1+ week, 6+ day ago   (211+ words) Hobart has beaten major mainland capitals for temperature today, reaching 20.7 degrees at around 2:23pm – above its forecast top of 18 degrees. The Tasmanian capital was warmer than Melbourne, which hovered around 15 degrees, Adelaide at around 18 degrees and Sydney at around 19 degrees. Hobart…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (396+ words) Tasmania’s opposition is demanding to know how much taxpayers will pay under the government’s TasInsure scheme, saying costs are climbing without any savings delivered. Shadow Finance Minister Luke Edmunds said Premier Jeremy Rockliff promised TasInsure would not cost Tasmanians a…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (327+ words) Artificial intelligence is making cybercrime more sophisticated and scams harder to detect, one of Australia’s leading security experts has warned in Hobart. Darren Kane, chief security officer at nbn, delivered the message as closing keynote speaker at the TasICT-AISA Cyber…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (324+ words) Up to 40 centimetres of snow has blanketed Tasmania’s Central Plateau, but the wintry scenes are expected to fade quickly as rain is about to move across the state. The cold snap swept across Tasmania on Thursday and into Friday morning,…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (361+ words) Snow fell across elevated parts of Tasmania overnight as a series of cold fronts continued to sweep across the state, with temperatures on Kunanyi/Mount Wellington dropping to minus 2.9 degrees at around 2:23am. That reading was well below the July long-term…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (254+ words) Parts of Tasmania are being hit by rain and strong winds today, ahead of thunderstorms and snow forecast to sweep the state later in the week. The Bureau of Meteorology recorded wind gusts of 82km/h at Mount Read in the…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (411+ words) Labor has accused Tasmanian Education Minister Jo Palmer of diverting $1.6 million in federal schools funding to bankroll a controversial reorganisation of schools. Labor leader Josh Willie said the government had confirmed during budget estimates that $600,000 from the Better and Fairer…...

3+ mon, 3+ day ago   (364+ words) Tasmania is set for a warmer than usual winter, with the Bureau of Meteorology saying there is an 80% chance temperatures will sit above average from June through to September. Hobart’s average winter temperature is a top of 12 degrees, while Launceston’s…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (358+ words) Container litter across Tasmania has been cut in half just 12 months after the state’s container refund scheme launched. The Recycle Rewards program, which gives people 10 cents for every eligible drink container they return, has hit its litter reduction target in…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (229+ words) Water restrictions will be lifted across most of Tasmania at midnight tonight after last week’s heavy rain replenished rivers and dams. TasWater confirmed the restrictions would end in Orford and Triabunna, Oatlands, Scamander and Whitemark. Lady Barron on Flinders Island…...