Stories from Hobart · Australia

Critica Limited has engaged engineering firm DRA Global to conduct an underground scoping study. The study focuses on the company's tungsten-tin project located in Tasmania.

A funding agreement to maintain smelters in Hobart and Port Pirie expired on Thursday. The Tasmanian, South Australian, and federal governments previously provided $135 million in August to support the company.

A bar in Hobart has been found not guilty of selling counterfeit versions of a popular whiskey brand. The bar, Salamanca Bar, is owned by Mori. Magistrate Andrew McPhee dismissed charges against Mori and his company, Salamanca Bar, which trades as the Salamanca Whiskey Bar.

Hobart reached a maximum temperature of 26.9 degrees Celsius just after 2:30 PM today. This marks the warmest May day recorded in 139 years of temperature data in Tasmania. The report was provided by Guy Stena.

Negotiations regarding a bailout for the 9 Star zinc smelter have halted, according to Federal independent MP Andrew Wilke. A $135 million assistance package was previously announced for smelters located in Hobart and Port Pirie.

Human remains were exhibited at a museum in Hobart without proper consent.

The Tasmanian government announced it will issue a formal apology regarding the display of human remains at a Hobart museum. The remains were reportedly shown without consent. The dispute involves 19 human remains being exhibited at a Hobart Museum without consent. A coroner's report found the Rotter Museum in Hobart kept and displayed human remains without family knowledge. The remains were taken during post-mortem examinations conducted between 1966 and 1991.

Former Senator Nick Sherry has been elected president of the Tasmanian Labor Party. The election occurs as the party begins to re-establish its branch leadership. Sherry and former Senator Doug Cameron previously served as administrators in 2022.

The Tasmanian Environment Protection Authority reported that a salmon farm lease used over 2.7 tonnes of the antibiotic florfenicol within a two-month period. Experts have characterized the quantity as a huge amount for the operation.

The Tasmanian devil, while sharing a name with other animals, is not closely related to them. The species is now primarily found in Australia, specifically on Tasmania Island. While extinction is a concern, artificial breeding programs are ongoing, notably in Australian and Singaporean zoos.