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A family-run Tasmanian hazelnut farm that was reluctantly put up for sale last year has not only survived but thrived thanks to finding a market online.

A Gold Coast company's orbital rocket could enter space from a north Queensland launch pad by the end of the week. Here's everything you need to know. 

The national children's commissioner wants a cabinet minister for children and is calling on governments to "act on evidence" from child protection reports. This comes after the ABC exposed that children were being sexually exploited in the $2 billion residential care system.

An ABC investigation into the $2 billion residential care system finds children in three of the biggest states are being preyed upon by child sex abusers when they should be safe in state care.

Opposition to the proposed Hobart stadium has been raised by the owner of Tasmania's two casinos, who says the structure will negatively "dominate" the waterfront precinct. 

As Tasmania's poppy industry celebrates 50 years, demand for weight-loss treatments is opening up new markets.

Dewayne Everettsmith and TSO perform palawi kani songs.

When Palawa man Dewayne Everettsmith held his firstborn child, he wanted to soothe him by singing in the language of Tasmanian Aboriginal people. That desire has sparked an extraordinary musical journey with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra.

Stateline Tasmania's Guy Stayner speaks with Labor's Julie Collins about the party's dominant result at the federal election.

A former employee of Tasmania's notorious Ashley Youth Detention Centre has been arrested over alleged serious sexual offences, including child sexual abuse, while he was working at the centre.

The TV show has adults talking or, shall we say, anxious. But what do young people think about it?

Many of the team of cheerleading girls from a tiny town in Tasmania had never even been on a plane, let alone left their country, but a fundraising effort to see them sent to the US has paid off.

A drop in little penguin numbers was noticed around the middle of the month. Scientists say the East Australia Current is extending further south and impacting ecosystems. (Data from Australia’s Integrated Marine Observing System)

The Bicheno colony of little penguins have been observed courting and pairing in May, bringing hope for winter breeding. Vision supplied by Bicheno Penguin Tours

The Tasmanian premier has told state parliament there will be no Tasmania Devils AFL team — unless MPs pass special legislation to enable a stadium to be built at Hobart's Macquarie Point and stop the current planning process for the stadium.

Slashing the price of home batteries was one of Labor's flagship policies during the election campaign. With the election now in the rear-view mirror, it's now time to look at what's exactly on offer in its Cheaper Home Batteries Program.

A new report into the workplace culture at Tasmania's Fire Service and the State Emergency Service has found a litany of complaints about sexism, discrimination, racism, bullying and harassment of staff.

Media conglomerate Seven West Media strikes a deal with Southern Cross Media Group to buy media assets, including some in Tasmania, after a deal with a conservative media group fell apart.

The mass mortality event that hit Tasmania's salmon industry has ended, the state's environmental watchdog says, as industry reporting shows fish deaths in March halved from the previous month.

Australian farmers say they have the capacity to supply the nation's medicinal cannabis needs, but the federal government is over-reliant on imports from countries with fewer restrictions — raising threats to jobs and quality assurance.