Parts of Hobart’s Sandy Bay Road are set to get slower with a ‘safer’ new 40km/h speed limit. The road will reduce by 10km/h from Osborne Street to Ashfield Street, bringing it in line with the Hobart CBD and other retail precincts around the city. Hobart Lord Mayor Anna Reynolds said the impacts will be […]
Fri Jun 23, 2023 - 2:45pmPolice on Hobart’s Eastern Shore are ramping up their efforts to clamp down on reckless, hooning drivers. Officers have warned that they will seize more vehicles and catch offenders to put an end to the dangerous behaviour on the roads. Inspector Marco Ghedini said thanks to recent tip-offs, a 16-year-old hoon has been charged and […]
Fri Jun 23, 2023 - 12:02pmUnoccupied Airbnb properties in Sheffield have become the target for burglars over the last week, Police say. Managing to make off with around $60,000 worth of property, unknown thieves have targeted several properties in the town between June 15 and June 20. Police believe the thieves struck the empty houses in the early hours of […]
Thu Jun 22, 2023 - 3:17pmThree reckless tourists who ignored road closed signs and crashed on a closed road in Tasmania’s Highlands overnight have been rescued. The trio, who were driving a Mercedes on Highland Lakes Road, ran off the road around 6pm on Tuesday night due to hazardous ice and snowy conditions. Inspector Marco Ghedini of Bridgewater said that while […]
Wed Jun 21, 2023 - 1:16pmA Mornington man who allegedly committed a raft of offences around most of Hobart across an 8 day period has been found – inside a car he reportedly stole. Derwent Park, Lutana, Mornington, Warrane, Bellerive, Sandy Bay, Mount Nelson and South Hobart all fell victim to the 29-year-olds alleged offences – spanning car burglaries, business […]
Tue Jun 20, 2023 - 2:50pmA 22-year-old who died after a single vehicle crash on Middle Tree Road in Richmond was recording himself driving his hilux for Snapchat while drunk, a Coroner has found. As originally reported by The Mercury, Coroner Robert Webster found Adam Grant Oates had been out with friends drinking before getting behind the wheel of his […]
Mon Jun 19, 2023 - 5:00pmA 15-year-old teenager armed with an axe has been charged after allegedly assaulting a staff member and stealing drinks from a Claremont supermarket overnight. Police say the teen entered the Woolworths store through the loading dock around 10pm on Saturday, where he struck a team member conducting night fill with an axe and threatened another. […]
Sun Jun 18, 2023 - 8:54amNine people have been charged and around 20 firearms removed from the Tasmanian community in recent weeks following a crackdown on illegal, unregistered and stolen guns. Yesterday, police conducted multiple searches across the state, leading to the discovery of seven illegal guns. Following these searches, a 52-year-old man from Punchbowl was charged with firearms and […]
Fri Jun 16, 2023 - 1:35pmBellerive Detectives have launched an investigation into a series of alleged burglaries on the Eastern Shore in the past week, with cigarettes being the primary target for the thieves. The first incident took place in the early hours of Monday morning when a Howrah bottle shop was broken into, resulting in the theft of a […]
Thu Jun 15, 2023 - 2:14pmAn animal killing spree in the once peaceful Devonport suburb of Stony Rise is continuing, with a ‘beloved’ pet goat named Mabel the latest victim. Mabel was in a paddock where her owners Celicia and Simon Brown plan to build a house, only about 500 metres from where three alpacas were slaughtered last week. It […]
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