Tassie Premier Jeremy Rockliff is joining more than 18,000 Tasmanians donning their shorts today to spark conversations around mental health. Today, the shortest day of the year, is Stay ChatTY’s annual Shorts Day – braving the cold and conversation. The annual community-driven activation encourages all Tasmanians to wear shorts (or Shorts Day merchandise) on the […]
Thu Jun 22, 2023 - 11:48amTwo drivers have been stripped of their cars after they were filmed stopping traffic to ‘hoon and do burnouts’ on Brighton Road in Pontville on Saturday. Police say one driver has had his vehicle clamped for 3 months, while the other has had his car seized indefinitely due to his previous offending history. “Tasmania Police will […]
Thu Jun 22, 2023 - 10:45amTasmanian MMA fighter Rob ‘Razor’ Wilkinson has publicly apologised after he failed a drug test before his highly-anticipated match against Ty Flores in the United States. Wilkinson, who is the reigning light heavyweight champ, was due to face Flores on June 8 in a Professional Fighters League Main Event. At the time, sporting circles reported […]
Thu Jun 22, 2023 - 10:20amThe winter solstice is usually a time for huddling indoors and staying warm, but in Hobart it’s a time for stripping off and plunging into the icy River Derwent naked. 2,000 brave souls gathered at Long Beach in Sandy Bay this morning to mark the end of Hobart’s Dark Mofo winter festival with the now-famous […]
Thu Jun 22, 2023 - 9:52amAn 18-year-old teenager who broke into the home of a legally blind woman and stole her jewellery at knife-point could be sent to jail, depending on his behavior for the rest of the year. Gregory Maxwell Picken pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated burglary and one count of armed robbery, both dating back to […]
Thu Jun 22, 2023 - 9:15amPrimrose Sands, a beach suburb located around 45 minutes drive from Hobart, has doubled its median price at an extraordinary pace, according to new PropTrack data. It took only 47 months for median prices to climb from $255,000 to $510,000, making it the fastest growing Tasmanian suburb. Greater Hobart’s average was 83 months, while the […]
Thu Jun 22, 2023 - 8:25amAfter shivering through subzero mornings, Tasmania is set to experience another good snow event, along with showers and frosts this week. Liawenee was the coldest part of Tassie Wednesday morning, with the temperature dipping to -6.3 degrees. Fingal was the second coldest, dropping to -6C. In the south, Grove recorded -3.6C. The Bureau of Meteorology […]
Thu Jun 22, 2023 - 7:56amToday is Speak Up Stay Chatty Shorts Day! The annual community-driven activation encourages all Tasmanians to wear shorts (or Shorts Day merchandise) on the shortest day of the year to work, school, sporting clubs – or find their own unique way to BRAVE IT and spark conversations around mental health. “Together, we will be braving […]
Thu Jun 22, 2023 - 7:00amTasmanian Premier Jeremy Rockliff has slammed the latest impressions of the proposed Hobart stadium as ‘scare tactics’. The image, created by an anti-stadium group based on what they say were official measurements provided by the government, show the stadium towering over Hunter Street and the potential visual impact it may pose to the area. It […]
Wed Jun 21, 2023 - 6:57pmAverage power prices in Tasmania are set to soar by over nine percent in the next financial year. Aurora Energy has been given the green light to impose an additional 9.51 percent increase on average for its residential and small business customers, effective from next month. For residential customers with median electricity consumption, this means […]
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