A teenage pedestrian who died in a crash involving a vehicle on the Tasman Highway near Sorell overnight was “lying on the road surface”, police have confirmed. The 16-year-old boy from Berriedale was hit by a car on the highway at Orielton just before midnight on Monday. Police say multiple triple-zero calls were received from […]
Tue Jan 2, 2024 - 11:20am“You can’t come in… You’re too big.” Tasmania’s world-famous Neil the Seal has returned to the Tasman Peninsula town of Dunalley, with one local resident sharing a video of the 600kg elephant seal knocking on her front door. “I have told you… We can’t keep ya,” the woman could be heard telling Neil in the […]
Tue Jan 2, 2024 - 7:00amA motorcyclist who tragically lost his life on a Tasmanian highway just three days after Christmas is being remembered as a ‘fun-loving’ dad and grandad. Hilton and Karen Chilcott were travelling around the south of the state when their motorcycle collided with a car in Taranna on the Arthur Highway last week. Mr Chilcott died […]
Tue Jan 2, 2024 - 5:00amUpdated 11:20am, Tuesday January 2: A teenage pedestrian who died in a crash involving a vehicle on the Tasman Highway near Sorell overnight was “lying on the road surface”, police have confirmed. The 16-year-old boy from Berriedale was hit by a car on the highway at Orielton just before midnight on Monday. Police say multiple triple-zero […]
Tue Jan 2, 2024 - 1:11amA large-scale search is reportedly underway in the Ridgeway/South Hobart area tonight after a driver allegedly fled the scene of a single vehicle crash near the Waterworks. Police say the vehicle was found ‘off the side of the road’ around 8pm, sparking a helicopter and foot search for a person of interest. More to come…
Tue Jan 2, 2024 - 12:09amA teenage girl spent New Year’s Eve in the Launceston General Hospital after she was struck by a vehicle on a beach in northern Tasmania on Sunday. The 18-year-old was reportedly run down in the Sandy Point 4WD reserve between Bridport and Bellingham at around 8pm on December 31. Police have described the driver as […]
Mon Jan 1, 2024 - 10:51pmUpdated 8:45am, Tuesday January 2: A man has been charged over a series of deliberately lit vegetation fires in Hobart bushland on New Year’s Day. The 39-year-old is alleged to have lit multiple fires at Tolmans Hill near the Southern Outlet and Old Proctors Road intersection around 5:30pm on Monday. Police say the man was […]
Mon Jan 1, 2024 - 8:40pmUPDATE – 8:30PM, MONDAY JAN 1: Police say the incident has been cleared and the bag was deemed to be non-suspicious. Information surrounding the contents of the bag has not been released. EARLIER: Hobart’s Parliament House has been placed on lockdown and specialist resources called in following an ‘isolated incident’ this afternoon. According to police, […]
Mon Jan 1, 2024 - 6:45pm34 people lost their lives on Tasmania’s roads last year and while that number might be down on 2022’s “horrendous” numbers, it is no cause for celebration. In 2023, there were 17 fewer deaths reported compared to 2022, a figure that the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Michael Ferguson says he finds “obviously pleasing”. The […]
Mon Jan 1, 2024 - 3:10pmTasmania’s New Year’s Eve celebrations went off with mostly good cheer as thousands across the state rang in 2024 without major mayhem. Police reported around 200 incidents during the night, but described revellers overall as “generally well-behaved”. Acting Inspector Adrian Leary praised the behaviour of the crowd who gathered on Hobart’s waterfront to witness the midnight fireworks […]
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