Tasmania’s Metro transit security officers will be given ‘tougher powers to deal with troublemakers’ under a new $8.1 million support package for bus drivers across the state. After months of cancellations due to driver shortages and an increase in anti-social behavior on board Metro buses, Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Michael Ferguson announced the multi-million […]
Mon Sep 25, 2023 - 12:00pmTasmanian mental health advocate and Speak Up Stay ChatTY founder Mitch McPherson has been named as the new JackJumpers MC. Mitch will be joined by Leah Clark at the teams home games this NBL season, with the first MyState Bank Arena match against the Sydney Kings to be played next Friday. New JackJumpers CEO Christine […]
Mon Sep 25, 2023 - 10:43amTasmanian Country Rock duo The Wolfe Brothers have been nominated for a 2023 ARIA Award for their album ‘Livin’ the Dream’. It’s the duo’s sixth studio album and has been nominated for Best Country Album at Australia’s premier music industry awards. The Wolfe Brothers have previously been nominated for Best Country Album three times but […]
Sun Sep 24, 2023 - 5:15pmApproximately 10% of paramedic shifts in Tasmania are going unfilled, according to new figures released by Health Minister Guy Barnett. Between November 2022 and March 2023, 2,181 shifts out of a total of 19,710 went unfilled, according to numbers released in response to a question on notice in the Legislative Council by Sarah Lovell MLC. […]
Sun Sep 24, 2023 - 6:00amA Tasmanian mother and her daughter have had their cars seized after they were caught racing each other at 158km/h on the Midland Highway this morning. The 49-year-old woman and ‘terrible role model’ was driving north alongside the 17-year-old P-plater when they were stopped at Conara around 9:45am Saturday. Police say the 17-year-old girl behind […]
Sat Sep 23, 2023 - 4:45pmTasmania’s NBL JackJumpers franchise has revealed Christine Finnegan as their new CEO. The appointment comes as team owner Larry Kestelman aims to ensure stability at the club ahead of a potential sale. Finnegan is the second CEO in the club’s short history, following Simon Brookhouse who stood down in March 2023. Finnegan has had a […]
Sat Sep 23, 2023 - 4:00amOver half of Tasmania’s main streetlamps have been replaced with new and more energy-efficient LED models. With the rest expected to be completed in the next two years, the modern lights have a much longer lifecycle and replace old and dated mercury vapor lamps across the state. Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Michael Ferguson says […]
Thu Sep 21, 2023 - 2:11pmBus mechanics working for Metro Tasmania are planning to walk off the job after voting to take industrial action over concerns about pay rates, staff shortages and underfunding at the state-owned company. Stop-work meetings will be held in Hobart and Launceston this week for employees to vote on various work bans after the action was supported by over […]
Thu Sep 21, 2023 - 6:00amJust hours after an emergency level bushfire threatened parts of the state, snow has now fallen in parts of Tasmania. Webcam images from the top of kunanyi/Mt Wellington a short time ago shows a solid dusting of snow on the mountain. A wind gust of 119km/h was recorded on kunanyi at 6 AM. The Bureau […]
Wed Sep 20, 2023 - 6:42amA couple’s drunken night out in Devonport, which ended in hospitalisation after an intense argument, has landed a man with a six-month suspended jail term. Cohen James Flannery was convicted and sentenced for one count of wounding following the October 2022 argument with his then-boyfriend in the Burnie Supreme Court this week. The court heard […]
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