Thirteen gazetted Aboriginal place names in Tasmania written in the reconstructed palawa kani language will have their first ...

There is a constant, bristling tension between environmental caretaking and jobs-and-economy rhetoric in Tasmania that represents the political question being presented to the entire country.

An increase in Tasmania's Maugean skate population has reportedly prompted the prime minister to assure the salmon farming ...

In an extract from The Conversation’s new book on democracy, we chart the origins of the parties that dominate politics today ...

ACT independent Senator David Pocock has blasted the major parties over a deal that will cap political donations at a level crossbenchers fear will lock new independent candidates out of the ...

This week, Hamish Geale wrote a story about a couple of Launceston blokes having fun with a Google map camera in the Brisbane Street mall. That got me thinking about Google Maps and how most of us ...

Night - Cloudy with a 48% chance of precipitation. Winds from NW to WNW at 8 to 11 mph (12.9 to 17.7 kph). The overnight low will be 64 °F (17.8 °C). Partly cloudy with a high of 72 °F (22.2 ...

As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returns from a week-long trip to Washington, toting a fantastical and radical Gaza plan from the American president, he finds a country at a crossroads ...

Tasmania’s budget deficit has surged to $1.3 billion, according to new government figures. The shortfall is $503.4 million ...

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Every weekday, NPR's best political reporters are there to explain the big news coming out of Washington and the campaign trail. They don't just tell you what happened. They tell you why it matters.

After a recent boardroom shake-up, Australia’s top renewables industry group wants to take the fight to its enemies. The December quarter extended a rebound in commitments to new clean energy ...