A coroner has found that a Hobart man’s death could have been prevented if a wheelchair-accessible taxi was available to pick him up. 78-year-old Robert William East passed away in March of last year due to a head injury he sustained after crashing his wheelchair while traveling along a gravel footpath. Coroner Olivia McTaggart said […]
Tue Nov 14, 2023 - 3:00amA Tasmania Police officer has been served with a summons after an alleged incident in Moonah earlier this year. The 38-year-old man from Southern District was on-duty at the time of the incident on 10 May 2023, a police spokesperson said. He will appear in the Hobart Magistrates Court on 2 February 2024 to face a […]
Mon Nov 13, 2023 - 4:15pmFive Hobart teenagers have been arrested after they allegedly held up a 24-hour convenience store while armed with weapons overnight. The group, made up of a 15-year-old, two 16-year-olds and two 18-year-olds, is alleged to have entered the Liverpool Street store shortly before midnight and unsuccessfully demanded cash and cigarettes. After “leaving empty handed” following the […]
Mon Nov 13, 2023 - 3:00pmA ‘suspicious bag’ left inside a Hobart GP clinic, triggering a bomb squad response this afternoon, only contained headphones and leads – Police say. An exclusion zone was setup around the Your Hobart Health clinic and chemist at 71 Bathurst Street around 2:20 PM today when concerns were raised over the unattended bag. The business […]
Sun Nov 12, 2023 - 4:41pmUPDATE – 4:30PM: Police have confirmed the ‘suspicious bag’ in a Hobart GP clinic which triggered a bomb squad response this afternoon ‘just contained headphones and leads’. Police say the bag will be returned to its owner thanks to identifying material found inside. UPDATE – 4PM: Police advise that Bathurst Street is now open and […]
Sun Nov 12, 2023 - 2:39pmTasmania Police are cracking down on anglers who are catching sand flathead that are either undersized, oversized or in violation of new bag limits. The significant changes to limits on recreational sand flathead fishing and a total ban on commercial fishing came into effect on November 1 and were implemented in response to the declining numbers […]
Sun Nov 12, 2023 - 5:00amA Bob Brown Foundation ‘forest defender’ has been arrested at a logging site in southern Tasmania while attempting to save the endangered Swift parrot. A 63-year-old woman was taken into custody on Thursday morning and charged after she allegedly chained herself to a gate at the Kermandie Divide logging site. The Nubeena woman was charged […]
Fri Nov 10, 2023 - 8:35amA driver who travelled down the wrong side of a northern Tasmanian road before crashing into another vehicle ‘may have been confused’ by signage on the road, a Coroner has ruled. 71-year-old Geraldine May Phillips passed away at the scene of a head-on collision on Westella Drive, adjacent to the Bass Highway, in Ulverstone in […]
Fri Nov 10, 2023 - 4:00amA man who allegedly attempted to fly from Hobart to Sydney with over $150,000 in cash hidden inside his luggage has been arrested and charged. The 38-year-old Sydney man and former Olympian, Luke Christopher Jackson, was allegedly found with the ‘substantial amount of money’ concealed in his checked bag during a routine baggage check on […]
Thu Nov 9, 2023 - 5:05pmA desperate family are searching for their grandparent’s ashes after they were allegedly stolen from a Hobart cemetery recently. Speaking to Pulse, the family says they have been left “absolutely shattered that anyone could stoop to this level” after the theft of their loved ones from the Cornelian Bay cemetery. They believe the ashes of […]
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