Equality Tasmania have again slammed a “useless” bill aimed at banning LGBTQIA+ conversion therapy practices that was unveiled by the State Government this week. The advocates doubled down on their claim that the bill is riddled with “loopholes” that could allow conversion practices to continue under the guise of “support” or “guidance” on Thursday and called […]
Fri Dec 15, 2023 - 5:00amEnvironmentalists are claiming that thousands of fish have died at a salmon farm on Tasmania’s east coast and are now calling for it to be “permanently shut down”. The Bob Brown Foundation has filmed dead fish being pumped out of a Tassal salmon farm near Triabunna, which they claim to have died because of a […]
Fri Dec 15, 2023 - 4:00amOne of Hobart’s biggest hotels is understood to have been evacuated this evening after a fire broke out in one of its kitchens. Firefighters were called to the Hotel Grand Chancellor on Davey Street just after 11pm on Thursday night following reports of a “structure fire”. According to the Tasmania Fire Service, Hobart crews discovered a […]
Thu Dec 14, 2023 - 11:30pmAngry Tasmanian paramedics are threatening to take industrial action over fears that the state’s ramping crisis is getting worse. The Health and Community Services Union (HACSU) claim that ambulance response times have surged to nearly double the recommended time for urgent calls and say more than two-thirds of the states paramedic workforce are on the brink of […]
Thu Dec 14, 2023 - 8:00pmThe recent release of footage allegedly captured inside Tasmanian livestock processing facilities, which reveals the mistreatment of animals, has been described as “deeply concerning and completely unacceptable” by the state government. In response, a new investigative task force has been set up to ensure the “highest standard of animal welfare” is upheld across the states […]
Thu Dec 14, 2023 - 3:00pmA lightning strike has destroyed a vacant house near Sheffield overnight after a severe storm tore across Tasmania. The Tasmania Fire Service say lightning struck a tree near the house on Claude Road in the early hours of Thursday morning and set the house alight. Lightning strikes are also believed to have caused a bushfire in […]
Thu Dec 14, 2023 - 1:45pmA prison transport van full of inmates was forced to pull to the side of a busy Hobart highway this morning after smoke was seen coming from it. The van was transporting several prisoners when the incident occurred on the East Derwent Highway at Old Beach around 9:30am on Thursday. A spokesperson from Tasmania Police […]
Thu Dec 14, 2023 - 12:30pmTasmanian swimmer Max Giuliani has become the second-fastest Australian in history to complete the 200m freestyle, narrowly missing the record by just milliseconds. Giuliani, 20, swam a time of 1:44.79 during the 4×200-metre event at the Queensland state championships on Tuesday. The remarkable swim placed him with the second-fastest time ever achieved by an Australian […]
Thu Dec 14, 2023 - 11:25amMultiple aircraft will be dispatched to scan for potential fires across Tasmania today after a severe storm and thousands of lightning strikes smashed the state overnight. The State Emergency Service say crews have responded to 12 storm-related incidents in the past 24 hours, with many occurring in the north and north-west of Tasmania. Most of […]
Thu Dec 14, 2023 - 11:00amOver 11,300 senior secondary students across Tasmania have received their 2023 end-of-year results from the Tasmanian Assessment, Standards and Certification (TASC). Minister for Education, Children and Youth Roger Jaensch congratulated the Year 11 and 12 students on their hard work and study achievements throughout the year. He said Tasmanian students “have excelled in their studies”, […]
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