The Tasmanian Government has activated Emergency Assistance Grants to support those impacted by fires on the West Coast. Grants are available for communities including Corinna, Sandy Cape and Pieman’s ...

The Justice Miscellaneous (Explosive Offences) Bill 2025 seeks to amend the Criminal Code Act 1924 and the Police Offences Act 1935. Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, Guy Barnett, said the ...

New data obtained by the ABC has found First Nations and diverse communities were disproportionately represented in New South ...

Multiple Tasmania Police officers committed various forms of misconduct in their duties last year, a new report has revealed.

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If you have prepared your home and can actively defend it, it should provide shelter.If you are going to leave, make sure you have a clear path to a safer place.There is an Evacuation Centre at ...

Police say the pair of interstate climbers had to spend the night waiting for rescue after their ropes became "entangled" in ...

Two interstate climbers who became stranded at the top of a 65-metre tall rock formation on the Tasman Peninsula overnight ...

Tasmanian authorities are battling more than a dozen bushfires as low cloud and strong winds hamper efforts in the state's west. Sixteen fires have already burned through 45,000 hectares, with ...

A review of police conduct orders will be carried out this year and talks will be held with related organisations in efforts ...

New bodycam video shows a Goodyear police officer intervening as a man was reportedly stabbing his coworker at a grocery ...

An historic sailing boat has sunk on its way to Hobart's Wooden Boat Festival, Tasmania Police say. Declan Durrant is The ...