Falling spending on alcohol, tobacco and recreation has slowed Australia's consumer recovery as the Reserve Bank mulls whether to cut interest rates again. Household spending grew 0.1 per cent in ...

More than three years after a truck with faulty brakes ploughed into a school bus in the dark, court delays continue to traumatise the victims. "Delays in court proceedings have been exhausting," ...

Two interstate bushwalkers have been rescued after a "challenging night" at Cradle Mountain, Tasmania Police said. Journalist with The Advocate covering Tasmania's North-West Coast. Got a story or ...

Tasmania's fallow deer population has exploded according to results from a recent survey, leading the state's peak farming body to declare it is on the trajectory to be "the next rabbit". Political ...

A Devonport school teacher who was kicked out of Tasmania's state super fund for a decade when she shifted to part-time work after her pregnancy has won a partial court victory. The Retirement ...

If you have a dog that can jump up to two metres high, then you'd best get to the Burnie Show and Agri-Expo on Saturday.

A decade on from the shocking slaying of an unarmed police officer, a state's top terrorism cop admits tracking down radicalised people is harder than ever.

When it comes to being on the same basketball team, brothers Lewis and Oliver Rattray usually "match up on each other during training".

From February, victim-survivors of sexual harm will have a safe and comfortable place to open up about their experiences, receive counselling and specialist police investigative services all in one ...

Princess Kate and Prince William were among targets of journalists and investigators hired by the publisher of ...

On one of her many visits to Taronga Zoo, celebrated British scientist and conservationist Jane Goodall said she felt at home. Richard Buzas, primates supervisor at the zoo on Sydney Harbour, fondly ...

The number of large companies in Australia that pay no tax has fallen to a record low, although some industry heavyweights continue to avoid paying any dues. The Australian Taxation Office published ...