A serial drug driver has been sentenced to jail for repeatedly driving while under the influence. Codan James Viney pleaded guilty to five counts of driving while disqualified and six counts of driving while under the influence of an illicit drug. The Launceston Magistrates Court heard on Monday how Viney committed the offences between March and […]
Thu Aug 3, 2023 - 6:00amNew Tasmania Police vehicles will hit highways across the state today in a bid to curb road safety offences. Two BMW530d highway patrols cars, made up of a sedan and wagon, will be trialled on major roads as part of a continued focus on road safety and traffic law enforcement. Assistant Commissioner Adrian Bodnar said following the […]
Thu Aug 3, 2023 - 4:00amWarning: This story contains references to bestiality and sexual assault A Tasmanian man haș admitted to engaging in bestiality with a goat on two separate occasions, including once in a public toilet. 21-year-old Branxholm man Jacob Heatlie Johnston appeared in the Launceston Magistrates Court this morning, where he pled guilty to two counts of bestiality. The most recent […]
Wed Aug 2, 2023 - 1:00pmA Tasmanian scientist has been awarded a research grant of nearly $1 million to study Antarctic landfast ice and its climate impacts. Dr Alex Fraser is a specialist when it comes to researching landfast ice – frozen seawater attached to the Antarctic coastline or grounded icebergs – with the Australian Antarctic Program Partnership at the […]
Wed Aug 2, 2023 - 5:00amA viral social media post this morning had plenty of people fooled into thinking Stanley’s famous Nut had been covered in snow. The photo, shared by Stanley and Tarkine Tasmania, also shows a waterfall making an “incredible splash” from the top of the nut. “An incredible thing has happened in Stanley! As the snow begins […]
Tue Aug 1, 2023 - 2:45pmTasmania’s newest MP won’t take the role as Greens leader, the party have announced today. Instead, current acting leader Rosalie Woodruff will take the reigns of the “green team”. Vica Bayley was elected to the House of Assembly as the new Member for Clark this morning following the resignation of Cassy O’Connor. The Tasmanian Electoral […]
Tue Aug 1, 2023 - 1:05pmFollowing the death of a farmer at a Chudleigh in 2020, the Coroner has recommended that some tractors be banned in Tasmania. 67-year-old Ian John Barwick was killed after he was run over by a tractor while removing hay bales at his farm west of Launceston on June 9 2020. In her newly published findings, Coroner […]
Tue Aug 1, 2023 - 12:23pmThe list of power outages around Tasmania is growing as severe weather strikes the state. Strong winds, vehicle accidents and fallen trees have left more than 8,651 households from Bridport in the north to Garden Island Creek in the south without power tonight. 30 outages are currently active across the TasNetworks network, with some affecting just a […]
Mon Jul 31, 2023 - 7:13pmFive tourists have been rescued from the summit of Tasmania’s Mount Roland after they ventured up “ill-prepared” yesterday. Western Search and Rescue boss Inspector Steve Jones said crews were called shortly after 7pm on Sunday night to save the group, who had “veered off-course losing the track on the way down.” “Unfortunately, the group were […]
Mon Jul 31, 2023 - 2:15pmThe latest search for a Belgian tourist who went missing in remote Tasmanian bush has been called off. Despite the use of a highly-trained NSW Police cadaver dog in the ‘intensive 3-day search’, 31-year-old Celine Cremer was not located. Police said “new information in relation to Celine’s mobile phone activity” provided an additional area of […]
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