David Killick

Save UTAS activists have called on University of Tasmania Vice Chancellor Rufus Black to resign from his $1.1m-a-year job as the university walked back its controversial city move plan.

Metro services will be “significantly disrupted” by stop work action on Friday, the public transport operator says.

Opposition, minor party and independent MPs in state parliament could combine to force improvements to Tasmania’s animal welfare laws if the minority Liberals did not introduce the strong reforms required, Greens MLC Cassy O’Connor says.

What was hailed as a “one-in-a-generation” review of Tasmania’s local government sector will not lead directly to any amalgamations, any reductions in the number of council bureaucrats, any improvements in services or any cuts to council rates.

Security guards employed by the state government to keep Tasmania safe during the Covid pandemic are chasing nearly $1.4m in underpaid wages.

The latest addition to Rob Pennicott’s fleet is expected to lure another 20,000 visitors to the Tasman Peninsula in its first year — even more than the famed Three Capes Track.

The Tasmania Prison Service is refusing improve the substandard, smelly and uncomfortable footwear it issues to prisoners, ignoring repeated complaints and recommendations, a report has found.

A proposal to grant carbon credits for not cutting down trees could be disastrous for the Tasmanian forestry industry and the environment, Liberal politicians say.

The state budget deficit has blown out by half a billion dollars and is expected to reach $1.3bn in 2024/25 — the second-worst result on record, new Treasury figures show.

Fresh plans for Tasmania’s $40m “Next Iconic Walk” have removed one of the three proposed hut sites and added tent camping as an option for intrepid participants.