Fires continue to burn in Tasmania's west, with multiple aircraft and ground crews involved in the effort to contain them — with authorities saying they "continue to liaise" with people who have ...

Bushfires that have burnt through wilderness areas in Tasmania are now threatening trees that grow nowhere else in the world ...

A grove of ancient trees, including Tasmania's oldest-known Huon pine tree, has come under threat by an ongoing bushfire.

The rescue, in the early hours of Saturday, follows the rescue of two men who ran into trouble in an aluminium dinghy late on ...

With two days of high fire danger expected this week, firefighters battling 16 blazes in Tasmania's west are ramping up efforts, which include multiple helicopters, a C130 Hercules and help from the ...

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With room temperatures reportedly reaching around 30 degrees inside the Launceston General Hospital, staff and patients have ...

As Tasmania battles more than a dozen fires sparked by a band of dry lightning strikes, some in high-value wilderness areas, ...

A 1958 pilot cutter en route to the Wooden Boat Festival has sunk in a channel after taking on water, Tasmania Police say.

Queensland's quicks are made to toil for a much-needed 188-run Sheffield Shield victory that appeared inevitable before some ...