Trees on the side of a busy Kingston road have gone up in flames after a serious crash this afternoon. Algona Road is currently closed between the ‘form in the road’ Roundabout and Redwood Road while emergency services work to extinguish the blaze. Police ask motorists to avoid the area until the scene is cleared. […]
Thu Oct 5, 2023 - 4:03pmA suspicious fire has destroyed a vacant house on Tasmania’s west coast in the early hours of yesterday morning. Acting Sergeant Jeremy Williams said firefighters were called to the blaze on Rosebery’s Reece Avenue around 4:45am on Wednesday. Williams said the home was unoccupied at the time and believes the fire may have been deliberately lit. He […]
Thu Oct 5, 2023 - 3:29pmSnow is forecast to hit some parts of Tasmania tomorrow, as the state prepares for temperatures to plummet. Senior Meteorologist Michael Conway from the BOM tells Pulse the snow is likely to fall around the south, southwest and Central Plateau tomorrow morning. ‘It will be unlikely to settle much and will probably melt by sunrise,’ […]
Thu Oct 5, 2023 - 2:49pmTwo people are believed to have been injured after a crash in Hobart’s northern suburbs this afternoon. Claremont Link Road at the intersection with Main Road has been closed after two cars collided, with one rolling onto its side. Emergency services are currently working to clear the scene. More to come…
Thu Oct 5, 2023 - 2:30pmA Hobart woman living a “chaotic lifestyle” who left her friend blind in one eye after attacking him with a high heeled shoe has been sentenced to time in prison. Katie Maree Job and Robert Lance Frederick Ransley were driving in Hobart’s northern suburbs in December 2021 when she asked to borrow his phone that […]
Thu Oct 5, 2023 - 5:00amThe Australian government was warned as early as 2018 that its $528 million icebreaking research ship was too large to safely pass under Hobart’s Tasman Bridge. A senate inquiry hearing in Hobart on Wednesday heard that TasPorts had said no to letting the RSV Nuyina pass under the bridge over fears of a repeat of […]
Thu Oct 5, 2023 - 4:30amAnonymous tips from members of the public have recently led to dozens of significant drug seizures, including a haul of methamphetamine valued at around $700,000. Crime Stoppers Tasmania Chairman David Daniels said the methamphetamine bust stopped close to 1kg of the drug making it to our streets, with the anonymous tipster now eligible for a reward. […]
Thu Oct 5, 2023 - 4:00amMore than 700 hospitality representatives have converged in the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens for the annual Tasmanian Hospitality Association awards for Excellence. The quality and diversity of Tasmania’s hospitality sector was on full display, with the winners announced across 38 categories compromising the state’s best cafes, restaurants, accommodation providers, pubs, sporting clubs and tourism operators. […]
Wed Oct 4, 2023 - 8:12pmFour teenage girls have been charged with multiple offences, including motor vehicle stealing, after a string of incidents this week. Police believe the four girls, three aged just 15-years-old and one 17-year-old, committed the crimes over the past two days around greater Hobart and Launceston. The teenagers will appear in a youth court at a later […]
Wed Oct 4, 2023 - 5:30pmHuntingfield House in Kingston has hit the market for one of the few times in its near 200 year history. The 3-storey sandstone Georgian home was built by James Bayton in the 1830s or 1840s and is considered one of the most significant heritage-listed homes in the Kingborough municipality. The lower ground level retains its […]
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