Laura Beavis

The Tasmanian government didn't have to listen to Marinus Link critics when they were only environmentalists and energy market experts, but now there are critics premier Jeremy Rockliff can't ignore, write Laura Beavis.

It was inevitable Tasmanian Premier Jeremy Rockliff would rule out forcing local councils to amalgamate: the Liberals are in minority, the party faithful in the regions are grumpy and Labor are weaponising the issue, writes Laura Beavis.

A Tasmanian coroner finds Ambulance Tasmania suspected a paramedic was stealing drugs from the organisation's store but did not investigate. Months later he did it again and the results were fatal. WARNING: This story includes discussion of suicide. 

John Tucker quit the Liberal Party and plunged Tasmania's government into minority because he said it wasn't being transparent enough about its plan to build a new stadium. He's now told parliament that if the government wants to continue, it had better open its books.

A Tasmanian MP whose support the minority state government needs won't rule out using that power to force fast-tracking of east coast school repairs.

Transparency and integrity experts criticise the Tasmanian government's reliance on claims of cabinet confidentiality to avoid releasing departmental advice about its controversial plan to build a stadium on Hobart's waterfront.

Tasmanians are waiting years instead of days to access vital ear, nose and throat specialist appointments. The Department of Health is trying to find a solution.

Tasmania's opposition political parties have furiously opposed a move by the government which may restrict them from naming public servants under parliamentary privilege.

St Helen's Private Hospital in Hobart will close next month and there are concerns about where its mental health patients will receive treatment in an already stretched system.

A private mental health hospital in Hobart is closing because the owner has determined that upgrading the building would cost too much.

Tasmanian state schools are grappling with a worsening shortage of teachers, with warnings students with disabilities are suffering the most from the resulting disruption in classrooms.

An environmental group has lost its latest court battle with a mining company that's planning to build a controversial new tailings dam in Tasmania's west. 

Former Liberal premier Peter Gutwein was known for being frank and this week warned his former federal colleagues opposing the Voice that they risk "increasing irrelevance". 

Sharon Louise Gordon hit three people while driving through a locked gate on Bruny Island on New Year's Eve in 2021.

Shipstern Bluff in the state's south-east is a world-famous big-wave surfing spot, where surfers are towed by jet skis to catch waves up to 10 metres high. After an incident a week ago, there are calls for greater safety when tackling monster waves.

An entire species is at risk of extinction — there's only one left in the country. Political reporter Laura Beavis looks at the survival odds of the endangered Liberal government.

Sonia and her carer live in her car, parking in driveways or public car parks. Stuck being homeless is "depressing" she says — and they are not alone, with more and more people desperate for a roof over their heads.

Two environmental groups are calling for krill fishing to be outlawed, saying super trawlers are endangering pods of whales in the Southern Ocean. 

As a person living with multiple sclerosis, Wendy Reid has been warned to avoid stress, but recently she could not escape it. Despite being offered a home after going to the media about the difficulties in finding a place to live in Hobart, the accommodation she has been offered still may not be suitable.

A disability royal commissioner says he has been struck by the fact that "nobody seems to have been held accountable" at a disability service provider in the two years since abuse was uncovered.

Last year, Tasmania came very close to achieving a first — having a public hearing held by the Integrity Commission. But we missed out when it went behind closed doors instead, writes Laura Beavis.

Melbourne mother Rachel Edmonds knows what it's like to wait for hours in a hospital emergency department — and new data from the Productivity Commission reveals her experience is not unique.

A support worker who helps Aboriginal prisoners when they are released in Tasmania is not surprised the rates of incarceration have doubled in a decade, saying the system is failing her community.

Tasmania will be the first in the country to trial a new $13 million statewide rural GP training model in the latest attempt to help combat widespread doctors shortages and GP clinic closures.

New figures show it is taking about 20 per cent longer to start and finish child safety investigations in Tasmania than just a year earlier, as one worker says staff are struggling to keep on top of priority cases.