A man who sexually assaulted two female goats in Tasmania’s north-east last year has avoided jail after pleading guilty to two counts of bestiality. WARNING: This story contains references to bestiality and sexual assault The Launceston Supreme Court heard how Branxholm man Jacob Heatlie Johnston, 21, took a ‘much loved family pet’ goat from a […]
Fri Oct 27, 2023 - 1:45pmA woman who drowned in a popular swimming spot while visiting Tasmania in the summer of 2022 “most likely” suffered a medical event, according to a Coroner. Emily Catherine Stein, 22, died in January 2022 after she disappeared around 15 minutes after entering the water alongside her father and brother in Launceston’s Cataract Gorge First Basin. […]
Fri Oct 27, 2023 - 11:45amSwansea’s heritage Morris General Store has received the stamp of approval for a significant new development. Glamorgan Spring Bay councillors voted in favour of the development, which will feature food services, six two-story dwellings, a hotel and a wine bar, on Tuesday. The project will see the current IGA supermarket building on the site demolished […]
Fri Oct 27, 2023 - 11:30amClose to 2,200 households have been plunged into darkness tonight due to a widespread power outage affecting parts of West and North Hobart. TasNetworks say around 2,142 customers in Mount Stuart, North Hobart, West Hobart and Lenah Valley are without power as of 10pm on Thursday. A spokesperson said crews are currently “conducting an immediate line patrol […]
Thu Oct 26, 2023 - 10:00pmDozens of ‘Bashers’ have arrived back in Hobart after tooting their way across the state for the 32nd Variety Federal Group TasBash. A total of 11 themed cars, accompanied by passionate fundraising teams, set off on the 1,200km round trip from Hobart’s Parliament Lawns on Saturday, with just 8 managing to complete the trip. One […]
Thu Oct 26, 2023 - 7:00pmA platypus has been found entangled in plastic after rubbish from the council tip was discharged into the Hobart Rivulet over the weekend. Pete Walsh discovered the platypus while photographing other platypuses in the area on Tuesday. Walsh spent two and a half hours searching for the platypus, eventually finding her and removing the plastic […]
Thu Oct 26, 2023 - 4:00amTorn-off roofs and blown-in windows were among the 46 calls for assistance that State Emergency Service crews responded to overnight as severe wind gusts swept across the state. SES Assistant Director Leon Smith said the average damaging winds, clocking in at 98 km/h, included “pockets of destructive winds” that prompted volunteers to respond to various […]
Wed Oct 25, 2023 - 1:25pmA group dedicated to protecting platypuses in the Hobart Rivulet is devastated after a severe storm on Saturday night sent a ‘significant amount’ of rubbish from a nearby tip into the waterway. Pete Walsh from the Hobart Rivulet Platypus group has said while no injured platypuses have been reported, previous incidents have harmed these animals. He says […]
Wed Oct 25, 2023 - 5:00amThe family of a transgender woman who was allegedly assaulted in Risdon Prison before her 2018 death is calling for a coronial inquest. Rosemary Harwood says her daughter Marjorie Harwood refused life-saving medical care for a kidney condition due to the fear of being sent back to the facility where she had allegedly been sexually […]
Wed Oct 25, 2023 - 4:00amAfter more than 16 years, Hobart’s Observatory Bar have announced they will be ‘bidding farewell’ to partygoers next month. The ‘Obar’ nightclub moved to its current Franklin Wharf location, previously occupied by IsoBar, in 2019 after 12 years at nearby Murray Street Pier. It is understood owners Pub Banc, who also operate Salamanca’s Cargo Bar […]
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