A German backpacker who confessed to strangling a woman during sexual activity is scheduled to be released from prison and deported from Tasmania later this month. Tobias Pick murdered sex worker Jingai Zhang on Boxing Day in 2020 while engaged in consensual sexual activity with the 49-year-old. He applied pressure to Ms Zhang’s neck in […]
Thu Jul 6, 2023 - 12:55pmA broken down B Double Milk Tanker has blocked part of the Bass Highway just East of Boat Harbour this evening. Police are on scene just before the Tollymore Road intersection, where a westbound lane is blocked. Police are urging motorists to slow down in the area and obey any instructions given at the scene. […]
Wed Jul 5, 2023 - 6:24pmThe days of people listening to the police scanner are numbered, with the Tasmanian Government officially launching their new ‘secure’ Government Radio Network today. Telstra were contracted to commission the $763 million dollar initiative, which the State Government say is one of Tasmania’s largest infrastructure projects ever. TasGRN has ‘been purpose-built’ and will be used […]
Wed Jul 5, 2023 - 5:06pmFrom growing up playing on a paddock near Oatlands, Sam Banks is the latest Tasmanian set to play in the AFL this Thursday night, drafted with pick 29 in 2021. The former Clarence & Devils player broke the news to his emotional parents on Tuesday morning. “What are you doing Thursday?”, he asked his mum […]
Wed Jul 5, 2023 - 7:00amFern Tree officially has Tasmania’s best tap water, according to new findings. Judges gathered in Launceston today today to taste-test water from all across the state, with Fern Tree winning the award for the second year in a row. The taste test involved judges sampling water from various treatment plants and casting their votes to […]
Tue Jul 4, 2023 - 6:49pmTasmania’s inaugural AFL club chair will be former Woolworths CEO & Tasmanian Football Taskforce member Grant O’Brien, according to WIN News. Brent Costelloe is reporting that “a number of sources” today confirmed O’Brien’s likely appointment, which will be officially announced later this week. “The terms of the agreement signed by the AFL and state government dictates that both […]
Tue Jul 4, 2023 - 6:10pmTasmania’s Parks and Wildlife Service website experienced a major hike in traffic today as walkers rushed to secure bookings for the popular Overland Track. On Tuesday morning at 9am, bookings for the 2023/24 season of the Overland Track opened, but the high demand caused significant headaches for those attempting to secure their spot – with […]
Tue Jul 4, 2023 - 4:00pmIn an effort to make fares more consistent and encourage more people to use public transport, the Tasmanian government has announced changes to the bus network. Transport and Infrastructure Minister Michael Ferguson said that the changes will result in ‘almost all trips’ costing the same or less and will come into effect next week. “Fares […]
Tue Jul 4, 2023 - 9:03amA plane from Auckland to Perth that flew over Hobart in the last half an hour briefly became the world’s ‘most tracked’ flight on FlightRadar! According to the popular plane tracking app, hundreds of Tasmanians jumped on to see what left a ‘massive vapor trail’ in the sky over Hobart. The daily Auckland to Perth […]
Mon Jul 3, 2023 - 3:23pmThe search for a Belgian tourist who disappeared without a trace in the remote Tasmanian bush will move underwater tomorrow, Police have announced. Celine Cremer was reported missing on Monday 26 June, with her car located the next day in the Philosopher Falls car park near Waratah. Police say since the 27th, ‘no further signs’ of […]
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