A power-tool obsessed thief has been nabbed after allegedly stealing close to $80,000 worth of property from across Launceston in recent weeks. The 28-year-old Ravenswood man allegedly committed multiple burglaries and motor vehicle stealings throughout the Western Junction and the West Tamar area last month. Police say a ‘large quantity’ of stolen power tools have since […]
Fri Jul 7, 2023 - 5:05pmBMX riders from around Hobart will soon be riding on a new track, with the construction of a new park scheduled to get underway at Pembroke Park on Monday. The Sorell Council say site fencing will soon be installed and access to the area will be restricted for the duration of the construction. The new track will […]
Fri Jul 7, 2023 - 3:00pmConstruction on a new, state-of-the-art Glenorchy ambulance superstation is about to begin, 5 years after first being announced in 2018. Hansen Yuncken have been awarded the $12.66 million contract to build the station on a greenfield site in Timsbury Road following a request for tender that went out in December. Designs for the new station show a […]
Fri Jul 7, 2023 - 1:00pmA man who allegedly rammed the gate of a Tasmanian Gold site with a stolen loader in an attempt to steal copper cabling has been charged. The 30-year-old man from St Leonard’s is facing criminal charges for damage, trespass, motor vehicle stealing and attempted stealing following the incident in March. According to Police, the man is […]
Fri Jul 7, 2023 - 12:19pmThe inaugural chairman of Tasmania’s new AFL team has been officially revealed as former Woolworths CEO Grant O’Brien. O’Brien, who grew up playing football for Penguin on the North-West coast, is the current Tourism Tasmania chair and played a pivotal role in the groundwork for the 19th licence. Former Premier Peter Gutwein was rumoured for […]
Fri Jul 7, 2023 - 11:31amA duo who allegedly went on a $100,000 furniture and appliance stealing spree at Airbnb properties in Tasmania’s north have been charged. The man and woman in their 30s were arrested during a search in Devonport yesterday following the recent ‘substantial aggravated burglaries’ in Sheffield. The pair are alleged to have stolen property estimated to […]
Fri Jul 7, 2023 - 10:49amAn early morning fire at a New Norfolk home has left the property damaged today. Firefighters from New Norfolk and Magra responded to the blaze at Graham Court around 4:30am on Friday. The property was engulfed when they arrived. The sole female occupant received treatment for smoke inhalation at the scene. Firefighters successfully extinguished the […]
Fri Jul 7, 2023 - 9:24amA two-vehicle crash on Tasmania’s Bass Highway has closed the right hand lane of the highway, near the Lovett Street overpass. Police are on scene, and are requesting motorists take an alternative route until the scene is cleared.
Fri Jul 7, 2023 - 8:21amTwo Tasmanian men were so intoxicated that they don’t remember a fellow patron being assaulted at a nightclub before drowning on Hobart’s waterfront, and inquest has heard. Jarrod Davies, who was in Tasmania from Gippsland to undertake diving training, had been drinking at Obar on Hobart’s waterfront in February 2020 when he was headbutted and […]
Fri Jul 7, 2023 - 6:45amA boat anchored off-shore on Tasmania’s Tamar River has gone up in flames overnight. Emergency services, including the Tamar Sea Rescue, rushed to the scene around 6:20 PM on Wednesday night. Investigations are underway to work out why the unattended boat caught fire.
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