It’s baaack! 936 ABC Radio Hobart’s Breakfast’s Book Week Boss competition returns by popular demand. Is your teacher the ultimate bookworm? Do they go above and beyond each year in celebration of Children’s Book Week? Then we want to hear from you!  

Environmental groups had previously lodged a reconsideration request over a 2012 decision to allow for the expansion of salmon farming, over concerns for its impact on the endangered Maugean skate.

The champion swimmer explains her winning mindset during her Tasmanian tour as the state's 2025 Young Australian of the Year.

Tasmanian theatre producer Ben Armitage says he has felt for the past few years that the Theatre Royal is pulling in a different direction to the rest of the Tasmanian live performance scene.

For Science Week 2025, the ABC is highlighting the plight of our underrated native animals. Not the usual cuddly crowd-pleasers, but the ugly, the annoying or the lesser-known critters that are often overlooked, under-conserved and underrated.
 

With the help of suggestions from social media, experts and conservation organisations we've found 10 incredible animals you may never have heard of before. You can now vote for your favourite on the ABC website.
 

The winners will be announced live on air on ABC Radio National and in a live ABC NEWS blog on Friday August 15, 2025 from 12pm.
 

From 9-17 August across ABC NEWS, ABC Radio National, ABC Local, ABC iview and socials, there will be loads of fascinating interviews and stories about our underrated animals.

ABC TassieCast is a weekly news podcast, made for Tasmanian ears. 
 

In this week's episode, available Friday morning, Airlie Ward investigates how AI could help lift Tassie's education outcomes. 
 

Could artificial intelligence be implemented to help our kids learn? Or will we be outsourcing our brains?
 

Subscribe to ABC TassieCast on the ABC listen app or online here, to catch this episode when it drops at 6am Friday. Or, catch up on past episodes anytime.