Former Tasmanian Greens leader Cassy O’Connor will run as a candidate for the Legislative Council seat of Hobart. O’Connor announced her candidacy four months after resigning from her Clark seat in the state parliament, a position she held for 15 years. Having secured her party’s preselection, she will vie for the seat on May 4 […]
Mon Nov 6, 2023 - 3:00amA young man has been left with what Police are describing as serious but non-life threatening head injuries after an alleged Salamanca attack in the early hours of Sunday morning. Police say the victim in his 20s was taken to the Royal Hobart Hospital following the “serious assault” at around 4:20am, while a 24-year-old Lenah Valley man was […]
Sun Nov 5, 2023 - 4:00pmA fisherman who found himself stuck in Bass Strait after losing his boat’s propeller on rocks has successfully rescued after making a non-urgent call for help. The boatie made a “PAN PAN” call on VHF channel 16 on Friday night, which was heard by Marine Rescue Ulverstone volunteers who “were quick to jump in and head […]
Sun Nov 5, 2023 - 4:00amA man from Tasmania’s northern midlands has been airlifted to hospital after crashing into a tree overnight. The 42-year-old was cut from the car on Lake Road Road near Lake Leake by SES crews and Ambulance Tasmania around 11:30pm on Friday night. He was transported to the Royal Hobart Hospital by helicopter. Police say the man […]
Sat Nov 4, 2023 - 10:00amMany Tasmanians say they are “disappointed” at Air New Zealand’s decision to withdraw their direct flights to and from the island for an ‘indefinite’ period from next year. Come April 5, 2024, travellers will be left with no choice but to venture via the mainland to head across the ditch due to ‘scheduling issues’ over […]
Sat Nov 4, 2023 - 5:00amTasmanian taxpayers spent $68.2 million on fly-in, fly-out locum doctors in the last year, according to information obtained by Labor. In the 2022-2023 financial year, the Royal Hobart Hospital received $17.5 million in locum spending, while the Launceston General Hospital was allocated $27.1 million, the North West Regional Hospital got $14.3 million and the Mersey […]
Sat Nov 4, 2023 - 4:00amA car has mounted the footpath of a busy Hobart Street after a peak hour crash this evening. Police and emergency services were called to the crash on Campbell Street outside Officeworks shortly before 5pm on Friday. Images from the scene show one vehicle wedged against a traffic light pole, with injuries not yet known. […]
Fri Nov 3, 2023 - 5:30pmEXCLUSIVE Air New Zealand are set to stop their direct flights between Hobart and Auckland next year due to ‘scheduling issues’ arising from an ongoing “engine maintenance problem”. The airline has revealed that a review of future schedules, necessary to accommodate grounded aircraft undergoing engine maintenance, has forced them to make the “difficult decision” to […]
Fri Nov 3, 2023 - 12:19pmThe cost of living crisis is affecting more Hobartians than ever before, with Hobart City Mission now distributing almost twice the number of food packs compared to the beginning of the year. Last month, the organisation distributed 824 food packs, up from an average of around 535 over the previous 8 months. Hobart City Mission […]
Fri Nov 3, 2023 - 9:15amPlans for a floating “unique Tasmanian tourism experience” that will offer people the chance to stay both “perched over the River Derwent and submerged within it” have been submitted to the Hobart City Council. Built in place of the current Waimea Jetty in Sandy Bay, which the developer says is in a “very poor state […]
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