Four teenage girls have been charged with multiple offences, including motor vehicle stealing, after a string of incidents this week. Police believe the four girls, three aged just 15-years-old and one 17-year-old, committed the crimes over the past two days around greater Hobart and Launceston. The teenagers will appear in a youth court at a later […]
Wed Oct 4, 2023 - 5:30pmElise Archer says she will quit state parliament, withdrawing her threat to topple the Tasmanian Government. The announcement came an hour after Premier Jeremy Rockliff sent a letter to Archer asking for her to make a decision or force the state into an early election. In a Statement on Wednesday morning, Archer said her relationship […]
Wed Oct 4, 2023 - 11:28amPremier Jeremy Rockliff will ask the Tasmanian Governor to call a general election next week if former Attorney-General Elise Archer does not resign from Parliament, or commit to supporting the Government. In a letter to Ms Archer, the Premier demanded she give an answer by 9am on Monday. “On Friday, you publicly advised you would […]
Wed Oct 4, 2023 - 10:07amAfter a Rocky week for the State Government, Premier Jeremy Rockliff has warned those set on ‘destroying’ Tasmania’s AFL team and Macquarie Point Stadium that he will do ‘everything he can’ to keep the project alive. Taking to the ‘Yes AFL Team, Yes Stadium’ supporters group on Tuesday night, the Premier said he was “fully prepared […]
Wed Oct 4, 2023 - 5:00amWeekend and fill-in 7 Tasmania newsreader Louise Houbaer has announced her second pregnancy. Delivering her baby news alongside long-standing weather man Peter ‘Murph’ Murphy, Houbaer said she is nearly in her third trimester. The news comes just over 2 years since Louise and husband Dave welcomed their daughter Matilda, who was born on September 7 2021. […]
Tue Oct 3, 2023 - 2:23pmLabor leader Rebecca White has declared her party ‘ready to go’ for an election and prepared to form a government if elected. White says the Liberal government has “completely lost the ability to govern” and believes they are ‘unlikely to survive the next fortnight’ before Parliament returns. “The people of our state were promised stable, […]
Mon Oct 2, 2023 - 4:10pmA farm six times bigger than the City of Hobart has hit the market in Tasmania’s Central Highlands, described as a slice of ‘pure, unbridled Tassie’. With rolling pastures, native bushland, Hermitage Estate is located near the Waddamana hydro power station and has 38 km of frontage to the Shannon River & River Ouse. The […]
Mon Oct 2, 2023 - 12:15pmTasmania’s Premier Jeremy Rockliff says he knew he would “risk losing [his] premiership” after making the “very difficult decision” to kick Elise Archer out of the Government on Friday. In an interview with ABC Hobart, Premier Rockliff said he “knew the consequences” and “the uncertainty that [it] would cause” when making the decision but believes […]
Mon Oct 2, 2023 - 11:45amAustralian wildlife conservationist Robert Irwin has spent the weekend in Tasmania with his girlfriend Rorie Buckey. The duo were spotted dining at Peppina in Hobart on Friday night, before making their way up the East Coast to a luxury off-grid accomodation near Swansea. Posting to TikTok, Irwin used a picturesque bathtub at the coastal spot […]
Mon Oct 2, 2023 - 7:00amFormer Attorney-General Elise Archer quit the Liberal party over allegations of bullying and leaks of damaging private messages on Friday, but says she may still remain in Parliament. Speaking to the ABC on Sunday, Archer said she was “taking some time to reconsider” her place in state parliament as an independent after receiving an “outpouring […]
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