Tasmania Police are warning trick-or-treaters to stay safe tonight ahead of Halloween celebrations across the state. October 31 marks the eve of All Saints Day, a Christian feast that is known as Halloween and a popular celebration, particularly in the United States, where people dress up as monsters or other scary characters. Trick or treating, […]
Tue Oct 31, 2023 - 12:45pmA 14-year-old Hobart teenager has been charged after allegedly demanding cigarettes from a CBD store while waving a knife around overnight. Police say the teenager was “wearing a black ski mask over his face” when he entered the Liverpool Street business at around 8:15pm on Monday. The shopkeeper was “not injured” during the attempted robbery but […]
Tue Oct 31, 2023 - 11:25amThe popular Friendly Beaches camping and day-use area at Isaac’s Point will remain closed for the 2023-24 summer season after a bushfire tore through the area, severely damaging infrastructure and destroying buildings last month. Tasmania’s Parks and Wildlife Service (PWS) has confirmed the closure and said that recovery works are still ongoing at the east […]
Tue Oct 31, 2023 - 11:15amA credit of “around $30” is set to be applied to every Tasmanian household’s power bills this year as part of a $7.5 million electricity rebate after Hydro Tasmania recorded a pre-tax profit of $168 million. The state government announced the first Renewable Energy Dividend (RED) on Tuesday morning, with each household expected to receive […]
Tue Oct 31, 2023 - 10:00amPopular 7 Tasmania weekend newsreader Louise Houbaer has confirmed she is just ‘weeks away’ from giving birth to her second child. Taking to her public Instagram page, Houbaer said her “new precious little possum” was “kicking so much” during Sunday night’s bulletin. “I’m wondering whether it could be seen through the screen,” Houbaer wrote. “It’s […]
Tue Oct 31, 2023 - 9:30amHobart’s scramble crossing trial is a “stupid ridiculous exercise” that one Alderman believes the city council has got ‘completely wrong’. During a motion put forward at Monday night’s council meeting to ‘urgently seek data’ on the impact of a ‘disastrous’ scramble crossing in the Hobart CBD, Alderman Marti Zucco called on the State Government to shut […]
Tue Oct 31, 2023 - 5:00amA Tasmanian drug dealer had ‘just started’ selling cocaine when he was found with close to $20,000 in cash and almost 100 grams of the drug at a Midlands roadhouse, a court has heard. Then 23-year-old Stephan Hrvojevic was caught out after a police search of his car at a roadhouse near Kempton in November […]
Tue Oct 31, 2023 - 3:00amPeople across Tasmania have been stunned by a ‘spectacular’ shooting star display tonight. The meteor-type object was seen burning through the earth’s atmosphere by sky gazers across both Hobart and Launceston shortly after 9:20pm on Monday One Trevallyn resident said she saw the star shoot across the sky before ‘exploding’ a few seconds later. The […]
Mon Oct 30, 2023 - 9:34pmA Launceston real-estate office has had its front windows ‘completely smashed’ by an alleged offender today. Police responded to reports of damage at The Agency – Team Bushby on Cimitiere Street around 4:30pm on Monday afternoon. Eyewitness reports seen by Pulse suggest a man was allegedly wielding what is believed to be a hammer while […]
Mon Oct 30, 2023 - 6:52pmNew laws on firearms and family violence matters will be debated in the Tasmanian Parliament this week. Proposed changes to firearms laws include automatically refusing firearm licences for members of outlaw motorcycle gangs and creating a new offence for the unlawful possession of digital blueprints for manufacturing firearms. Leader of the House Felix Ellis said […]
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