ABC TassieCast

30 years ago in the wake of the Port Arthur massacre ... Tasmania's leaders across the political divide stood united to toughen gun laws. Three decades on, following calls to again tighten laws post the Bondi shootings...

More than nine thousand Tasmanians are waiting for elective surgery ... the state government has just set a target of getting 70 per cent of them done in the time doctors' recommend. Do you have private health...

It's highly contagious and devastating ... Tasmanians have been warned to prepare for more birds to succumb to the deadly strain of H5N1 bird flu. The virus has devastated wildlife populations globally in recent years...

As the use of AI continues to surge across the world, AI companies are eyeing off key locations in Australia for data centres ... including here in Tasmania.

To celebrate NAIDOC week's 50th year, we're taking you to a wool growing property on Tasmania's Bruny Island, which is now owned and operated by an Aboriginal corporation. It's the home of Truganinni who we were once...

Women's access to quality healthcare in Tasmania is back on the table after a state parliamentary committee recently handed down its final report into maternal healthcare in Tasmania prompted by harrowing stories of...

Tasmania is experiencing a whooping cough epidemic, it's one of the highly contagious diseases that can be prevented through vaccination. The state is not immune from a national drop in vaccination rates for a whole...

For decades what was dubbed the "Forest Wars" saw conservationists, police and the Tasmanian timber industry lock horns on a regular basis. But after a period of what many considered a relative peace ... we might be...

Transparency and trust in government ... they're cornerstones of any successful democracy.

Northern Tasmania has been rocked with the news that after 145 years - James Boag beer will no longer be produced in Launceston. Boags – which has traditionally been spruiked as being from the pure waters of Tasmania...

The premier talks about housing as a fundamental human right, the treasurer used his budget speech to talk about delivering a caring community.

Are you one of Tassie's eight thousand strong Hawks members? If so, you might be feeling a bit gutted right now with the news the AFL has intervened and given the club the boot from the state ... with next season to be...

The state government has already chopped a number of creative courses from education provider TasTAFE ... leading to fears in the arts industry of a state-wide creative brain drain. Let's face it, the discretionary...

Do you know what your teenager was up to over the school holidays? While they might not have been created in the classroom, a Hobart school has been criticised for its response to a deepfake incident by some boys who...

Tasmania has a long tradition of young people growing up, spreading their wings, and leaving for the mainland - before for some, returning to the island. But as more jobs demand tertiary qualifications, and as...