At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. A major fire has severely damaged Tungatinah Power Station in Tasmania’s Central Highlands, but authorities say there is currently no threat to the state’s electricity supply. Emergency crews were called to the station near Tarraleah at about 9pm, with around 25 crews and 45 personnel eventually involved in fighting the blaze. Difficult conditions and the site’s extensive electrical infrast

At AusNewsLanka, we aim to keep the Australian community informed with timely updates. Tasmania has confirmed its second case of H5 bird flu, after the virus was detected in a crested tern on King Island. The bird was found near Currie on Thursday and tested positive overnight. It was reported through the Emergency Animal Disease Hotline. Two more crested terns from the same area have since been reported. Their test results are expected on Saturday. Tasmanian authorities say

Authorities in Tasmania are in a desperate race against time to save 90 false killer whales that are still alive after getting stranded on a remote beach in the state’s far northwest. Earlier today, Tasmania’s Department of Natural Resources and Environment confirmed that a total of 157 whales had been stranded near Arthur River—the first mass stranding of false killer whales in the region in 50 years. At first, rescuers counted 136 whales still alive, but that number has sin