When Jane Rankin-Reid moved her mum Shirlee into an aged care home in Hobart, she hoped she'd live out her twilight years in comfort and dignity. But the elderly woman's life soon became a nightmare.

More than 170 little penguins have been mauled to death by dogs in Tasmania in the past year. Experts say the attacks are leaving the state's population in a "tenuous" position.

DAILY BRIEFING: Tasmania's Speaker pauses parliament as tensions run high over her bid for a pay rise, and a police officer charged over the strip search of an 11-year-old boy indicates she'll plead guilty.

Controversial new laws allowing people to amend the gender on their birth certificate without reassignment surgery have come into effect, allowing people like Francene Jacques to be "buried an old woman".

DAILY BRIEFING: Controversial Speaker Sue Hickey wanted a pay rise when she was Lord Mayor, and the Opposition accuses the Government of sending in a health budget razor.

The 77-year-old, who was only five days into his overseas trip, died while on a commercial river trip on the Grand Canyon's Colorado River.

DAILY BRIEFING: A Launceston man who posed as a television producer is jailed for fraud, and heavy rain falls across the state.

Politicians bearing promises have disappointed many miners in Tasmania's wild west in recent times, but increasing demand for metals for electric cars, wind turbines and solar panels is now driving more exploration.

Spencer Connelly, 11, was supposed to have his third round of skin graft surgery within 90 days. But he's been waiting 15 months as Tasmania's elective surgery waiting list blows out.

New coal mining exploration is getting support from the Tasmanian Government, but some farmers say they are not being adequately informed about potential developments on their land.

Tourists flock to this tulip farm to see the flowers, but it is under the ground where the serious farming is happening.

Llama Hiking in Tasmania, for therapy, for charity and because llamas are lovely creatures.

Authorities downgrade the alert for a fire in Tasmania's Central Highlands which has destroyed more than 100 hectares.

This fun and energetic visit to Dracula's castle pays tribute to some great movie monsters while creating some laughs of its own.

Queensland foreign-owned companies warn a new tax will put regional jobs at risk and challenge the viability of their businesses.

They were on holidays on the other side of the world, or with their families, and living their lives. But when coronavirus called, they answered.

Livestock industries are not immune to the threat of coronaviruses, but experts say the risk of the COVID-19 strain passing to animals remains low.

Clark Whelton survived the global flu pandemic in 1957 and is now in his 80s living through the coronavirus pandemic

Animal shelters across Australia have to keep going although the volunteers they rely on have been ordered to stay home. How do they cope now? What can the wider community do to help? And do you have a care plan for your pet in case you get sick?

Adani is granted a Supreme Court order that could expose two traditional owners to possible jail time if they return to a ceremonial camp on the Queensland mine site, the men's lawyer says.

Suspended Lord Mayor of Perth Lisa Scaffidi tells an inquiry into the council that she supported a decision to activate a crisis management plan because an "extraordinary situation" had unfolded within the organisation.

After Marni Devlin's ute was written off she thought her insurance company would help, but now she's left without a car and no way to buy a new one.

The WA Government gives the go-ahead for junior drag racing in WA to restart, after it was suspended following the 2017 death of eight-year-old Anita Board, but lifts the minimum age to 10.

Could Coronavirus create a new hierarchy of humanity – who’s valuable and who’s not? And, has the Vatican been affected by coronavirus? Also, the story of love across the religious divide in India and Pakistan.

An Aboriginal group has installed a caretaker to protect a forest near South Australia's Port Lincoln from an escalating spate of wood thefts.

I came out of this concert wanting to reach for my mobile phone and text 'OMG' to everyone I knew. Not being a text fan or the kind of person to use the OMG (Oh My God) moniker, I was surprised by my own reaction! So what was it about the sight and sound of 43 turbanned musicians from northern India, sitting in velvet-lined, curtained boxes stacked up on the stage of Perth Concert Hall?

When Grammy-nominated American jazz performer Joey DeFrancesco sold his blonde-coloured Hammond B3 organ over eBay to an Australian bidder, he had one condition. That it be made available when he played in Australia.

The export market for raw leather and sheepskin has plummeted as competition from synthetics and a lack of demand has left exporters with stockpiles of almost worthless skins.

After the death of an e-cigarette user and the hospitalisation of many US teens, Australian health experts fear a "vaping culture" is developing among teenagers.

Chemical experts warn a Queensland council that a plan to dump millions of litres of PFAS-contaminated water into the sea off the Sunshine Coast as "insanity".

About 1,500 Adelaide residents and businesses are being told not to use groundwater because of contamination from uranium from a former mining laboratory and degreasing chemicals from nearby factories.

The drought takes its toll on organic farmers who say the big dry has ruined their ability to meet the conditions of their licences, so they cannot sell their livestock as organic.

This state-of-the-art shearing shed hopes to attract and retain good shearers in a safe environment.

A Dubbo man is handed a community correction order and community service after pleading guilty to animal cruelty following his appearance in a video of an emu being plucked.

Parched parts of NSW received a welcome dump of rain over the weekend.

Daniel McCarthy assesses the mood and politics of a country desperate to get back to normal.  

For a long time she was misunderstood, erroneously known as the “last of her race”, and almost invariably depicted as tragic figure.  But there is so much more to indigenous Tasmanian woman, Truganini.