A young motorcyclist, who had only held a learner’s licence for just six months, has been fined after he was caught speeding down the East Tamar Highway at 140km/h. Highway Patrol detected the 17-year-old travelling along the Launceston highway between Mowbray and Newnham around 7pm on Wednesday. Senior Constable Christopher Rockliff said the rider was […]
Thu Jan 18, 2024 - 11:30amA coroner has question whether the standard of care at a residential aged care facility in Tasmania’s north-west met proper requirements after an elderly man died from a fall-related injury. Aubrey Charles Reeve was 98-years-old when he passed away at the Umina Park Nursing Home in Burnie in July 2023. Coroner Simon Cooper said Reeve had […]
Wed Jan 17, 2024 - 12:25pmOver $27,000 worth of stolen property, including a wide variety of tools and bicycles, has been recovered from a Launceston home by a specialist police taskforce. Officers on the Viper Taskforce successfully retrieved the goods during a search of a home in the northern suburbs on Monday, with a majority of the stolen property now […]
Wed Jan 17, 2024 - 11:45amTwo female employees of Tasmania’s Big Bash League team have been fined after a video of one of them riding in the back of a team-branded ute on a highway was posted on social media. The woman was caught on dashcam riding in the rear of the Hobart Hurricanes ute as it merged onto the […]
Tue Jan 16, 2024 - 8:30pmA man has been pepper-sprayed by police after he allegedly resisted arrest following a pursuit across Tasmania’s east coast in a stolen vehicle. Police were called a store in St Helens on Tuesday morning following a report of a stealing involving the stolen vehicle. The alleged offender then fled the scene with three other people, leading […]
Tue Jan 16, 2024 - 5:10pmPolice are looking into multiple reports about a group of men who are alleged to have exposed themselves to beachgoers at Hobart’s Seven Mile Beach. The group was reportedly flashing passing members of the public at the beach around 1pm last Friday. The incident is not the only one to be reported to police in […]
Tue Jan 16, 2024 - 2:25pmAn investigation has been launched after a ‘vicious assault’ outside a pub in Southern Tasmania left a man with serious injuries over the weekend. Police were called to the Cygnet Hotel, also known as the ‘Top Pub,’ at around 1am on Sunday morning in response to reports of a physical altercation. The victim, a 20-year-old […]
Tue Jan 16, 2024 - 9:00amA man has been charged with assault following a “targeted incident” at a pub in Tasmania’s north-west over the weekend. The 53-year-old from Spreyton is alleged to have crashed his car into the front area of a licensed premises in Forth around 6:50pm on Saturday night. Police say officers were called to the Leith Road […]
Mon Jan 15, 2024 - 9:30amA house in Tasmania’s rural north has been completely destroyed after a deliberately lit fire tore through the property. Police say emergency services were called to the home on Nettlefolds Road at Holwell, south of Beauty Point, around 5am on Saturday morning. Firefighters found the house “fully engulfed” upon arrival, with investigators later determining the […]
Sun Jan 14, 2024 - 11:00amA coroner has determined that a young man’s “racing line” through a curve on a rural road north of Hobart was responsible for the death of a newspaper delivery driver in a recent inquest. John Tscherkaskyj, 56, died in August 2021 at the scene of the head-on collision on Gordon River Road while out on […]
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