Finnish-built engines have joined the list of "local content" mandated in the fit-out of Tasmania's two new Spirit ferries.

A team of scientists has tracked the flight path of Tasmanian boobook owls across Bass Strait, revealing they fly directly ...

While a room full of Tasmania’s leading tennis minds at Glenorchy was gripped by the inspirational Jelena Dokic — she wasn’t ...

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The Three Capes Track is 10 years old this year – and you don’t need to rough it to get the best out of this epic journey ...

Former Test captains Michael Clarke and Tim Paine have both condemned the pitch that was used for the fifth Test between ...

The aurora australis dazzled over parts of Tasmania in the early hours of January 1, during a severe geomagnetic storm, according to the Australian Bureau of MeteorologyPhotographer Ben Swanson ...

Beach shacks have long been isolated and precarious. What we find charming today was once considered ‘fringe-dwelling’, ...

Tasmania can be found just south of the southeastern coast of mainland Australia. Many of the area's best restaurants, shops and accommodations are situated in its capital, Hobart, but Tasmania's ...

Hot, sticky conditions in central and southeast parts of the country are expected to endure through the weekend.

La Vista birder Mary Clausen spotted 351 species, including 320 birds that she’d never seen before, on a trip to Australia.

Five months ago, the Nundu family arrived in Australia after spending more than a decade living in a refugee camp in Kenya. They're getting help to settle into their new community in southern Tasmania ...