James Dunlevie is a Melbourne-born journalist, digital producer and editor with the ABC News team in Hobart.
After a short stint with ABC Darwin as a casual radio producer in 2008, James left to begin a five year run at the notorious newspaper, the NT News. As digital editor, he steered the NT News website to the #1 position for audience share in the Northern Territory and won the 2011 Pacific Area Newspaper Publishers' Association (PANPA) 'News Destination Of The Year' in its category.
James also created the NT News Facebook account, which became per-capita the most engaged social media account for any media organisation in Australia and created the NT News Twitter feed, widely known for its unique ALL CAPS take on local, national and world events.
After rejoining the ABC in 2014, James was a part of the digital team with the Darwin newsroom before swapping his thongs for a pair of ugg boots and moving to Hobart, Tasmania, where he has exchanged writing about crocodiles for yarns about the Tasmanian tiger.
In 2023, James was part of the ABC News Tasmania team that won a Tasmanian Media Award for the story 'Inside the Prison for Kids', about the notorious Ashley Youth Detention Centre.
In 2025, James was part of the ABC team that won best breaking news coverage for their work on the 2024 Tasmanian state election.
Foo Fighters leader Dave Grohl has paid tribute to Beaconsfield miner Todd Russell at the band's Sydney concert.
Former 60 Minutes reporter Charles Wooley is a frontrunner to become Hobart's new lord mayor and Matthew Garwood is easily re-elected in Launceston.
One year after a couple left in a brightly coloured plane from a small Tasmanian airport, friends are still hoping for answers about their disappearance.
Seoul prosecutors have alleged Evett in Seoul's Gangnam district served ants illegally imported from Thailand and the US in violation of food safety regulations.
A shark has bitten a diver on the forearm in waters off Bruny Island, Tasmania.
French Canadian duo Angine de Poitrine are riding a wave of interest after a video of their live performance exploded in popularity, aided by a comical reaction by many on YouTube struggling to understand how their music is made.
Vanessa Bleyer, a lawyer who has campaigned against the logging of native forests, has been elected to replace outgoing Australian Greens senator for Tasmania, Peter Whish-Wilson.
The Grace Tame Foundation, established by the Tasmanian-born survivor of child sexual abuse, has announced it is closing because securing funding is becoming "increasingly challenging".
King Frederik of Denmark and Queen Mary have been welcomed to Hobart by a crowd happy to see the Danish Royals up close.
A preliminary report has revealed new details about how an Australian research vessel hit the ocean floor after navigational echo sounders were turned off to stop interference with scientific sampling.
The ABC has been given rare access to an abandoned Australian base in Antarctica that continues to pose a threat to the environment.
Tasmania Police say a car key found in the Arthur River has been "formally verified" as belonging to missing backpacker Celine Cremer.
Tasmania Police will again head into thick bushland to continue searching for more items in the area where Belgian tourist Celine Cremer vanished in 2023 — after the shock discovery of bones last week.
They should be celebrating a historic win — instead, the crew of BNC is coming to terms with how a "silly mistake" cost them the "crown jewel" prize of Sydney to Hobart overall handicap.
Black sails, a tiny cannon, no prize money — everything you need to know about the Sydney to Hobart yacht race, as the 80th edition takes place.
The Hobart stadium has received final parliamentary approval, clearing the way for it to be built and the state to claim its own AFL team.
Topic: State and Territory Parliament
A stadium on Hobart's waterfront has gained enough support to pass parliament, after key independents declared they would support the contentious project — as it happened.
Topic: State and Territory Parliament
Protesters against a proposed stadium in Hobart says they "don't want the waterfront transformed into Disneyland" and urge parliament's upper house to scrap the project.
Josh Willie will take over as Tasmanian Labor leader, a day after former leader Dean Winter moved an unsuccessful no-confidence motion in the Liberal government of Jeremy Rockliff.
Tasmanian Labor fails to unseat Liberal premier Jeremy Rockliff with not a single crossbencher voting for their no-confidence motion.
Topic: State and Territory Parliament
Labor and Dean Winter's bid for Tasmania's government appears to have failed, with the Greens and key independents announcing they will not support Labor's foreshadowed no-confidence motion.
Topic: State and Territory Parliament
An incident in which a helicopter crew disagreed before the aircraft hit a lake due to pilot miscalculation was not reported to safety authorities, in breach of regulations.
Topic: Transport Accidents and Incidents
The Liberal Party will have the most seats in a hung parliament, while the Labor vote has gone backwards in an early election instigated by its no-confidence motion in the premier.
Topic: State and Territory Elections
Police cite a series of "avoidable" rescues, including a family with a small child spending two nights "huddled together in blizzard conditions" during a plea for people to not underestimate the Tasmanian wilderness ahead of a cold snap.
Police say a member of the public allegedly shot an officer dead as he approached a house in Tasmania's north-west on "routine duties".
