Josh Duggan is a reporter with ABC Hobart, joining the team in 2024. He began his career at 7 Tasmania News, working as State Political Reporter, and in producing and presenting roles.
He studied at the University of Tasmania, and the Danish School of Media and Journalism, obtaining a Bachelor of Media and a Bachelor of Medical Research and Biotechnology.
You can find him on X at @thedugganaut_
A failed bidder in the tender to build Hobart's stadium is set to have its costs reimbursed by the Tasmanian government — up to an amount the ABC understands is in the millions.
Tasmanian Labor leader Josh Willie has been forced to downplay questions fuelled by Shane Broad's recent social media posts calling for a "party that can win".
Tasmania's arts sector is fearing for the future of a nation-leading purchasing scheme that looks to be affected by government job cuts.
Topic: State and Territory Government
Tasmanian Education Minister Jo Palmer's office claimed there were no proposals to cut a specialist team that works with teachers. A week later, the team is being cut by a quarter.
Topic: State and Territory Government
Not even the Premier's STEM Researcher of the Year 2025 can avoid a Tasmanian departmental job-cutting drive.
Topic: State and Territory Government
Tasmanian public service workers have left in tears after snap meetings in which they were informed about job cuts in their teams, a union says.
There were no immediately available ambulances for nearly 17,000 Triple Zero callers in 2025-26, new figures have revealed — around 46 times per day.
There will not be a cap on the number of guns a person can own in Tasmania, after the lower house voted not to amend the state government's firearms reform legislation.
Proposed reforms to Tasmania's gun laws sit on a knife's edge, with one independent MP likely to hold the casting vote when debate resumes on Thursday.
An overnight fire that gutted one of Tasmania's hydro power stations raises questions about the effect it will have on the state's power network.
The state government admits there are job cuts at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, but denies the union's claim that 30 per cent of the workforce will be affected.
Topic: Libraries, Museums and Galleries
Tasmania's Deputy Premier Guy Barnett has written to an anti-trans feminist group labelling the Greens' bill to ban conversion practices as "fundamentally flawed". His views potentially put him at odds with Premier Jeremy Rockliff.
Topic: State and Territory Government
The Tasmanian government has awarded $61 million in external labour hire contracts without conducting any tender process as part of its digital transformation process of the health department.
A recent hiring change to Tasmanian allied health staff positions has meant vacant positions are more likely to be filled by junior staff, sparking fears for patient care.
A former Tasmanian Liberal government staffer says she was told to campaign for then-Liberal candidate Jane Howlett during work hours while employed by another member of parliament.
A leading energy analyst says Tasmanians could be forced to cover transmission costs formerly paid by the now-closed Liberty Bell Bay smelter.
Further doubt has been cast over the future of an aluminium smelter in Tasmania's north-east after a federal MP said it would not be eligible for a green energy scheme.
Tasmania's health department is challenging a coronial review into allegations that a clinical director falsified death certificates at Launceston General Hospital.
Tasmania's association of retired police officers has questioned the police minister over his commitment to the wellbeing of members after the stalling of a much-awaited trial that would offer trauma support.
Tasmanians lost $208.27 million to poker machines in 2025-26, or around $360 per person — a 6.9 per cent increase on last financial year.
Tasmanian authorities seized five times as many cigarettes and three times as many vapes in the last financial year as they did the year prior. Enforcement agencies have been given greater powers, including the ability to shut down stores selling illegal tobacco.
With sports bookmaker Betr granted a licence to operate in Tasmania, independent MP Andrew Wilkie slams the government for "rolling out the red carpet" despite the state admitting its regulations are not up to scratch.
Seven Hobart bars, including the Observatory Bar and the Republic, are closing "in the immediate term" as owner Pub Banc Group is placed into voluntary administration. The administrator says the aim is for the venues to reopen under new ownership.
Tasmanian households and businesses with the state-owned electricity retailer will be paying more for power, after a price rise was approved by the economic regulator.
Tasmanian senator Jonno Duniam's announcement that he intends to leave politics could be the leg up that One Nation needs.
