After extensive testing, phone and seatbelt cameras have officially been turned on across Tasmania. In addition to the already active speed functionalities, the cameras will now issue fines of $390, along with 3 demerit points, to drivers who are caught using their phones or not wearing a seat belt correctly. Since the introduction of the mobile […]
Mon Aug 21, 2023 - 10:25amA Launceston driver has been fined after they drove into a police checkpoint while their front seat passenger had a child on their lap. Sergeant Ben Kromkamp said the 9-year-old child was spotted “sitting on the lap” of a passenger in the front seat during the Saturday night operation on Bathurst Street. “This is of […]
Mon Aug 21, 2023 - 10:00amA Mornington man who abused his neighbour has been ordered to pay $21,000 in compensation for the sexist and racially discriminatory attack. James Price was found to have breached the Anti-Discrimination Act by verbally abusing his Quarry Road neighbour Evelyn Baco and calling her a “cheap Asian prostitute”. The dispute between Baco and Price had […]
Mon Aug 21, 2023 - 9:45amForecasters from the Bureau of Meteorology are predicting a warmer than normal week in Tasmania, particularly today and Thursday. Brooke Oakley from the BOM said that while the north and west might experience some wet weather, temperatures are expected to be higher than usual. Hobart’s could reach 18 degrees on Monday, a 5-degree increase from […]
Mon Aug 21, 2023 - 8:30amTasmanians are rallying behind a single mother and her family facing deportation to Vietnam after receiving incorrect migration advice from a paid agent. Dan Thi Tran, the owner of Launceston’s popular Mekong Vietnamese Restaurant, and her three children have called Tasmania home for the past 8 years. However, they have been given just two months to […]
Mon Aug 21, 2023 - 7:00amA Tasmanian bushwalker and YouTuber is under investigation for allegedly breaking the law by lighting fires and using drones in protected nature reserves. The states Department of Natural Resources and Environment has accused Rob Parsons of the illegal activities and may take him to court for it. It is alleged that Parsons makes money from […]
Mon Aug 21, 2023 - 6:00amA woman who drove a Mazda 3 at her then-boyfriend before speeding off has been sentenced in the Hobart Supreme Court. Zoe Haidar was under the influence of methylamphetamine, amphetamine and cannabis at the time of the incident on January 19 of last year. The court heard how Haidar rammed into her partner, Daniel Lovell, […]
Mon Aug 21, 2023 - 5:00amHobart’s Channel Highway will become 80km/h all the way from Kettering to Deep Bay from next month. The Commissioner for Transport approved the speed limit reduction on four sections of the vital highway to provide a “consistent speed limit” for the entire road. “The decision to lower the speed limits was based on the characteristics […]
Mon Aug 21, 2023 - 4:00amA dangerous driving incident in Hobart’s northern suburbs that spanned the course of five-hours has led to a man’s arrest, police have confirmed. The incident was first reported at around 3pm on Sunday when the man was spotted driving dangerously and at high speeds near the Bridgewater Bridge. It is understood Police then initiated a pursuit […]
Sun Aug 20, 2023 - 8:45pmFour teenagers have been charged over an alleged aggravated robbery in Launceston that left a man injured overnight. The group, aged between 15 and 17-years-old, allegedly jumped the 52-year-old man on Wellington Street at around 3:20am on Sunday. Police say they then stole his belongings before fleeing the scene. Officers tracked down and arrested the youths shortly after the […]
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