35,133 speeding drivers have been caught by Tasmania’s 14 mobile speed cameras since they were introduced last September. Two more cameras complete with mobile phone and seatbelt detection capabilities are expected to hit the streets in the coming weeks. The cameras can monitor up to six lanes of traffic in both directions and have recently […]
Fri Sep 15, 2023 - 3:00pmRoyal Australian Air Force pilots will perform aerobatic displays over Hobart this weekend to commemorate the 83rd anniversary of the Battle of Britain. The national commemorations for the Battle of Britain are held in Tasmania every year, organised by the RAAF Association Tasmania. The RAAF’s aerobatic display team, the Roulettes, will conduct fly-pasts in their […]
Fri Sep 15, 2023 - 2:15pmPrimrose Sands residents are being urged to check their bushfire plans as firefighters battle a blaze in the area this afternoon. Tasmania Fire Services crews are currently working to extinguish the blaze near Tecoma Road, which they say is travelling towards Correa Street. The TFS say while there is “no immediate threat” at this stage, all […]
Fri Sep 15, 2023 - 11:30amThe Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has launched an investigation into an incident involving two passenger aircraft after one that had just departed from Hobart Airport was forced to deviate from its course to “avoid conflict”. The ATSB say the recent ‘loss of separation assurance’ incident involved two ERJ 190-100 jets, both owned and operated […]
Fri Sep 15, 2023 - 11:00amAn investigation has been launched after human skeletal remains were discovered in farmland at Clifton Beach. The remains, along with a pair of black dress shoes, a short sleeve top, and a plastic bag containing keys, a lighter and possible ID cards, were discovered by a local resident in July. Inspector Andrew Keane says forensic […]
Fri Sep 15, 2023 - 9:23amLifeguards at the Doone Kennedy Hobart Aquatic Centre saved the life of a veteran underwater hockey player who suffered a heart attack in the pool. The lifeguards, Fraser Kelly and James Clues, applied CPR and used a nearby Automated External Defibrillator (AED) to keep the player, Marc Richards, alive until paramedics arrived. 67-year-old Richards praised the […]
Fri Sep 15, 2023 - 7:00amHobart Airport could be hit with strike action this Christmas as security and screening staff threaten to walk off the job. Workers employed by MSS Security say they are currently locked in a wage dispute over a “sub-par wage offer” from their employer. United Workers Union coordinator Damien Davie said workers were only offered a 2% […]
Fri Sep 15, 2023 - 6:00amThe Roulettes Air Force aerobatics team will take to the skies of Launceston today in preparation for their aerial displays at the Battle of Britain Commemorations in Hobart this weekend. Up to six Pilatus PC-21 aircraft will engage in practice flights over Launceston Airport from 3:30pm, with the training scheduled to last for just under […]
Fri Sep 15, 2023 - 5:30amHundreds of mourners have gathered at a local school in Tasmania’s north-west to pay their respects to a fellow classmate and footballer who passed away suddenly last week. 16-year-old Samara Whitney was remembered at a heartbreaking service at Marist Regional College in Burnie on Thursday. Whitney’s white coffin was decorated with football boots, jumpers and […]
Fri Sep 15, 2023 - 5:00am21 years after Jason Mazurek was last seen, his family is once again appealing to the Tasmanian community for answers. Captured in old and grainy security footage, the then 20-year-old Mazurek vanished on September 14, 2002, after celebrating a hockey grand final at Wrest Point in Sandy Bay. The footage shows Mazurek heading towards Drysdale […]
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