Tassie kids who take the bus or use the River Derwent ferry are set to be slapped with a fare increase next year. From the 1st of January, student fares will rise to $2 per single trip ticket, a $0.10 increase, while smart card or multi-trip tickets will go up by $0.8 to $1.60 per […]
Fri Nov 3, 2023 - 2:20pmEXCLUSIVE Air New Zealand are set to stop their direct flights between Hobart and Auckland next year due to ‘scheduling issues’ arising from an ongoing “engine maintenance problem”. The airline has revealed that a review of future schedules, necessary to accommodate grounded aircraft undergoing engine maintenance, has forced them to make the “difficult decision” to […]
Fri Nov 3, 2023 - 12:19pmBurnie City Council has made disabled parking free across the city for the foreseeable future. The change took effect after the council’s October meeting and will only apply to designated disability zones. The council say time limits will still apply in time-controlled parking spaces and disability permit holders will still need to pay for parking if […]
Fri Nov 3, 2023 - 11:10amThe cost of living crisis is affecting more Hobartians than ever before, with Hobart City Mission now distributing almost twice the number of food packs compared to the beginning of the year. Last month, the organisation distributed 824 food packs, up from an average of around 535 over the previous 8 months. Hobart City Mission […]
Fri Nov 3, 2023 - 9:15amPlans for a floating “unique Tasmanian tourism experience” that will offer people the chance to stay both “perched over the River Derwent and submerged within it” have been submitted to the Hobart City Council. Built in place of the current Waimea Jetty in Sandy Bay, which the developer says is in a “very poor state […]
Fri Nov 3, 2023 - 5:00amIt’s full steam ahead for the West Coast Wilderness Railway, with some services on track to resume in just a few weeks. This iconic tourism attraction was shut down in March for significant maintenance work, just weeks after a diesel locomotive derailed on its way to Strahan. On November 21, several months after the incident, […]
Fri Nov 3, 2023 - 4:00amLabor has claimed that hundreds of Tasmanians are dying each year while on the waiting list for outpatient appointments in the public health system. The opposition says that around one-third of the reduction in the waiting list claimed by the government is due to people dying before receiving their health appointment. Information released under Right […]
Fri Nov 3, 2023 - 1:00amThe man allegedly responsible for the armed robbery of a cash register at a Devonport business on Wednesday has been charged. The 39-year-old man was arrested and taken into custody on Thursday morning, the day after fleeing the William Street newsagency. Police said at the time he was ‘assisting officers in their investigations’. A short […]
Thu Nov 2, 2023 - 11:00pmMultiple Tasmanian Aboriginal associations have come out in support of a local artist whose cultural design for the Tasmania JackJumpers was labeled as ‘offensive’ by one major indigenous body. Aboriginal artist Reuben Oates created the jersey for the team originally intended to be worn during this weekend’s Indigenous round, but his use of ‘dot art’ […]
Thu Nov 2, 2023 - 5:30pmA $2.1 million funding boost to ensure the long-term survival of Tasmania’s Maugean Skate has been announced by the state government. The Maugean skate, a species of ray, has evolved to live only in Macquarie Harbour on Tasmania’s west coast and it is believed that fewer than 1,000 of them remain. Premier Jeremy Rockliff said […]
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