A Tasmanian man will spend the next two and a half years in prison after he was found with more than 22,000 child abuse files. The 37-year-old Huonville man was identified by the United States National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children after uploading child abuse material to the internet in 2019. Following a joint AFP and […]
Fri Aug 18, 2023 - 8:00amTwo Tasmanian men have been charged with trafficking illicit drugs after police intercepted ‘several parcels’ from interstate containing 1kg of methylamphetamine and prescription drugs. Police say that as part of an investigation into the packages, officers searched a house yesterday and arrested the two Kings Meadows men. During the search, police also found a large quantity […]
Thu Aug 17, 2023 - 10:55amA 20-year-old woman has been charged over a crash that killed four horses and left five people with injures on the Batman Highway earlier this year. Seven months on from the 30 January crash, the Rowella woman is facing various charges including causing harm by negligent driving, not ensuring seat belt use, driving without due […]
Thu Aug 17, 2023 - 9:27amEnvironmental activists have chained themselves to forestry machines in Tasmania’s Florentine today in protest against native logging. The group, led by the Bob Brown Foundation, have “immobilised the logging machines that are destroying a giant tree filled forest”. They say Police have been called to the site and are now “evicting forest defenders”. In a […]
Wed Aug 16, 2023 - 12:00pmThe man accused of murdering Tasmanian teenager Shyanne-Lee Tatnell has made his second court appearance in Launceston this morning. 36-year-old Scottsdale man Christopher Jordan appeared before the magistrates court via video link where he did not enter a plea. He has been remanded in custody at Risdon Prison and is set to face court again on […]
Wed Aug 16, 2023 - 11:00amDrugs, cash and an imitation firearm have been seized following a police raid in Hobart yesterday. Police say officers targeted the home of a 48-year-old man on Tuesday, where they allegedly discovered a “significant amount” of methylampetamine, cash and the firearm. “The amount of ICE seized had the potential to put hundreds of people in […]
Wed Aug 16, 2023 - 10:01amA woman has been arrested over a deliberate fire that destroyed a Tea Tree house and car yesterday afternoon. The 44-year-old allegedly set the two-storey brick home on Grices Road on fire around 1:30pm on Tuesday. Fire investigators at the Tasmania Fire Service said the fire also spread to a nearby car, ‘totally destroying’ both […]
Wed Aug 16, 2023 - 8:30amA former Tasmanian beauty queen and Labor MP has been accused of punching her partner in the face and verbally abusing him for over a decade. Kathryn Isobel Hay appeared in court on charges of allegedly emotionally abusing and intimidating her ex-husband across an 11-year period on Tuesday. Hay pleaded not guilty to the charge and instead […]
Wed Aug 16, 2023 - 4:00amA 24-year-old King Island woman has been charged after an incident that left a man with “multiple wounds” on Saturday night. The wounding charge comes as part of an ongoing investigation into the alleged stabbing on the Main Street of Currie. Pulse understands the offender was the same woman who was caught driving drunk with two […]
Tue Aug 15, 2023 - 1:30pmA recent coroners report has revealed ‘concerning practices’ at a Hobart aged care home for the elderly, formerly known as Freemasons Home Lindisfarne, now called Derwent Views. Following the passing of 82-year-old resident Peter Joseph Guy, Coroner Simon Cooper strongly criticised the “poor” cooperation he received from the home’s operator at the time, Masonic Care […]
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