MYSTERIOUS: 2 - What They Never Told You

Number of Aboriginal Tasmanians in prison more than doubles in a decade

A support worker who helps Aboriginal prisoners when they are released in Tasmania is not surprised the rates of incarceration have doubled in a decade, saying the system is failing her community.

ABC News · Jan 30, 2023

Annie was raped by her ex — but it took years for her to understand what happened

Annie* waited more than a decade before she told police she was raped on three occasions by her former partner — and she's not alone in being reluctant to report.

ABC News · Jan 29, 2023

Tasmanians under guardianship orders to be allowed to speak out under proposed reforms

People under guardianship orders in Tasmania would be able to speak publicly for the first time under potentially groundbreaking and nation-leading changes being considered by the state's attorney-general.

ABC News · Dec 2, 2022

Clubs, organistations with Tasmanian Liberal patrons on receiving end of pre-election cash splash

Tasmanian Liberal MPs were patrons or members of at least seven organisations that won taxpayer-funded grants after pre-election promises — but the government is adamant the local community does not expect organisations to be ineligible "simply because a candidate is a patron".

ABC News · Jun 10, 2022

Gay conversion survivor warns unless Tasmania bans it outright, 'treatment' could take off

There are calls for Tasmania to ban so-called gay conversion therapy by the end of the year to prevent the island state from becoming a "dumping ground" for the practice — but the Catholic Archbishop has "grave concerns" about what it sees as a "threat to religious freedoms".

ABC News · Jun 9, 2022

Tasmania joins push to outlaw Nazi symbols

Tasmania is the fourth state to announce plans to outlaw Nazi symbols as state governments in Victoria, NSW and Queensland pursue changes.

AAP · Jun 4, 2022

Survivor says she was 'honoured' to be chosen to share her story with Tasmania's child sexual abuse commission of inquiry

Now a parent herself, Rachel says she has a new appreciation of just how deeply abuse she suffered at school affected her own mother, a woman she says was her "saviour".

ABC News · Jun 1, 2022

Child sexual abuse survivor says planned Tasmanian law a step forward but will not prevent offending

Tasmania's Attorney-General has announced plans to create a new criminal offence that will punish people in positions of power for failing to protect young people from sexual abuse. Katrina Munting says it is a step forward, but not something that will prevent abuse.

ABC News · May 27, 2022

New choking, stealthing laws in Tasmania

Choking and removing a condom during sex without consent are illegal under new Tasmanian laws.

AAP · May 26, 2022

Westbury locals relieved as Deloraine's Ashley Youth Detention Centre becomes preferred site of new prison instead

The plan to build an adult prison in the northern Tasmanian town of Westbury has been ditched, with the Ashley Youth Detention Centre site instead identified as the preferred option.

ABC News · May 5, 2022