What can we learn from the bushfires in Tasmania? Beware of climate change, especially the unpredictable nature of blazes ...

More than 150 whales are beached on Tasmania's remote west coast, a notorious hotspot for strandings. Conservation experts and veterinarians have arrived at the hard-to-reach location near the Arthur ...

Chilly summer temperatures in Tasmania have done little to help the fire situation due to strong winds and minimal rainfall.

A white Subaru has been destroyed following a fire in the Launceston CBD.

A cold snap has sent temperatures plummeting across parts of Australia’s southeast, setting record lows and bringing ...

A large pod of 157 whales have beached themselves on a remote beach in Tasmania — prompting an urgent plea to the public from ...

Power has now been fully restored to all impacted customers on the West Coast after a significant outage. The outage, which ...

Monitor the forecast Fire Danger Ratings at www.fire.tas.gov.au and www.bom.gov.au. Monitor the current bushfire situation and warnings at the TasALERT website www.alert.tas.gov.au or ABC Local Radio.

Partly cloudy. Slight chance of a shower in the far south, near zero chance elsewhere. Winds west to southwesterly 25 to 35 km/h decreasing to 15 to 25 km/h in the late evening. Sun protection ...

A devastated local community is coming to terms with the death of a woman and a schoolgirl in an overnight fire that gutted a ...