10+ hour, 47+ min ago   (313+ words) Incat’s Hull 096, the world’s largest battery-electric ship, has arrived in South America after travelling thousands of kilometres from Hobart. The Tasmanian-built vessel was officially welcomed at a ceremony in Nueva Palmira, Uruguay, over the weekend. It was then successfully floated…...

4+ day, 6+ 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, 9+ 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, 13+ 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…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (631+ words) People convicted of sexual offences, family violence and serious violent crimes would be blocked from using good character references to reduce their sentences under legislation being debated in Tasmania’s parliament today. Attorney-General Guy Barnett spoke in support of the Sentencing…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (366+ words) Hobart Lord Mayor Anna Reynolds is in Palau this week for the Pacific Islands Forum, in her new role heading an international push to get solar panels onto 300 million homes by the end of the decade. Reynolds is the director…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (340+ words) Woolworths will pull several Tamar Valley Dairy dessert products from its shelves next month, in the latest blow for Tasmanian food producers. The supermarket has confirmed to Pulse it will remove several of the Launceston-made brand’s indulgent dessert products, including…...

2+ week, 11+ hour ago   (490+ words) TasFarmers says Woolworths’ decision to end its Tasmanian beef supply arrangement is a timely reminder for shoppers to consider where their food comes from. The supermarket giant has confirmed it will exit its relationship with JBS in Longford in 2027, ending…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (303+ words) Launceston councillors will decide next week whether to abandon plans for a hydraulic orchestra pit at the Princess Theatre after its estimated cost blew out to about $3.5 million. That is more than double the $1.6 million councillors approved for the upgrade…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (298+ words) Tasmanian Greens health spokesperson Cecily Rosol has apologised for using the phrase “Sophie’s Choice” in a media release about equipment shortages at the Royal Hobart Hospital. “It was thoughtless and insensitive to not reflect on the historic use of a…...