The Tasmanian government has backed a ban on engineered stone following a recommendation by SafeWork Australia. According to a Decision Regulation Impact Statement from SafeWork, there is no safe level of exposure to silica dust generated from cutting engineered stone, which poses a severe health risk to workers. “Continued work with engineered stone poses an […]
Thu Nov 16, 2023 - 5:00amWork is set to begin early next year on one of the replacement facilities for Tasmania’s Ashley Youth Detention Centre. The timeline for closing the AYDC, which has faced serious allegations of human rights abuses and sexual abuse of children, remains uncertain as its initial closure date of September next year approaches. A site located […]
Thu Nov 16, 2023 - 4:30amAn increase in police patrols throughout the Hobart CBD this year has had a ‘significant positive impact’ on the overall safety of the community, a senior Tasmania Police officer says. Since the intensified patrols began in May in a bid to stamp out public place assaults and disorderly behaviour, Officer in Charge of the Hobart Division Inspector […]
Thu Nov 16, 2023 - 4:00amA Victorian Gothic church building in Tasmania’s Midlands is up for sale for the first time in 141 years. The Ross church was formerly home to the Uniting Church in Australia, but the building has not been used as a place of worship for the past five years. The listing agents say the property is […]
Wed Nov 15, 2023 - 4:30pmA Hobart man has been arrested and charged with a number of child abuse offences following a “significant investigation” by Tasmania Police. The 39-year-old from Bellerive was taken into custody by Detectives on Tuesday and charged with 38 offences, including producing child exploitation material, grooming with intent to procure a child for sexual abuse and failing […]
Wed Nov 15, 2023 - 4:10pmAn off-duty police officer has helped stop a drink driver in his tracks after reportedly spotting him ‘driving erratically’ on Hobart’s eastern shore overnight. Sergeant Terry McCulloch said the officer ‘became concerned’ about the manner of driving of a green Ford Territory Sedan on the Tasman Highway at Warrane on Tuesday night and called it […]
Wed Nov 15, 2023 - 3:35pm“Technical difficulties” have been blamed for an outage that saw a Hobart radio station knocked off the air this afternoon. Listeners of the ARN radio station 7HOFM were without their regular programming for over 30 minutes on Wednesday, instead hearing static and an emergency backup tape repeatedly playing Avicii’s ‘Wake Me Up’. In a post online […]
Wed Nov 15, 2023 - 2:05pmA woman working on fallen power lines in Tasmania’s north has been taken to hospital after sustaining injuries this morning. Granville and Brougham Streets in Launceston were temporarily closed as emergency crews responded to the incident shortly after 11am on Wednesday. According to Police, the injured worker was taken to the Launceston General Hospital in […]
Wed Nov 15, 2023 - 11:10amA man in his 40’s has been found dead at Hobart’s Glebe Hill Shopping Centre this morning. Emergency services rushed to the Howrah complex around 8am where the man’s body was located. Police say “investigations have determined there were no suspicious circumstances”. Witnesses at the scene told Pulse they saw officers ‘run straight into’ the […]
Wed Nov 15, 2023 - 11:05amA 59-day-old Tasmanian infant who passed away while sleeping alongside his mother “would not have died if he had been in his own cot”, a Coroner has found. The infant, identified only as FG, died on February 17th this year after his mother moved him to a single mattress with her when he “would not settle” […]
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