Hobart’s Lord Mayor Anna Reynolds has received a caution for breaching the code of conduct during an interaction with now-Councillor Louise Elliot at a public meeting last year. The meeting was held to discuss the University of Tasmania’s intention to move its campus from Sandy Bay to the CBD, during which Ms Elliot spoke against the […]
Thu Dec 7, 2023 - 3:25pmHobart teenager Isabelle Corbin has set the bar for grand entrances to school events by touching down at her Year 12 St Michael’s Collegiate school formal in a helicopter. The aspiring rescue helicopter pilot and daughter of the late Rotorlift founder Roger Corbin, flew the helicopter to her leavers dinner at Wrest Point with the […]
Thu Dec 7, 2023 - 2:25pmA customer has issued a warning to other shoppers after she went to eat a hot roast chicken purchased from a Tasmanian supermarket that reportedly contained maggots. The chicken was reportedly bought from Woolworths in Wynyard at 4:50pm from a batch prepared at 4:33pm on Wednesday afternoon. The woman was quick to share the find in […]
Thu Dec 7, 2023 - 2:10pmThe Skylands mega-development on Hobart’s eastern shore is back on the table, with an updated masterplan that will be voted on by Clarence councillors more than six months after its initial rejection. This major development, located about 25-minutes from Hobart’s CBD by car (on a good day), would see around 2,500 new homes built across 6 connected […]
Thu Dec 7, 2023 - 12:00pmTasmania Police will ramp up their patrols in busy shopping precincts in the lead up to Christmas as the battle against shoplifters and those engaging in antisocial behaviour continues. Foot patrols will make up a majority of their efforts, with officers planning to specifically target shoplifters that are already known to police. Inspector John Toohey […]
Thu Dec 7, 2023 - 11:59amTasmanian JackJumpers’ star American import Milton Doyle will not be travelling with the team to New Zealand this weekend. Club CEO Christine Flanagan said Chicago-born Doyle had returned to the United States with his wife and children to attend the his fathers funeral. “On behalf of the entire club, I want to express my heartfelt […]
Thu Dec 7, 2023 - 9:55amA new-look Jetstar aircraft will take to Tasmanian skies across the coming months after it was given a colourful makeover in Qantas’ Melbourne hangar. The Airbus A320 ‘flying with pride’ plane was wrapped as a ‘message of solidarity with the LGBTQI+ community’ ahead of Melbourne’s Midsumma Festival next month. The airline say the 180-seat plane, registered as […]
Wed Dec 6, 2023 - 9:00pm“She will be rebuilt”: That’s the message from the owners of the Nunamara Store after a devastating fire tore through the business today. The store on the Tasman Highway around 20 minutes from Launceston went up in flames at 12:40pm on Wednesday and ‘could not be saved’ by firefighters. The TFS tell Pulse the blaze […]
Wed Dec 6, 2023 - 8:30pmCourt documents outlining the allegations against Tasmanian Supreme Court Justice Gregory Geason, including accusations of “verbal abuse” and “striking”, tracking a person “using technology” and “pressuring a person” to sign a contract, have been released. Justice Geason pleaded not guilty to one charge of emotional abuse and one charge of common assault when he appeared in the Hobart […]
Wed Dec 6, 2023 - 3:55pmA “charred” but miraculously surviving small kitten rescued in the aftermath of the recent Dolphin Sands Bushfires is now living a happy life with the firefighter who saved her. Kym Manten from the Tasmania Fire Service was in the process of cleaning up the area after the devastating blaze that destroyed two homes and burnt […]
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