1+ hour, 45+ min ago  (785+ words) A North-West council will have a mayoral contest despite uncertainty about whether the current mayor will run again. Waratah-Wynyard councillors Dillon Roberts, Leanne Raw and Michael Johnstone will all stand for the top job and other contenders could emerge before…...

19+ hour, 45+ min ago  (486+ words) If you are planning to protest the approved mega wind farm development on Robbins Island, a music festival probably isn't the first idea you come up with. But independent member for Braddon Craig Garland said the true end goal of…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (388+ words) You almost have to admire the audacity of a government going on the attack after dropping an axe-wielding budget. But the Liberals have overcooked their politics of late. We have seen Trump-like tactics where the truth is tossed aside and…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago  (599+ words) Iran's Revolutionary Guard has targeted a US airbase after the US military carried out what a Washington official said were strikes on an Iranian drone operation near the Strait of Hormuz. The strikes come hours "after President Donald Trump rejected…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago  (534+ words) The government has been forced to defend its funding model for the North West Regional Hospital (NWRH) master plan after the opposition accused it of breaking a key election promise to cancer patients. In question time, Labor's treasury spokesman Dean…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (627+ words) Victory is within reach, according to both of Victoria's main political parties. Premier Jacinta Allan and would-be successor Jess Wilson have delivered soft campaign launches before gatherings of their respective faithful in Melbourne. Attending Labor's state conference, Prime Minister Anthony…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (457+ words) A new North-West supermarket will lead to traffic chaos, a trucking figure claims, but the local council believes the traffic management plans stack up. Truck operator and intending Burnie City Council candidate Wayne Bramich has expressed concerns about the siting…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (994+ words) More than $930. 7 million will be cut from health and education over the next four years through forced operational efficiencies directed by the government, which includes $156. 4 million in 2026-27. Overall, $1. 49 billion will be cut from the budget up until 2029-30. The state budget,…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (417+ words) Families of Australians detained by Israeli forces while attempting to deliver aid to Gaza hold grave fears for their loved ones and remain in the dark about their whereabouts. The group of 11 were among 400 people part of a flotilla detained…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (505+ words) The Tasmanian government and Parliament have delivered a historic, unreserved apology to the families of 177 people whose organs and tissue samples were systematically and unlawfully stolen during coronial autopsies over a 25-year period. Between 1966 and 1991, forensic and hospital pathologists employed…...