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Tasmania's energy saver loan scheme gave households and small businesses a chance to obtain interest-free finance for rooftop solar and other energy efficiency measures. It's been so successful, the government decided to end it.

The class action involves junior doctors who worked at the Royal Hobart Hospital and the Launceston General Hospital during the past six years. 

Options for the new Spirit of Tasmania ship to "ease the housing crisis" in Scotland or accommodate "displaced residents" in California were passed over in favour of it being docked at a cost to Tasmanian taxpayers of around $600,000 a month, documents reveal.

A working mum has hit out at the way the closure of a Tasmanian town's childcare centre has been handled, with families left without an option for their kids.

Residents at a seaside caravan park in northern Tasmania own their own homes, but the park is no longer allowing sales due to council rules that say the land is not approved for residential use.

As part of a months-long investigation, officers from Tasmania Police, Australian Federal Police and Australian Border Force, intercepted the man and allegedly found $580,000 cash in several sealed plastic bags in a supermarket-branded cooler bag. 

Biosecurity Tasmania says the virus has been detected at a further four Tasmanian properties, and may have been present in the state for two years.

Sure, the water may not be as warm as other places, but if you like big waves, Tasmania's unique conditions deliver for surfers, the BOM's Luke Johnston says.

Family members who have found out specimens from their loved ones' bodies had been retained by a pathology museum without consent are waiting for the coroner's investigation to finish before they decide what their next steps will be.

After 25 years of service, emergency aviation service Rotor-Lift has lost its contract to a mainland operator — with Rotor-Lift's owner scathing of the tender process.

Tracing operations are underway to determine the potential distribution of potato mop-top virus after a second case in a month has been detected in the state.

At least two Tasmanian racing stewards, including the acting chief thoroughbred steward, have been stood down as part of an investigation into betting on races, the ABC understands.

A seal and 15 cormorants died in a Tasmanian salmon farm in the space of a week after becoming trapped inside, despite Tassal assurances that it would prevent wildlife interactions.

Bendigo Bank has announced its Queenstown branch on Tasmania's remote west coast is closing. The nearest bank will be more than 150 kilometres away.

Spirit of Tasmania IV has at last arrived in the state, eight years after the Tasmanian government embarked on a project to replace the two ships currently in operation. The other new ferry remains in Finland, where they were built.

The RSPCA's prosecution panel has "extensively reviewed the facts" and decided not to lay charges after three thoroughbred horses once owned by a former Tasmanian attorney-general, were found emaciated.

A Tasmanian man has been refused bail after engaging Tasmania Police in an hours-long pursuit during which he drove a stolen truck through Launceston on blown-out tyres.

New Labor Leader Josh Willie says his party needs to "pause and reflect" on its historically bad election result and "do the hard work to earn Tasmanians' trust".

The Tasmanian government faces getting the Macquarie Point stadium approved this year, while the Liberals have also promised to set up TasInsure, bulk-billing GP clinics and strengthen laws allowing pets in rentals.

An iron-ore mine on Tasmania's north-west coast plans to move its operations underground by 2035 in a push that would improve the longevity and carbon footprint of the mine — but at the likely cost of jobs.