4+ hour, 34+ min ago   (539+ words) Two Tasmanian Greens senators have crossed the floor of the Senate to vote against their own party on a federal forest carbon scheme, warning it could end up bankrolling logging in their home state. Nick McKim and Vanessa Bleyer joined…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (525+ words) Treasurer Eric Abetz says the government remains open to reviving a short-stay levy after the upper house voted down the proposed 5% charge on Wednesday. The Legislative Council split six-all, with president Craig Farrell voting against the bill as is convention....

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (766+ words) Kristie Johnston has delivered a scathing assessment of Police Minister Felix Ellis as he sat less than two metres in front of her in parliament, never once looking up from his laptop as she delivered an emotional plea for safer…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (330+ words) Tasmania’s lower house has passed the most significant overhaul of the state’s firearms laws in 30 years, but not before voting down a push to cap the number of guns a person can legally own. The Firearms Amendment (Strengthening Firearms Security)…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (323+ words) Tasmanian parliament has voted down a Labor amendment to cap the number of firearms a person can legally own, with the proposal failing 16 votes to 15 shortly before 7pm tonight. The amendment, moved by Labor member Jen Butler, would have limited licence…...

4+ day, 15+ min ago   (715+ words) Labor MP Brian Mitchell has been accused of ‘monstering’ independent MP George Razay in parliament after repeatedly pressing him to reverse his decision to vote against a cap on firearm ownership tonight. Razay was in tears as he told the…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (472+ words) Premier Jeremy Rockliff has promised to work with farmers who say they are being unfairly fined for clearing trees on their own land, after hundreds protested at Parliament House, dozens of them arriving by tractor. The rally on Thursday targeted…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (314+ words) Tasmania’s free hospitality wellbeing program HOSPO Health has been named a national finalist in the 2026 National Safety Awards of Excellence. The program, delivered by Hospitality Tasmania, was recognised in the Best Safety Leadership Program category alongside major national organisations including…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (639+ words) Tasmanian farmers have driven their tractors to Parliament House to protest against forestry regulation they say is fining them out of business. The tractors rolled into Hobart from across the south-east and the Midlands, Huon Valley and Derwent Valley for…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (358+ words) A $12 million election promise for a new Launceston bus interchange has been returned to the state budget as a saving after the site it was tied to fell through. The money was committed at the 2024 state election for a new…...