A crash involving a campervan near the Tasman Bridge is causing delays for city-bound motorists this afternoon. Police say the crash is between two vehicles and is blocking lanes onto the bridge from the eastern shore. Motorists are advised to expect delays. No injuries have been reported.
Sat Feb 25, 2023 - 12:02pmA 33-year-old man from Clarendon Vale has picked up 59 charges for multiple offences following a raid on his property yesterday morning. Police swarmed the Avro Court house at around 7:40AM on Friday where they found a “substantial amount” of stolen property, identified to be from burglaries of construction sites within Clarendon Vale. The man […]
Sat Feb 25, 2023 - 11:55amA 31-year-old man from Goodwood has been charged with causing grievous bodily harm after a serious assault at a Woolworths supermarket in Moonah on Wednesday. The man was arrested in the Hobart CBD on Friday afternoon after being promptly identified by Glenorchy CIB detectives following the incident. Police say they believe that the two men knew each […]
Sat Feb 25, 2023 - 11:15amA 20+ strong Tasmanian clean-up crew dubbed ‘Team Clean’ have spent the last two weeks picking up a whopping 50,000 bits of trash from remote southwest beaches. Tyres, ropes and buoys made up some of the thousands of pieces of rubbish removed from the beaches inside the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area – with the […]
Sat Feb 25, 2023 - 10:15amWith hot temperatures in the low-30’s and strong winds forecast today the Tasmania Fire Service have declared a total fire ban for Southern Tasmania. With the fire danger rating to reach “Extreme” in some parts of the state today, people living in bushfire prone areas are urged to prepare their property, review their bushfire survival […]
Sat Feb 25, 2023 - 9:14amA male pedestrian has died after being hit by a truck in Burnie on Tasmania’s north-west coast this afternoon. Police say the serious crash on the Bass Highway occurred around 2pm today, with the road around the scene still blocked. Motorists are advised to avoid the area and obey diversions in place on Bass Highway, […]
Fri Feb 24, 2023 - 4:36pmKingborough Council has announced that the Blackman’s Bay beach toilets will now be locked at dusk and opened for ‘day-use’ at 6am due to “regular vandalism”. The decision has been made after significant damage was done to the facilities last weekend that saw baby change tables broken and equipment burnt and damaged. The council say […]
Fri Feb 24, 2023 - 9:00amHobart’s Tasman Bridge is set to be lit in blue and yellow, the colours of the Ukrainian flag, tonight to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Premier Jeremy Rockliff has expressed his solidarity with the Ukrainian people, saying that “Ukraine will always have a friend in Tasmania.” “Ukraine will always have […]
Fri Feb 24, 2023 - 7:00amThree burglars who were caught leaving a building site in Howrah by Police on Thursday morning have been arrested and charged. The trio was caught red-handed while trying to flee the scene on Fermoy Crescent after allegedly stealing from a house under construction at around 6am yesterday. The accused, a 51-year-old man, 38-year-old man and […]
Fri Feb 24, 2023 - 6:00amA case of measles has been confirmed in Launceston this week, the first in Tasmania in 4 years according to the Tasmanian Department of Health. They say the person recently returned from overseas and is currently in isolation at the Launceston General Hospital. Contact tracing is underway to identify anyone who may have been exposed […]
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