Madeleine Rojahn

Italian tourist Victoria Cafasso had been in Tasmania for less than a week when she was brutally murdered in broad daylight on an east coast beach 30 years ago.

Aurora Energy is seeking a $7 million bank guarantee to cover energy costs for the Boyer Mill in southern Tasmania, but the paper mill's owner says the request is "obscene".

As federal and state governments devise a plan to address school bullying, a child in Tasmania escapes a distressing case of body-shaming, playground exclusion and cyber bullying. 

Tasmania's child safety regulator is inquiring into concerns that prisoners who have offended against children could — until recently — be employed at the state's reception prisons.

The RSPCA's prosecution panel has "extensively reviewed the facts" and decided not to lay charges after three thoroughbred horses once owned by a former Tasmanian attorney-general, were found emaciated.

The chief executive of Salmon Tasmania says the decision to pause marine farming expansion is "shameless" and contradicts promises made by Premier Jeremy Rockliff in July. 

The Friends' School in Hobart — the world's largest Quaker school — says the weapons sponsorships do not align with the school's peaceful philosophy.

A senior government official questioned why certain information was being redacted in a document about children being held in Tasmanian watch-houses. Despite not containing information that would identify someone, the information was redacted anyway.

Long-serving upper house independent Ruth Forrest has been named by Tasmanian Labor leader Dean Winter as his pick for treasurer, if the party forms government.

As the RSPCA celebrates the Tasmanian government's decision to end greyhound racing by 2029 and prepares to rehome hundreds of dogs, one industry stalwart says he is "devastated" by the move.