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Tasmania Police officer under investigation over harassment claims at Hobart waterfront bar

A senior female Tasmania Police officer is currently under investigation for allegedly harassing colleagues during an end-of-year work function. The alleged incident reportedly took place at a bar on Hobart’s waterfront last month. Tasmania Police confirmed that an internal professional standards investigation is underway and said that the officer in question has been on leave since […]

Fri Jan 5, 2024 - 5:00am
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Police investigating alleged fight between two women in Burnie Woolworths carpark

Police are investigating an alleged violent altercation between two women in a Tasmanian supermarket carpark yesterday. The incident took place on Wednesday morning in the Woolworths Upper Burnie carpark in-front of stunned shoppers. Police confirmed the incident in a statement to Pulse and said officers were called to the scene around 11:20am. They said the […]

Thu Jan 4, 2024 - 4:45pm
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One in custody after early morning ‘isolated incident’ at South Launceston home

Police have taken a person into custody after an “isolated incident” on Wellington Street in South Launceston this morning. The incident was reported around 6:30am on Thursday and resulted in the closure of Wellington Street between Lithgow Street and Normanstone Road while police patrolled the area. “There is no threat to the wider community, however […]

Thu Jan 4, 2024 - 9:45am
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Tasmanian artist serves up vibrant tribute to tennis stars at Domain Centre Court

Tasmanian artist Jamin has transformed a wall in Centre Court at the Domain Tennis Centre into a vibrant explosion of colour, paying tribute to four star athletes who have competed in past tournaments. Elise Mertens, Angie Cunningham, Serena Williams and Amy Frazier are now immortalised in the new display, ‘interconnected through a single, long stroke […]

Thu Jan 4, 2024 - 9:45am
Road Incidents

Tasmanian P-Plater caught driving 69km/h over speed limit on Huon Highway

It’s game over for a 21-year-old P-Plater who’s lost his licence after Police caught him doing 69km/h over the 80km/h speed limit on the Huon Highway this week. The young man was stopped by officers in his Ford Focus just minutes after midnight on Monday. In Tasmania, drivers caught travelling more than 45km/h over the […]

Wed Jan 3, 2024 - 11:46am
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Elderly man found dead in water at Greens Beach in Tasmania’s north

An elderly man has tragically died at Greens Beach in Tasmania’s north tonight. Police say the 72-year-old was located in the water around 6pm on Tuesday. Investigations have since determined that there were “no suspicious circumstances” surrounding the incident. The sudden death will be referred to the coroner.

Tue Jan 2, 2024 - 9:05pm
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Teenage boy was lying on Tasman Highway when he was fatally struck by car, say police

A teenage pedestrian who died in a crash involving a vehicle on the Tasman Highway near Sorell overnight was “lying on the road surface”, police have confirmed. The 16-year-old boy from Berriedale was hit by a car on the highway at Orielton just before midnight on Monday. Police say multiple triple-zero calls were received from […]

Tue Jan 2, 2024 - 11:20am
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Manhunt in South Hobart after driver allegedly flees scene of crash

A large-scale search is reportedly underway in the Ridgeway/South Hobart area tonight after a driver allegedly fled the scene of a single vehicle crash near the Waterworks. Police say the vehicle was found ‘off the side of the road’ around 8pm, sparking a helicopter and foot search for a person of interest. More to come…

Tue Jan 2, 2024 - 12:09am
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New Year’s Eve hit and run leaves teenager injured on northern Tasmania beach

A teenage girl spent New Year’s Eve in the Launceston General Hospital after she was struck by a vehicle on a beach in northern Tasmania on Sunday. The 18-year-old was reportedly run down in the Sandy Point 4WD reserve between Bridport and Bellingham at around 8pm on December 31. Police have described the driver as […]

Mon Jan 1, 2024 - 10:51pm
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Man charged after ’10 individual fires’ break out on Hobart’s Southern Outlet

Updated 8:45am, Tuesday January 2: A man has been charged over a series of deliberately lit vegetation fires in Hobart bushland on New Year’s Day. The 39-year-old is alleged to have lit multiple fires at Tolmans Hill near the Southern Outlet and Old Proctors Road intersection around 5:30pm on Monday. Police say the man was […]

Mon Jan 1, 2024 - 8:40pm
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