An environmental advocacy group calling for tougher regulation of salmon farming in Tasmania should be defunded because its "aggressive legal action [and] well-funded lawyered-up activism" threatens jobs, a Liberal senator and the state's fish farm lobby group says.
Confronted by a lack of interesting female stories, Marta Dusseldorp is making her own
Marta Dusseldorp, who starred in Janet King and A Place to Call Home, has become a producer and is focused on creating female-led stories, like the new TV show Bay of Fires.
Photo shows A woman stands on a beach wearing a black suit and black shirt.Tasmania's salmon farm industry has lost its 'social licence', minister says, but it wants it back
The Tasmanian government says critics of industrial fish farming are a "noisy minority". But some restaurants have dropped salmon from their menu over environmental concerns and that isn't about to change.
Photo shows An aerial photo of a ship next to a circular salmon pen in a Tasmanian bay.They were once stranded, now two rescued animals are having a whale of a time
Months on from a mass whale stranding on Tasmania's west coast, researchers say all the effort saving and refloating 44 of them has paid off with electronic trackers confirming they are thriving.
Photo shows Dozens of whales beached.Demand for electric vehicles offers hope for mothballed Tasmanian nickel mine
The booming EV industry may give a West Coast Tasmanian mine a lifeline after languishing in care and maintenance mode for 13 years.
Photo shows Buildings on a cleared area of bush with a mountain in the backgroundRaw beauty, extreme danger: the beautifully free life of a west coast Tasmanian crayfisherman
Dave ‘Charlie’ Kiely is retiring after 40 years in one of the more dangerous professions in the country — crayfishing off the west coast of Tasmania.
Has Video Duration: 4 minutes 39 seconds.Crayfisherman reflects on life and death at sea on Tasmania's west coast
West coast Tasmanian crayfisherman Dave Kiely looks back on friends lost and uniquely wild experiences gained as he retires from the business after 40 years.
Photo shows A man stands on deck of crayboat by a jetty, craypots on deck behind.Tasmania's Heemskirk mountain bike trail network set to open before Christmas
The remote and "adventurous" bike trail network descends a 30km mountain ridge line on Tasmania's West Coast, with a launch date of December 10.
Photo shows Two mountain bikers angling through banked corners for speed.An early look at the new mountain bike trail network opening near Zeehan in December
A trail building crew who survived a winter in the Heemskirk Range, west of Zeehan are now powering towards a December opening for their 30km of spectacular new mountain bike trails. It's a significant step in the West Coast Council's long-term plan to diversify an economy long affected by the boom and bust cycles of mining. Trail builder Marcelo Cardona and the Council's Aaron Stewart talk about a challenging winter build and the promising summer ahead.
Photo shows ABC News videoHas Video Duration: 1 minute 56 seconds.Lack of childcare, family housing throttles town's boom after mine reopens
Bryan Soriano was the head chef at the local pub in his regional town. He had to quit because he couldn't get childcare for his daughter.
Photo shows A man with a beard holds his baby girl outside a houseBay of Fires drama sparks winter boom on Tasmania's west coast
From treading the boards on Tasmanian stages as a teenager — via starring in hit television series in New York — actor Toby Leonard Moore is back in the state he used to call home.
Photo shows A man standing in front of film trailers looks seriously at the camera.83yo jailed for attacking housemates after they said they wanted to move out
A Zeehan man who attacked his two housemates with a hatchet after they told him they wanted to move out has been sentenced to three and a half years in jail.
Photo shows A heritage court building exterior with out-of-focus autumn leaves in the foreground'Mindless acts of vandalism': Tasmanian Aboriginal groups call for greater protection of heritage sites after petroglyphs damaged
Damage to two sacred Aboriginal art sites on Tasmania's west coast sparks renewed calls for harsher penalties and surveillance — with advocates rejecting a government explanation of what happened.
Photo shows A large rock on the shoreline with round-shaped carvingsSnow joke, this is classic Tasmanian spring weather
"Don't plant tomatoes before Show Day" — so the saying goes in Tasmania. Well, Show Day was three weeks ago, and those poor little tomato plants could soon be covered in snow.
Photo shows A fluffy grey wombat in thick snow.How can one side of an island get far more rain than the other?
Meteorologists tend to refer to stream weather quite frequently in Tasmania — but what is it? And how does it makes the west wet, and the east dry?
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Photo shows ABC News: Paul Strk'Famously bad weather': Why some in the bushwalking community think this plan is a bad idea
It is the bush walking project the Tasmanian government hopes will cement the island state as a must-visit destination for hikers, but there is one major cloud hanging over the plan — the region's notorious wet weather.
Photo shows Two hikers walk towards a lake in Tasmania's Tyndall Ranges , with a large stony cliff backdrop.Locals snap up Tasmanian real estate as market continues to soar
Tasmania's real estate market records its strongest growth since 2002, with median house prices on the north-west coast jumping almost 30 per cent in the past year — but the flip side for renters is not pretty.
Photo shows Sold sign on Queenslander-style house in a street in Brisbane.Gravel and Mud: Stories of football in Tasmania's wild west
Some great footballers cut their teeth on Queenstown gravel. And everybody cut their knees.
Photo shows Crows players seated in rooms with bloodied knees for all'Dangerous' changes to paramedic pay will leave remote ambulance stations empty, union says
The Tasmanian health union says changes to paramedics' travel allowance payments are leaving some remote ambulance stations unable to respond to call-outs for hours at a time, prompting warnings people may die waiting for help.
Photo shows An ambulance in the main street of Queenstown, in Tasmania's west, with Mount Lyell in the backgroundTrial Harbour locals warn of shark danger
Locals want signs warning that washed up whales have made it unsafe for surfers and divers visiting the west coast town.
Photo shows A dead whale with large shark bite visibleHas Video Duration: 3 minutes 16 seconds.A butcher for 70 years
Neville Parker has been a butcher for 70 years and says its regular cups of tea that keep him going.
Photo shows Neville Parker, left school at 14 to be a butcher. Still working at 82.Has Video Duration: 3 minutes 16 seconds.