Monty Jacka is a journalist with the ABC in Hobart. He was formerly in the ABC Riverina newsroom. He might one day tweet from @montyjacka_ (but probably not).
Victoria, New South Wales and South Australia have placed restrictions on the importation of unprocessed Tasmanian potatoes, following the island state's outbreak of mop-top virus.
Even after a long life, Peggie Bassett can still remember the guttural growl and striking scent of the last known thylacine as it prowled its concrete enclosure.
A capital city council is employing AI to scrape the internet each day to find every short-term rental — and check if it has been listed without the required permits.
Potato mop-top virus, which does not harm humans, has been found in multiple potatoes on a Tasmanian farm — a first for Australia.
A helicopter and police boat were initially involved in the search for the injured driver of a stolen vehicle after concerns the missing driver may have jumped into the Derwent River.
The state's energy minister tells ABC Radio Hobart he has signed the deal for the multi-billion-dollar undersea cable during the government caretaker period.
Councillor Louise Elliot's motion to move Acknowledgements of Country and Welcomes to Country practices out of formal council proceedings fails.
Hobart City councillor Louise Elliot wants to move Acknowledgement of Country and Welcome to Country protocols from official proceedings, arguing they are akin to religious rituals and being forced on people "against their will".
A passenger on a Sydney to Hobart Virgin flight has been treated for suspected smoke inhalation after a fire broke out in an overhead locker, with an airport worker saying witnesses described a "small ball of fire" onboard the aircraft.
The 27-year-old is training to become a paramedic in the hope she can "make a difference" to anyone suffering the way her loved ones did.
One night a week school cleaner Laurie Nelson kneels on the floor of a classroom and carefully vacuums a surprise artwork into a memory-foam carpet.
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The EPA is testing dead birds after almost 30 have fallen victim to paralysis symptoms, but a New South Wales veterinarian is convinced this is no accident or disease.
When the young woman vanished, police stumbled across what they believed to be a sinister plot to take her baby boy. But despite a lengthy murder trial, what happened to her remains one of regional Australia's enduring mysteries.
Robert and Anne Geeves are found not guilty of murder, following a long trial held more than 20 years after Ms Haigh's disappearance in 2002.
Defence lawyers in the trial of Robert and Anne Geeves say there's "no evidence" the couple murdered Amber Haigh in June 2002.
Crown prosecutor Paul Kerr used his closing statement to call into question Robert and Anne Geeves's account of dropping the missing woman off in Campbelltown, which the lawyer described as a deliberate attempt to throw off detectives.
The final week of evidence in the murder trial of Robert and Anne Geeves saw the court listen to more than four hours of scratchy audio and hear that police searched properties for Amber Haigh's body after receiving tip-offs from psychics.
A murder trial centred around Amber Haigh's sudden disappearance from regional New South Wales more than two decades ago was played grainy footage of detectives finding a note tucked away in a bright-green cabinet.
The detective who led the investigation into the 19-year-old's disappearance has told a murder trial the operation was hampered by various factors including listening devices in the accused killer's home and car being installed incorrectly.
Amber Haigh allegedly told her third cousin that Robert Geeves tied her up and performed sexual acts on her after he uncovered footage from a hidden camera, a court has heard.
A witness who claimed to have seen Amber Haigh shortly before her disappearance and alleged murder has had their memory questioned by defence lawyers.
A former legal secretary has told the Supreme Court that missing NSW woman Amber Haigh believed her "life would be taken" by Robert Geeves after she gave birth.
An image of two greater gliders cuddled up in a treetop nesting box has been hailed as a long-awaited sign that efforts to rehabilitate a colony in NSW are working.
Sue Powell, a nurse who cared for the teenager and her newborn baby, told the court she was concerned something might happen "at the hands of Robert Geeves" after learning details about his history with police.
Robbie Geeves, whose parents are accused of murdering Amber Haigh in a plot to gain custody of her son, told the court his parents confronted him after he refused to accept the newborn boy as his brother.