Tasmania Police are urging drivers to care on the roads after officers responded to a total of seven crashes within a 24-hour period in the northern district this week. One of the crashes involved a driver losing control of their vehicle and crashing down an embankment, ultimately colliding with a power pole in St Helens. […]
Fri Nov 17, 2023 - 1:10pmThe 41st edition of the Hobart Christmas Pageant is returning this weekend, featuring floats, dancers, marching bands and participants from community, school, sporting clubs and charity groups parading their way through the central city. With over 45 floats and more than 1,200 participants expected for this year’s pageant, people are being warned to arrive in […]
Fri Nov 17, 2023 - 11:45amAn 18-year-old Cressy teenager has been charged with causing grievous bodily harm after allegedly running down a man with her car in the rural Tasmanian town overnight. Police say emergency services were called to reports of a two-car crash on residential Charles Street around 5:30pm on Thursday. The man, a 23-year-old from the Northern Midlands, was taken […]
Fri Nov 17, 2023 - 9:50amA map showing just what Tasmania’s future local government areas could look like, if the existing 29 councils across the state are consolidated into just 15 local councils, has been revealed by the Future of Local Government Review. In the Hobart area, the proposed adjustments would lead to the creation of a ‘Western Shore’ council, […]
Fri Nov 17, 2023 - 7:45amAfter drastic cuts were made to the Metro bus network across southern Tasmania in an attempt to improve reliability, an MP has claimed that the reliability of the public transport provider has “actually worsened”. “When your government axed nearly 1,000 weekly bus services in August, you assured the Parliament that this service reduction would mean that reliability […]
Fri Nov 17, 2023 - 5:00amA majority of Tasmania’s state service employees who accepted gifts worth more than $100 and labelled them as ‘networking and goodwill’ should have turned them down ‘more than half’ of the time, a new report has found. Chief Integrity Commissioner Greg Melick said a recent ‘Project Vulcan’ report highlighted the “ongoing misconduct risks” related to government employees […]
Fri Nov 17, 2023 - 4:30amA Tasmanian disability support pensioner who was found with a ‘large amount’ of cannabis and more than two dozen plants had a chronic health condition that ‘left him with no other choice’ but to grow and consume the drug, a court has heard. 52-year-old Robert Wilson was found not guilty of drug trafficking and cultivating controlled […]
Fri Nov 17, 2023 - 4:00amPassengers aboard a Virgin Australia flight from Melbourne to Hobart this morning were left stunned after walking away with tickets for a free cruise, courtesy of Sir Richard Branson. More than 170 passengers on VA1316, headed for Tasmania, experienced the ‘surprise of a lifetime’ as they were gifted a free Virgin Voyages experience to celebrate […]
Thu Nov 16, 2023 - 8:00pmAn 18-year-old Cressy teenager has been charged with causing grievous bodily harm after allegedly running down a man with her car in the rural Tasmanian town overnight. Police say emergency services were called to reports of a two-car crash on residential Charles Street around 5:30pm on Thursday. The man, a 23-year-old from the Northern Midlands, was taken […]
Thu Nov 16, 2023 - 7:30pmTasmanian football champion Jack Riewoldt is spearheading the effort for the state’s new AFL team and is urging people to participate in a survey that will shape the club’s design and name. The campaign is made up of an online survey and in-person community events and features questions about team colours, the preferred team name […]
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