The driver of a rubbish truck who hit an elderly woman, leading to her death as she crossed the road in Burnie in 2021, had “between 15 and 20 seconds” to see her but failed to do so, a coroner has found. Eric Flight was driving the JJRichards waste truck through the Burnie CBD just […]
Wed Nov 1, 2023 - 2:00amA Mountain River man has been arrested and charged with burglary and stealing after an incident in the states north this month. Police allege that the 35-year-old entered the Devonport business around 1:30am on 23 October and stole “a number of items”, including an excavator. Detective Senior Constable Rory Carmichael said information was received from […]
Tue Oct 31, 2023 - 5:10pmTasmania Police are warning trick-or-treaters to stay safe tonight ahead of Halloween celebrations across the state. October 31 marks the eve of All Saints Day, a Christian feast that is known as Halloween and a popular celebration, particularly in the United States, where people dress up as monsters or other scary characters. Trick or treating, […]
Tue Oct 31, 2023 - 12:45pmA 14-year-old Hobart teenager has been charged after allegedly demanding cigarettes from a CBD store while waving a knife around overnight. Police say the teenager was “wearing a black ski mask over his face” when he entered the Liverpool Street business at around 8:15pm on Monday. The shopkeeper was “not injured” during the attempted robbery but […]
Tue Oct 31, 2023 - 11:25amA Tasmanian drug dealer had ‘just started’ selling cocaine when he was found with close to $20,000 in cash and almost 100 grams of the drug at a Midlands roadhouse, a court has heard. Then 23-year-old Stephan Hrvojevic was caught out after a police search of his car at a roadhouse near Kempton in November […]
Tue Oct 31, 2023 - 3:00amA Launceston real-estate office has had its front windows ‘completely smashed’ by an alleged offender today. Police responded to reports of damage at The Agency – Team Bushby on Cimitiere Street around 4:30pm on Monday afternoon. Eyewitness reports seen by Pulse suggest a man was allegedly wielding what is believed to be a hammer while […]
Mon Oct 30, 2023 - 6:52pmNew laws on firearms and family violence matters will be debated in the Tasmanian Parliament this week. Proposed changes to firearms laws include automatically refusing firearm licences for members of outlaw motorcycle gangs and creating a new offence for the unlawful possession of digital blueprints for manufacturing firearms. Leader of the House Felix Ellis said […]
Mon Oct 30, 2023 - 4:55pmA woman has died and her two children, including a 1-year-old, have been injured after an incident in Launceston this morning. Police say officers were called to a residence in Riverside, northwest of the Launceston CBD, shortly after 10am on Monday morning where the woman was pronounced deceased a short time later. While the circumstances surrounding […]
Mon Oct 30, 2023 - 1:21pmTwo Tasmanian men who died in a crash with a gum tree last year had “consumed large quantities of alcohol” and refused multiple offers from sober drivers before they got behind the wheel of a car, a Coroner has found. After finishing work at 1pm on a Friday in March 2022, 20-year-old Nicholas George Williams […]
Mon Oct 30, 2023 - 12:45pmA Tasmanian teacher who was last seen in late 2017 is now the subject of a “criminal investigation”, police say. 66-year-old Launceston man Bruce Fairfax disappeared from the Duckhole Lake Track area at Strathblane in Southern Tasmania on October 14, 2017. Tasmania Police conducted extensive searches of the area at the time, but Fairfax was never […]
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