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1k+ Hobart homes without power after vehicle crashes into pole

More than 1,000 households in Hobart’s Northern Suburbs are without power after a vehicle crashed into a power pole tonight. The car has downed power lines on Mary’s Hope Road and knocked out power for 1,030 in Berriedale, Chigwell, Collinsvale, Glenlusk and Rosetta. Images from the scene obtained by Pulse show multiple damaged vehicles and the […]

Tue Jul 25, 2023 - 11:17pm
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Drunk man busted 5x limit after ‘driving erratically’ on Tasman Highway

A ‘visibly drunk’ man more than 5x the legal alcohol limit has been caught after he was seen driving dangerously down a Hobart highway yesterday. The 47-year-old from Roches Beach was stopped on the Tasman Highway by Police on patrol in the area on Saturday. Officers say the man “presented as being intoxicated”, with a positive […]

Sun Jul 23, 2023 - 3:26pm
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Drunk man busted 5x limit after ‘driving erratically’ on Tasman Highway

A ‘visibly drunk’ man more than 5x the legal alcohol limit has been caught after he was seen driving dangerously down a Hobart highway yesterday. The 47-year-old from Roches Beach was stopped on the Tasman Highway by Police on patrol in the area on Saturday. Officers say the man “presented as being intoxicated”, with a positive […]

Sun Jul 23, 2023 - 3:26pm
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Huonville man arrested over $40,000 tool thefts from tradies vehicles

A 27-year-old Huonville man has been charged in connection with multiple burglaries and thefts targeted at tradies’ vehicles in recent weeks. Over the past two weeks, nearly $40,000 worth of property, including power tools and other equipment, has been reported stolen in Hobart and Kingston. So far, police have managed to recover approximately $15,000 worth […]

Fri Jul 21, 2023 - 11:34am
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Man steals car from Launceston petrol station while driver pays for fuel

A Launceston man who stole a woman’s car from an Invermay petrol station while she was inside paying for fuel has made an appearance in court. 24-year-old Dylan John Robert Digney stole the white Ford Ranger on February 20 after he noticed that the woman had left her car keys inside the vehicle. He was captured on […]

Fri Jul 21, 2023 - 7:00am
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Man steals car from Launceston petrol station while driver pays for fuel

A Launceston man who stole a woman’s car from an Invermay petrol station while she was inside paying for fuel has made an appearance in court. 24-year-old Dylan John Robert Digney stole the white Ford Ranger on February 20 after he noticed that the woman had left her car keys inside the vehicle. He was captured on […]

Fri Jul 21, 2023 - 7:00am
Road Incidents

Tasmanian driver swerves into oncoming traffic, narrowly avoids head-on crash

Tasmania Police are on the hunt for the driver of a car towing a trailer who dangerously swerved into oncoming traffic on the Bass Highway. The heart-stopping incident occurred at around 4pm on Monday July 10 in Somerset. Police say the white Subaru overtook on double white lines near Cape View Nursery and “narrowly avoided” a head-on crash with […]

Wed Jul 19, 2023 - 11:28am
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Multiple windows smashed in New Norfolk supermarket attack

A hooded person has left a New Norfolk supermarket with multiple damaged windows after smashing them overnight. The alleged offender was captured on CCTV at the New Norfolk IGA on Benjamin Terrace around 10pm on Monday night. The supermarket have asked for footage of the culprit, who appears to be male wearing dark clothing and […]

Tue Jul 18, 2023 - 4:09pm
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Tasmanian kindy worker charged over child exploitation, bestiality material

A Tasmanian man who was previously employed at an early learning centre in the states north has been accused of allegedly possessing child exploitation and bestiality material by the AFP. Parents were informed of the allegations in a letter, which has since been widely circulated on social media, on afternoon Friday. The letter said that the […]

Sat Jul 15, 2023 - 9:15am
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Giant 5m model chainsaw stolen from roof of Hobart business

In an ‘unusual incident’, a giant model chainsaw has been stolen from a Hobart business this week. Police say officers are investigating the theft of the 5-metre fibreglass chainsaw from Roberts Don Mac on Argyle Street. Investigators believe the model was stolen from the roof in the early hours of Monday morning and say it “would have been […]

Fri Jul 14, 2023 - 1:55pm