The medical and surgical wards at Burnie's North West Regional Hospital are closed to new admissions, after a third worker at the facility tested positive to coronavirus. A full investigation was already underway to aggressively trace...

An urgent investigation into how two medical ward staff at Burnie's North West Regional Hospital contracted coronavirus is underway. The other four cases in the state confirmed late yesterday all returned from overseas, interstate or the...

Coronavirus testing is being ramped up in Tasmania's north-west, in the hope of finding a source of infection for two people in Devonport with no obivious links to cruise ships or overseas travel. There are currently...

Two coastal towns in Tasmania's south-east are suddenly under severe water restrictions. Recent heavy rain has caused a pipe connecting the Prosser treatment plant and the storage reservoir to fail, essentially meaning there's a lack of...

A cash prize has been awarded to a documentary venture on the Tasmanian Tiger. The competition of ideas from film-makers called Pitch Australiana has been won by independent project Searching for the Tassie Tiger. $50,000 from Screen...

There's been a slapdown from the nation's financial watchdog for hard-nosed landlords and real estate agents. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is threatening prison or fines of up to $1.26 million for landlords and property...

More shutters are coming down in Tasmania to strangle any spread of coronavirus, the racing industry is now frozen immediately, meaning tonight's (Thursday) greyhound meeting at Hobart's Elwick is off. Betting agency outlets are closed from 6pm...

Another coronavirus related arrest has been made in Launceston, this time a 23 year old woman for allegedly not having a reasonable excuse to be away from her home. It started when police called out to...

The Home Affairs Minster is accusing cruise liners of lying about the health of passengers, so they can dock in Australia. Hundreds of people who were exposed to coronavirus were allowed to disembark the "Ruby Princess"...

Tasmanian health authorities are working with a bus tour operator following news an infected pair of tourists travelled around the state for a week and a half last month. One of the pair, who've been diagnosed...