Josh Duggan

Tasmania's minority parliament has delivered the Liberal government a stinging verdict on integrity and transparency, with two motions passed without the government's support. 

Tasmanian cabinet documents would be proactively released after 20 years under reforms proposed by the state government in response to a scathing review of the state's Right to Information system.

Tasmanian duck hunters believe their shooting shelters, known as hides, are being burnt down by protesters, with 80 destroyed in the past four years.

Gun law reform is always fraught, especially in Tasmania. An impassioned plea from the state's top cop hasn't been enough to sway the government on gun ownership caps, but opposition and crossbench MPs may be able to pass the limits into law.

Tasmania's state-owned public housing authority, criticised as being "hamstrung by confused decision making", gets the chop after failing to deliver on its goals in its three years of existence.

For a debt-ridden state facing cuts to public service jobs, you'd hardly know it by listening to the rosy pictures being painted by Tasmania's premier.

The Tasmanian government announces it will "transform" an entire department as part of a cost-saving exercise.

Tasmanian Greens MP Tabatha Badger is among the names vying to replace outgoing federal senator Peter Whish-Wilson.

The Tasmanian Greens have accused the state's peak hospitality group and the Liberal Party of a "political stitch-up" to kill off the proposed mandatory pokies card, after hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations were revealed.

Tasmanian households have dodged a bullet, with the state's economic regulator refusing TasWater's proposed annual fee hikes of 8.8 per cent for the next four years.

Weldborough in remote north-east Tasmania has lots of natural beauty. But it does not have hot springs — and it is causing headaches for locals.

The Clark MP says she knows the decision "will be disappointing for some," but it is necessary for her to be "effective" in parliament — a move that has "blindsided" her former colleagues.

The operator of the Hobart Private Hospital has agreed to sell the facility to Catholic healthcare provider Calvary, leading to concerns about access to surgical abortions, vasectomies and some other legal procedures.

A man who caused the death of an elderly couple while driving with methamphetamine in his blood is ordered to complete 100 hours of community service and four months of home detention.

A major credit rating agency has downgraded Tasmania's credit rating, a move described by a prominent economist as a "vote of no confidence" in the government's fiscal strategy, but brushed off by the treasurer who says he is "not alarmed".

Key figures in Tasmania's Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party have quit following new MP Carlo Di Falco's backflip on the Macquarie Point Stadium project.

Within three months is the recommended time for surgery to remedy the painful health problem Timothy Smith has. But the 60-year-old has been forced to wait for years and still has no idea when he will get relief.

A week of strike action by public sector unions has wrapped up with no progress on a new pay deal for thousands across health, education, and more.

The head of Tasmania's state-owned ferry operator blames "human error" for a berth problem that needs a $9 million fix and modification to the hulls of the two new Spirit of Tasmania ships.

Eric Abetz's first budget for Tasmania is coming — and community organisations fear they'll bear the brunt of funding cuts to "repair" the budget.

A $100,000 donation from a sole donor was one of 212 declared by anti-salmon campaigner Peter George in his federal politics tilt, newly released Australian Electoral Commission returns show.

"Dangerously low" arts sector funding has rendered the Tasmanian industry "highly vulnerable", with funding stagnant since 2016-17, the state government has conceded.

Participants at interstate greyhound race meets are showing their support for Tasmania's industry, lobbying the state government to drop its planned greyhound racing ban.

The $5 billion Marinus Link undersea power cable project to connect Tasmania and Victoria passes two major milestones, with financing locked in and suppliers ordered start production on key components.

Tasmania's Liberal Rockliff government now appears secure after the Labor party failed to have a no confidence motion against it passed.