A Lithuanian national whose leg was amputated during an emergency medical extraction from Tasmania's remote wilderness will ...

The spectacle of thousands of jellyfish at Hobart's waterfront dock may be breathtaking, but a leading scientist has warned ...

Water restrictions could be on the horizon for residents in the east coast towns of Orford and Triabunna as dam levels begin to fall. TasWater’s General Manager of Customer and Community Matt Balfe ...

An international tourist, who had his leg amputated while he was trapped between rocks in the Franklin River for 20 hours, ...

A tourist in Tasmania has had his leg amputated in the middle of a raging river after getting trapped between rocks during a kayaking trip with friends. Medics said they made the "life or death ...

From left to right: Ace Petrie (Surf Life Saving Tasmania), Tim Donovan (Tasmania Police), Darius Degutis (Lithuanian Ambassador), Rohan Kilham (Ambulance Tasmania), Adam Marmion (Ambulance Tasmania) ...

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Strengthening works are being undertaken on nine Tasmanian bridges, while tenders have opened to strengthen a further 12 ...

Australia's Lithuanian ambassador has met with the man at the centre of last month's rescue operation on the Franklin River, which ended in the man's leg being amputated at the knee. The ...

Angus Swindon, Chair of the Australian National Committee on Large Dams (ANCOLD), gives an isight into his current role ...

A man has had his leg amputated after becoming "wedged" between rocks while kayaking in Tasmania. The Lithuanian ... was partially submerged in the Franklin River when he became stuck on Friday ...

but his profile began with the fight to stop the Franklin being dammed by Tasmania’s Hydro-Electric Commission.) Brown recalls the river as a “restorative experience” in a primordial place.