Most of Burnie’s CBD and some parts of South Burnie are currently in a blackout after being hit by a widespread power outage. TasNetworks say crews are currently investigating the cause of the outage, which began around 10:30am on Friday and has left more than 700 CBD customers without electricity. This power disruption comes as […]
Fri Dec 15, 2023 - 11:15amUpdate – A person has sadly passed away following a 3-vehicle crash on the Murchison Highway at Yolla today. SEE THE LATEST. EARLIER – 10:45am, Friday December 15: A driver has run off from the scene of a serious crash involving two cars and a motorbike in north-west Tasmania this morning. Police say officers are […]
Fri Dec 15, 2023 - 9:34amA lightning strike has destroyed a vacant house near Sheffield overnight after a severe storm tore across Tasmania. The Tasmania Fire Service say lightning struck a tree near the house on Claude Road in the early hours of Thursday morning and set the house alight. Lightning strikes are also believed to have caused a bushfire in […]
Thu Dec 14, 2023 - 1:45pmTwo Tasmanian men accused of attempting to smuggle 4kg of cocaine and 3kg of meth into the state, in what the police are calling the “largest seizure” of the drugs in history, have appeared in court. Craig Aaron Castle, 34, from Elderslie and Joshua Charles Hay, 40, from Swansea are each facing charges of trafficking […]
Thu Dec 14, 2023 - 5:30amA “torrential downpour” has left a Tasmanian school “under water”, prompting parents to be called in to pick up their children this afternoon. Devonport High School was inundated by water shortly after 1pm on Wednesday as a large storm, complete with heavy rain and lighting, passed over the north-west coast. The nearby Devonport Airport weather […]
Wed Dec 13, 2023 - 4:20pmA house on Tasmania’s north-west coast was struck by lightning during a thunderstorm on Wednesday morning. The Tasmania Fire Service say the residents of the house on Upper Natone Road called emergency services and evacuated, telling Pulse firefighters on the scene confirmed there was no sign of fire after investigations. They say the residents of […]
Wed Dec 13, 2023 - 12:45pmTwo men have been charged with drug trafficking after a targeted police operation that led to the largest seizure of methylamphetamine and cocaine in Tasmania’s history. According to authorities, the suspects arrived in Tasmania via boat from Victoria during the early hours of Thursday morning on December 7. They were quickly intercepted shortly after their arrival […]
Wed Dec 13, 2023 - 8:55amEmergency services are at the scene of a crash on Rooke Street in Devonport where a person has reportedly been “struck by a vehicle”. Police say the road near the mall is partially blocked while the person receives medical treatment at the scene. “Motorists are asked to avoid the area until the scene is cleared,” […]
Tue Dec 12, 2023 - 12:25pmA man caught attempting to smuggle methamphetamine on the Spirit of Tasmania ferry in his underwear will spend the next few years behind bars. Robert Craig Williams was found to be packing 54.2 grams of crystal meth in his underwear, estimated to be worth upwards of $50,000, during a police search in October 2022. Supreme Court […]
Mon Dec 11, 2023 - 12:20pmA corner has determined that a cyclist found dead on a path in Upper Burnie last year “lost control of his bicycle” in the moments before the fatal crash. Roy William Rogers, 60, had just left his sister-in-laws house when he attempted to ride down a steep path 350 metres away between Federal Street and Brooklyn Road […]
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