The State Government has set the wheels in motion on four new cycleway and shared pathway projects across Greater Hobart, handing out $2 million in grants as part of an $8.8 million program. As part of the Better Active Transport funding scheme, the Kingborough Council will build a $750,000 underpass under Summerleas Road along the […]
Wed Aug 2, 2023 - 6:00amThe median dwelling price in Hobart has decreased by $33,000 in the past six months, according to the PropTrack July Home Price Index. In February, the median value was $713,000, but it has now dropped to $680,000 – more expensive than Darwin, Perth and Adelaide. Hobart’s median dwelling value has decreased by 4.89% over the past […]
Wed Aug 2, 2023 - 5:30amA Tasmanian scientist has been awarded a research grant of nearly $1 million to study Antarctic landfast ice and its climate impacts. Dr Alex Fraser is a specialist when it comes to researching landfast ice – frozen seawater attached to the Antarctic coastline or grounded icebergs – with the Australian Antarctic Program Partnership at the […]
Wed Aug 2, 2023 - 5:00amAn alleged Tasmanian cow thief has pleaded guilty to stealing dairy cows worth over half a million dollars between 2018 and 2020. On Monday a Launceston court heard how 51-year-old Cluan man Peter Whynn Jones stole the cows from Moo and You Finance Pty Ltd across the two-year period. The stolen cows were identified as belonging […]
Wed Aug 2, 2023 - 4:30amA viral social media post this morning had plenty of people fooled into thinking Stanley’s famous Nut had been covered in snow. The photo, shared by Stanley and Tarkine Tasmania, also shows a waterfall making an “incredible splash” from the top of the nut. “An incredible thing has happened in Stanley! As the snow begins […]
Tue Aug 1, 2023 - 2:45pmTasmania’s newest MP won’t take the role as Greens leader, the party have announced today. Instead, current acting leader Rosalie Woodruff will take the reigns of the “green team”. Vica Bayley was elected to the House of Assembly as the new Member for Clark this morning following the resignation of Cassy O’Connor. The Tasmanian Electoral […]
Tue Aug 1, 2023 - 1:05pmFollowing the death of a farmer at a Chudleigh in 2020, the Coroner has recommended that some tractors be banned in Tasmania. 67-year-old Ian John Barwick was killed after he was run over by a tractor while removing hay bales at his farm west of Launceston on June 9 2020. In her newly published findings, Coroner […]
Tue Aug 1, 2023 - 12:23pmA rolled truck is causing delays for motorists around the Midland Highway in Launceston this afternoon. The Tasman Logistic Services truck carrying cardboard recycling bundles rolled on the western side of the Kings Meadows Link in Youngtown around 12pm. Delays of ‘several hours’ are expected, with Police asking motorists to use an alternate route and […]
Tue Aug 1, 2023 - 12:10pmThe City of Hobart say conditions on kunanyi/Mount Wellington this morning are “suited to only the experienced, well prepared user.” With a current ‘feels like’ temperature of -16.5c and gusts of around 74km/h, the conditions are not for the ill-prepared. Council crews, who braved the elements to inspect the mountain this morning said they “knew it […]
Tue Aug 1, 2023 - 10:55amThe City of Hobart are hosting a ‘Street to Stage’ fundraising show this weekend for talented local homeless musicians to show off their skills. All funds raised on Saturday will go to Health with Dignity, enabling Hobartians in extreme need to access GP appointments for free. The event, running at Simple Cider on Elizabeth Street […]
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