…