More than 150,000 underwater explosives have been used against seals at Tasmanian salmon farms since 2016, according to new government data.

Tasmania’s major newspaper has been accused of axing an exclusive story on polling showing public support for disclosing the cost of the Macquarie Pt stadium.

The Labor Party has declined to explain its position on the pollution of Tasmanian rivers by salmon hatcheries after its lower house MPs voted against a motion that was broadly consistent with the par...

Antibiotic residues have been found in eel, sediment and water samples from a freshwater salmon hatchery on the banks of the Derwent River, according to a report submitted to the Tasmanian Environment...

Tasmania's new ministerial diaries disclosure scheme will result in the disclosure of far less information about who the Premier is meeting than was the case 16 years ago.

The proponent of a cable car on Kunanyi/Mt Wellington has hired a lobbying firm run by a former Liberal MP ahead of the public release of a review of the mountain’s management.

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Tasmanian Labor’s policy platform adopted at a recent state conference abandons integrity reforms promoted in election campaigns and pitched to crossbench MPs.

A group of bushwalkers walking in remote southwest Tasmania has discovered a new population of a critically endangered plant, King’s lomatia.

A group of bushwalkers walking in remote southwest Tasmania has discovered a new population of a critically endangered plant, King’s lomatia.

The only disclosed corporate donations received by candidates contesting the two Legislative Council seats up for election this year have been made to Labor candidates, according to Tasmanian Electora...

A mining industry lobby group supported the 2025 federal election campaigns of the Jacqui Lambie Network and One Nation, according to AEC data.

That Tasmania’s EPA and Huon Aquaculture said nothing for more than two weeks about the use of antibiotics is a telling indicator of their preference for secrecy.

Death toll sparks calls for companies to be fined under animal welfare legislation over mass fish deaths

A bushfire exposed an open-air waste dump containing asbestos at a north-west Tasmanian mineral processing plant, but the issue was quietly buried without informing residents or one of the unions repr...

A mothballed mine on Tasmania’s west coast, topped a list for the most recorded environmental licence breaches across the state, according to the Environment Protection Authority’s (EPA) annual report...

The Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has banned the use of waste from a manganese smelter outside the Bell Bay industrial area after an investigation found 9000 tonnes was used in road and const...

The mounting wildlife death toll at a southern Tasmanian salmon farm will be investigated as part of an audit of the company’s sustainability accreditation. Eight cormorants were found dead in July an...

An independent MP says the appointment of a defeated Liberal MP to head a Tasmanian lobbying firm highlights the need to improve the government’s appointment diaries disclosure scheme and legislate a ...

The habitat of an endangered native crayfish in northern Tasmania was damaged by unauthorised earthworks and land clearing by a cement company, according to an order issued by the Environment Protecti...

Gaming machine expenditure by rolling year

Four dolphins died entangled in equipment at Huon Aquaculture salmon farms in the first half of 2025, newly released Tasmanian government data reveals.

Fifteen cormorants and a seal drowned at a salmon farm in southern Tasmania in June, government documents reveal.

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