Pulse understands several people have been ‘seriously injured’ in a crash on the Brooker Highway near Queens Domain tonight. Dozens of Police officers, paramedics and firefighters are currently on the scene of the crash, which is blocking both northbound lanes of the highway. Police say “extensive closures” are expected into the night and “no traffic” […]
Mon Oct 9, 2023 - 9:30pmA Tasmanian man died after an ambulance was not sent to him despite his wife calling triple-0 and reporting symptoms consistent with a heart attack. 65-year-old Anton Lukacevich died on January 25 last year after experiencing a heart attack at a relative’s home in Mangalore, north of Hobart. Coroner Simon Cooper found that Mr Lukacevich’s […]
Mon Oct 9, 2023 - 2:30pmUPDATE 5PM:The Tasmanian Government has reversed its earlier decision to illuminate the Tasman Bridge in blue and white tonight. Following what appears to have been ‘significant backlash’ from the Tasmanian Palestinian community, the Department of State Growth has confirmed to Pulse that the bridge will not be lit up in blue and white tonight. The […]
Mon Oct 9, 2023 - 12:45pmAn office block in Hobart’s CBD has been evacuated after smoke was spotted on an upper-level this morning. Tasmania Fire Service were called to the building at 85 Macquarie St around 9:15am on Monday. A TFS spokesperson said crews were “currently working at bringing the fire under control”. More to come…
Mon Oct 9, 2023 - 9:45amA coroner has ruled that the death of a 20-year-old apprentice builder who fell approximately 30 metres from a Clifton Beach cliff last year was a “tragic accident”. 20-year-old Carter Jim Taylor was walking with two of his friends near a high sea cliff in the Cape Deslacs area when he slipped and fell on Saturday April […]
Mon Oct 9, 2023 - 5:00amClarence City Councillors could tonight back the next step of a proposed AFL High-Performance Centre at Rosny Parklands. Councillors will vote on whether to take the State Government’s proposal to transform the former Rosny Golf Course into Tasmania’s AFL/AFLW High-Performance Centre out to community consultation or reject the proposal on the site. Mayor Brendan Blomeley […]
Mon Oct 9, 2023 - 4:45amA new $2 million purpose-built Services Australia Centrelink office will be built in Sorell in the coming months. The Dubs and Co Drive centre is part of a promise made by federal Labor in the lead-up to the 2022 election and is hoped to be completed by the end of next year. Federal Labor MP […]
Mon Oct 9, 2023 - 4:30amUPDATE – 4PM: Police say the sole occupant of the residence escaped uninjured. The road has reopened, and authorities say there do not appear to be any suspicious circumstances. EARLIER: Thick smoke can be seen across Hobart’s northern suburbs this afternoon after a Bridgewater house went up in flames. The Tasmania Fire Service say Sorell […]
Sun Oct 8, 2023 - 12:26pmA 37-year-old woman will front the Hobart Magistrates Court after she allegedly stabbed a 14-year-old boy in the Rosny Bus Mall on Saturday. Police say the 14-year-old underwent surgery for the upper-body injuries and is recovering at the Royal Hobart Hospital after the altercation. The woman, who was known to the victim, has been charged […]
Sun Oct 8, 2023 - 7:00amA new $620,000 skate park has opened in Glenorchy with the hope of attracting high-level skateboarding competitions to the state. The Montrose Foreshore Park was professionally designed in collaboration with the Glenorchy community and is equipped with a flat rail and plaza style layout. READ MORE: Save our pool: Fed up Glenorchy locals fight to keep historic […]
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