A packed crowd has been sent home from tonight’s free drive-in cinema at the last minute due to strong winds. The disappointed audience of hundreds had filled the Regatta Grounds early to secure their spot to watch Happy Feet. The pop-up initiative is part of the City of Hobart’s Out In The Open program, aiming […]
Sat Aug 19, 2023 - 7:57pmLaunceston was thrown into traffic chaos today following a three-car collision in Kings Meadows. The crash left the busy Hobart Road closed and debris strewn across the street. Eyewitnesses told 7 Tasmania a Mitsubishi sedan rear-ended two other cars before crashing into a brick wall. Bystanders quickly stepped in to assist and control traffic until […]
Sat Aug 19, 2023 - 6:18pmA patient was ramped in an ambulance for 19 hours while waiting for a bed at the Royal Hobart Hospital’s emergency department on Friday, a union has claimed. According to Lucas Digney of the Health and Community Services Union, 92 patients were waiting in the emergency department at 2:30pm on Friday. In a post on […]
Sat Aug 19, 2023 - 12:30pmA new mysterious underground wing being constructed at Hobart’s Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) will house founder David Walsh’s “dream library”. Walsh’s wife, artist and curator Kirsha Kaechele revealed plans for the new wing, which she said is “coming along beautifully”, on Instagram this week. “So many surprises – the intensity of colours in […]
Sat Aug 19, 2023 - 7:00amA Hobart Alderman and Planning Committee Chair has blamed the cancellation of a new private hospital in New Town on “anti-development forces” within the council. Following the announcement that the proposed Tasman Private Hospital had been axed due to the cost of construction ‘more the doubling’, Simon Behrakis took to social media to express his disappointment. “If […]
Sat Aug 19, 2023 - 5:00amThe Clarence City Council has put out an urgent warning after an Emu reportedly escaped into the community tonight. People in the Sandford area are being asked to keep an eye out for the emu, to not approach it and to report it to the council if seen. More to come…
Fri Aug 18, 2023 - 5:55pmA Richmond man had more than four times the legal alcohol limit in his blood when he slammed into a power pole and wrote off his car this afternoon. The 44-year-old driver was the sole occupant of the RAV4 when he crashed on Brinktop Road on Friday. Police at the scene told Pulse the crash […]
Fri Aug 18, 2023 - 4:00pmA Glenorchy woman who ‘recklessly’ burnt down her house after setting a couch on fire has avoided prison. Stephanie Oakford, 37, admitted to igniting the blaze that led to the destruction of her Housing Tasmania home on 18 June 2020. In the Supreme Court on Tuesday, Oakford pleaded guilty to the charge of unlawfully setting […]
Fri Aug 18, 2023 - 12:05pmAn unregistered, large farm tractor that has been ‘unroadworthy’ for 7 years was among the vehicles pulled over during a traffic blitz on the Tasman Highway yesterday. The “disappointing” operation in Sorrel saw around 350 motorists undertake either a random breath or drug test and vehicle safety check. A total of 22 defect notices were […]
Fri Aug 18, 2023 - 12:00pmA proposed private hospital project in New Town has been axed due to the cost of construction ‘more the doubling’, the developer says. The Tasman Private Hospital, initially estimated to cost $60 million, was to be built by Nexus Hospitals on the old WIN TV site. It would have included seven operating theatres, 26 overnight beds […]
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