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A memorial for almost 100 political prisoners sent from Canada to Australia’s penal colonies following an 1830s rebellion is rededicated in Hobart.

Millions of dollars earmarked for reducing Tasmania’s native forestry sector are to be spent on rebuilding it.

One of the world’s rarest species, the orange bellied parrot, almost doubles its wild population thanks to help from scientists.

A Launceston athlete wins one of Australia’s most gruelling half-marathons from Hobart’s Wrest Point casino up Mount Wellington.

A 12-year-old boy with Down syndrome has helped raised thousands of dollars for the Special Olympics riding from Tasmania’s east coast to Hobart.

A famed gravel football oval that strikes fear into the hearts of those who play on it is set for a facelift.

Two Tasmanian farmers have found what they hope to prove is the world’s woolliest sheep.

A Hobart school chaplain has been sacked for re-posting a comment on Facebook that described homosexuality as “not normal”. Troy Williams has been stood down from his role at the Kingborough Council and Hobart College.

A foam box manufacturer is warning it may shut up shop in Tasmania due to crippling energy costs.

The rapid decline of the world’s rarest birds has prompted conservationists to fast-track plans to prevent their extinction. The population of the orange-bellied parrot in the Tasmanian wilderness has been artificially increased with the release of 24 captive birds. This year only 17 birds returned to the annual migration area at the Melaleuca outpost, down from about 50 last year. It is hoped the latest release of captive birds will bring the parrots back from the brink of extinction.