The Tasmanian Government is expanding vocational learning opportunities for Year 9 and 10 students in southern Tasmania through the Youth Career Facilitator program, as part of its broader Youth Jobs Strategy. Following a competitive tender process, Hobart-based not-for-profit organisation Home Base, has been selected.
The Integrity Commission Amendment (Mandatory Notifications) Bill 2025 has passed Tasmania's House of Assembly, marking a significant step in strengthening accountability across the public sector. Principal officers of public authorities will be legally required to notify the Integrity Commission of any matter they reasonably suspect involves misconduct.
A record summer season on Bass Strait has set the stage for an even bigger year ahead, with the new Spirit of Tasmania vessels expected to begin sailing later this year. More than 320,000 passengers travelled aboard Spirit of Tasmania services over summer, highlighting strong demand for travel between Tasmania and the mainland.
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) – A spearfisher was killed on Saturday in Australia’s third fatal shark attack in four weeks, police said. The 35-year-old man was spearfishing with family off Michaelmas Island near the port city of Albany in Western Australia state when he was attacked before noon, a police statement said.
MADRID (AP) – Pope Leo XIV met Monday with six survivors of clergy sexual abuse in Madrid and vowed to consider their suggestions for how the Catholic Church can improve its response to the crisis, the Vatican said. The meeting, which followed in the tradition of popes meeting with abuse survivors during their foreign trips, lasted about an hour.
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) – The father of Denmark’s Australian-born Queen Mary, John Donaldson, has died in Tasmania, the royal house in Copenhagen said Sunday. He was 84. Donaldson died in Hobart, a royal statement said, without giving further details. It said that his health had been declining over the past few years, and that the queen last visited him at the end of March.
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) – On shelves crammed with cuddly toy native animals in an Australian airport gift shop, one fluffy possum stood out: Its big brown eyes were moving. A browsing passenger first spotted a living Australian brushtail possum peering out from among the kangaroos on the display shelf at the departure terminal shop at Hobart Airport.
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) – Australia’s Parliament on Tuesday passed anti-hate speech and gun laws proposed after two shooters killed 15 people at a Jewish festival in Sydney last month in an attack that authorities say was inspired by the Islamic State group.
Victoria has recently been labelled Australia's "car theft capital".vAccording to the Insurance Council of Australia, more than A$243 million was paid out in Victoria last year in 12,500 claims involving stolen vehicles and thefts from motor vehicles. Between 2024 and 2025, the state recorded a 25% increase in motor vehicle theft claims.
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