Colin Carter has argued the case for the 18 AFL clubs to have fewer players in order to off-set a new Tasmanian club which he says will not dilute the standard of the competition.
Peter Gutwein said his government would not renew North Melbourne and Hawthorn’s deals for AFL games in the state until the league gave a timeline for a team.
A crucial AFL report on Tasmanian football is expected to be bullish about the state’s ability to support an AFL team in future
The Tasmanian Liberals under Premier Peter Gutwein were just one seat shy of a majority on Saturday night,a result that could boost Scott Morrison.
Tasmania will have about as many winnable marginal seats at the next federal election as any mainland state. Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese will be watching Saturday’s state election closely.
Queensland,Tasmania and the NT have joined WA in placing restrictions on travellers from South Australia,after the state's COVID-19 cluster jumped to 17.
Tasmania has committed to taking hundreds of stranded Australians wanting to return home by opening up Hobart hotels for quarantine spaces.
Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack has asked state and territory leaders to lift the international arrivals cap from 4000 to 6000 a week.
Australia's top health officials are having almost daily meetings about defining hotspots so Australians can resume travel between states.
The Tasmanian government faces calls for an official probe into the coronavirus outbreak in the state's north-west,which forced the closure of two hospitals in Burnie,leaving 40 heavily pregnant women with nowhere to give birth in the region.
Tasmanian nurses want Chief Medical Officer Brendan Murphy to apologise for airing a rumour that healthcare workers attended an"illegal dinner party".