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 - 12:09amA 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 - 10:51pmUpdated 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 - 8:40pmUPDATE – 8:30PM, MONDAY JAN 1: Police say the incident has been cleared and the bag was deemed to be non-suspicious. Information surrounding the contents of the bag has not been released. EARLIER: Hobart’s Parliament House has been placed on lockdown and specialist resources called in following an ‘isolated incident’ this afternoon. According to police, […]
Mon Jan 1, 2024 - 6:45pmTasmania’s New Year’s Eve celebrations went off with mostly good cheer as thousands across the state rang in 2024 without major mayhem. Police reported around 200 incidents during the night, but described revellers overall as “generally well-behaved”. Acting Inspector Adrian Leary praised the behaviour of the crowd who gathered on Hobart’s waterfront to witness the midnight fireworks […]
Mon Jan 1, 2024 - 11:45amA suspected arson attack at a transport business in Bridgewater overnight has left three trucks completely destroyed. Police say investigators are currently examining the scene of the incident, which started at a Cove Hill Road business around 3:30am on Sunday. While the cause of the fire remains undetermined, it is being treated as suspicious. The estimated […]
Sun Dec 31, 2023 - 1:00pmA young man, understood to be from one of the racing yachts docked in Hobart, has been taken into custody after he allegedly broke into a waterfront shop overnight. The 20-year-old reportedly knocked down the door of Fish Frenzy on the Elizabeth Street Pier around 2am this morning before allegedly stealing ice creams from the […]
Sun Dec 31, 2023 - 11:43amPolice have arrested a wild 44yo woman who was allegedly day-drunk behind the wheel on the Huon Highway this afternoon. The Franklin woman returned a breath alcohol reading nearly 6 times the legal limit around 1:35pm and was instantly disqualified, according to Police. She was arrested, had her licence automatically disqualified, and will appear before […]
Sat Dec 30, 2023 - 5:52pmTasmania Police have this afternoon charged a Sandy Bay boatie for allegedly breaching marine safety rules at the 2023 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race. The 57-year-old man will be proceeded against for allegedly breaching the Marine and Safety (Pilotage and Navigation) Regulations 2017 “in relation to an incident” that occurred at the races finish line. Police […]
Thu Dec 28, 2023 - 2:30pmPolice are investigating a suspicious house fire that saw a Wynyard property go up in flames on Christmas Day. Emergency services were called to the blaze on Quiggin Street around 9pm on Monday where they found the house fully engulfed. “There were no occupants in the residence at the time of the fire and no […]
Wed Dec 27, 2023 - 8:15am
