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Sure, the water may not be as warm as other places, but if you like big waves, Tasmania's unique conditions deliver for surfers, the BOM's Luke Johnston says.

The ship will stay in Hobart for about two months, then it will be moved to Victoria until it's ready to be used on the Bass Strait crossing in a year's time.

Spirit of Tasmania IV has at last arrived in the state, eight years after the Tasmanian government embarked on a project to replace the two ships currently in operation. The other new ferry remains in Finland, where they were built.

Labor and Dean Winter's bid for Tasmania's government appears to have failed, with the Greens and key independents announcing they will not support Labor's foreshadowed no-confidence motion.

A growing coalition of groups who reject the legitimacy of governments and courts are engaged in what some call a "quasi-civil war".

Following on from a recent Commonwealth decision to allow salmon farming in Macquarie Harbour, a remote mining town is asking for a hurry up on a decision about a controversial project in a Tasmanian rainforest.

Federal Environment Minister Murray Watt confirming the continuation of salmon farming in Tasmania's Macquarie Harbour.

Potato mop-top virus was detected in New Zealand seven years ago. With the virus now present in Tasmania, what can we learn from the response across the Tasman?

Labor leader Dean Winter responds to claims it was a mutual decision for the Greens to not attend crossbench negotiations

The Tasmanian Labor leader says his conversations with crossbench MPs have been "mostly really positive", including at a meeting on Tuesday that he claimed the Greens chose not to attend.

The announcement of funding being ended for Tasmania's greyhound racing industry has left the people who work in it "filthy, angry", a trainer says — with special mention made of the Liberal state premier.

Greens leader Rosalie Woodruff announces the party cannot back Tasmanian Labor's bid to form minority government "at this stage" — with Labor's Dean Winter warning of job cuts under the "Abetz, Rockliff" Liberals.

The 212-metre-long ship has arrived in Australian waters after a six-week voyage from Europe — but it will still be more than a week before it is expected to reach Hobart.

Legal Aid will stop representing a man accused of murdering a Tasmanian police officer if he does not return his paperwork, a court has heard.

The Tasmanian government will cease funding greyhound racing by 2029, effectively winding up the industry. The move is in line with ACT and New Zealand, which have banned the sport.

While the Liberals and Labor play their power games, Tasmania's parliament is paused; no legislation is being passed and the state is effectively left on standby — with the make-up the same as before the election.

The final seat of Bass has been decided, two weeks after the Tasmanian state election — with a veteran physician who is staunchly opposed to the proposed Hobart AFL stadium to take his place as an MP.

More seats have been confirmed as vote counting continues following the Tasmanian state election. Former Labor leader, now independent David O'Byrne has finished ahead of current leader Dean Winter, and Liberals Simon Behrakis and Nic Street have lost their seats.

Labor senator Josh Dolega has used his first speech in the Senate to "give a sense of hope" to young queer people who have ambitions to enter politics.

Giving his first speech in the Senate, Tasmanian Labor's Josh Dolega tells young queer people: "I hope you know that you're seen, that you're understood and you are represented."