Latest from Tasmania

Career 12: Doors open across the ditch

Supershorts: December 16

Cricket: DRS creator defends Lyon call

Tasmania: Going tough in gilded cages

Tasmania's grand estates were built on the backs of prisoners, finds Pamela Wade.

Cricket: Calm Wright ready for Australia

Cricket: Wright happy with his batsmen

Tasmania: Follow the foodie trail

Tasmania's Bruny Island and the Huon Valley, both located near Hobart, are full of passionate local producers who serve world-class produce.

Motorsport: Holdsworth signs with Stone Bros

Games, ghouls and high teas: All part of a transtasman cruise

There's plenty to do on and off a cruise ship, finds Shandelle Battersby, and the attentive staff make cruising even better.

Auckland sends second rescue boat to Brisbane

Sealegs International is to deploy a second rescue craft in Brisbane.

Central Victoria town overwhelmed by flood waters

The central Victorian town of Carisbrook is under water, with nearly 200 homes submerged by floods.

Victoria, Tasmania latest states to be swamped

Tasmania may become world's first 'smoke-free' state

The Australian island state, which already has some of the world's strictest anti-smoking laws, is considering banning tobacco altogether.

Yachting: Wild Oats XI leads at fleet reduced to 71

Yachting: Kayaker battles for best spectator spot

Tasmania drafts strict anti-smoking law