The Bridgewater Bridge lifting span may never open again after the state’s road authority made the decision to keep it closed until the new bridge is built. The existing lifting bridge span, which was completed in the 1940s, is one of the few remaining in the Southern Hemisphere and is the largest of its kind […]
Mon Dec 4, 2023 - 4:30amTasmania’s famous Dove Lake is now more accessible, thanks to the completion of a new boardwalk. The boardwalk connects to the recently-opened Dove Lake Viewing shelter and has been designed to minimise its impact on the site. Minister for Parks Nick Duigan said the project was completed as part of a $26.8 million investment towards […]
Mon Dec 4, 2023 - 3:30amUpdated 9:30pm, Sunday 3 December: A woman has been taken to hospital with serious injuries after crashing her car just minutes from Brighton on Sunday afternoon. Police say the 37-year-old was the only person in the black XR6 Falcon sedan when it left Tea Tree Road around 3:45pm. Investigators suspect that the woman may have […]
Sun Dec 3, 2023 - 4:15pmUpdated 5:15pm, Sunday 3 December: A man has been left with minor burns to his hands after attempting to put out a house fire in the Huon Valley this afternoon. The blaze on Middle Road at Pelverata, around 16 minutes from Huonville, had “completely destroyed” the home valued at around $600,000 by the time emergency services […]
Sun Dec 3, 2023 - 3:35pmUpdated 12:30pm, Sunday 3 December: The man accused of causing grievous bodily harm to a 10-month-old baby boy has faced the Hobart Magistrates Court. 25-year-old Daniel John Ridgers allegedly violently shook and dropped the infant into his cot on November 30, the court heard on Sunday. Ridgers did not enter a plea or apply for […]
Sun Dec 3, 2023 - 8:45amTasmania’s Administrator of Courts has apologised for blocking media from attending a court appearance by Supreme Court Judge Gregory Geason. Justice Geason appeared in an out-of-hours session at the Hobart Magistrates Court on Friday night to face charges including one count of assault and one count of emotional abuse. In a statement released on Saturday, […]
Sun Dec 3, 2023 - 4:00amFour members of an outlaw motorcycle gang will be facing charges after they were intercepted by police on the Midland Highway yesterday. The gangsters were riding Harley Davidson motorcycles while allegedly under the influence of drugs when they were pulled over just north of Oatlands around 10:30am on Saturday. Police say each rider returned a […]
Sun Dec 3, 2023 - 3:25am2025 is the year construction on a facility to replace the Ashley Youth Detention Centre will begin, the state government have announced. A preferred site in Pontville, next to the Midland Highway, will become home the new facility, which will be one of the many implementations made following the Commission of Inquiry (COI) over the […]
Sat Dec 2, 2023 - 5:00amHundreds of motorcyclists will hit Hobart’s Brooker Highway today for 44th annual Motorcycle Riders Association (MRA) Toy Run in support of the Salvation Army Christmas appeal. Southbound lanes of the highway will be temporarily closed from MyState Arena in Glenorchy, through to Macquarie Point for around two and a half hours from 2:20pm to allow riders […]
Sat Dec 2, 2023 - 4:00amProminent Tasmanian Supreme Court Judge Gregory Geason has today been arrested and charged with criminal offences. In a brief statement on Friday afternoon, a spokesperson from Tasmania Police said a 62-year-old man, later confirmed to be Mr Geason, was taken into custody earlier in the day. “The man has been charged with one count of common […]
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