3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (330+ words) Tasmania’s lower house has passed the most significant overhaul of the state’s firearms laws in 30 years, but not before voting down a push to cap the number of guns a person can legally own. The Firearms Amendment (Strengthening Firearms Security)…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (323+ words) Tasmanian parliament has voted down a Labor amendment to cap the number of firearms a person can legally own, with the proposal failing 16 votes to 15 shortly before 7pm tonight. The amendment, moved by Labor member Jen Butler, would have limited licence…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (472+ words) Premier Jeremy Rockliff has promised to work with farmers who say they are being unfairly fined for clearing trees on their own land, after hundreds protested at Parliament House, dozens of them arriving by tractor. The rally on Thursday targeted…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (333+ words) Bird flu has reached Flinders Island for the first time as the highly contagious H5 strain continues to spread across Tasmania. A greater crested tern tested positive on the island, marking the first confirmed case there, the Department of Natural Resources…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (455+ words) Graffiti, shoplifting, fuel drive-offs and other minor crimes can now be reported to Tasmania Police online instead of by phone or by visiting a police station. Tasmania Police opened its online crime reporting portal to the public today, months after…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (317+ words) A Hobart men’s group that started with 12 blokes at a cafe has expanded to a second location on the eastern shore. Banjo’s Banter 4 Blokes, founded by construction worker Chris Kilpatrick, will hold its first session at Banjo’s Bakery Cafe in…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (258+ words) Bird flu has been confirmed at Beaumaris on Tasmania’s east coast, with a crested tern testing positive for the H5 strain. It is the 25th bird flu event recorded in Tasmania and the second in the state’s north-east, according to NRE Tasmania....

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (366+ words) Hobart Lord Mayor Anna Reynolds is in Palau this week for the Pacific Islands Forum, in her new role heading an international push to get solar panels onto 300 million homes by the end of the decade. Reynolds is the director…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (340+ words) Woolworths will pull several Tamar Valley Dairy dessert products from its shelves next month, in the latest blow for Tasmanian food producers. The supermarket has confirmed to Pulse it will remove several of the Launceston-made brand’s indulgent dessert products, including…...