Former Tasmanian Greens leader Cassy O’Connor will run as a candidate for the Legislative Council seat of Hobart. O’Connor announced her candidacy four months after resigning from her Clark seat in the state parliament, a position she held for 15 years. Having secured her party’s preselection, she will vie for the seat on May 4 […]
Mon Nov 6, 2023 - 3:00amA young man has been left with what Police are describing as serious but non-life threatening head injuries after an alleged Salamanca attack in the early hours of Sunday morning. Police say the victim in his 20s was taken to the Royal Hobart Hospital following the “serious assault” at around 4:20am, while a 24-year-old Lenah Valley man was […]
Sun Nov 5, 2023 - 4:00pmA Tasmanian woman who tragically lost her life in a crash while driving to settle into a new home passed away with her husband and son by her side, holding her hand, a coroner has shared. Phillippa ‘Pip’ Briggs, 51, was relocating from Swansea to Campbell Town on May 6, 2022, when she failed to […]
Sun Nov 5, 2023 - 5:00amA fisherman who found himself stuck in Bass Strait after losing his boat’s propeller on rocks has successfully rescued after making a non-urgent call for help. The boatie made a “PAN PAN” call on VHF channel 16 on Friday night, which was heard by Marine Rescue Ulverstone volunteers who “were quick to jump in and head […]
Sun Nov 5, 2023 - 4:00amEmergency services are racing to an injured man who is currently trapped in remote bushland on Tasmania’s west coast. Police say the man reportedly hit a tree in his vehicle outside of Waratah. Aerial search and rescue crews onboard the rescue helicopter, alongside ground crews, are heading to the scene. More to come…
Sat Nov 4, 2023 - 10:00pmA man from Tasmania’s northern midlands has been airlifted to hospital after crashing into a tree overnight. The 42-year-old was cut from the car on Lake Road Road near Lake Leake by SES crews and Ambulance Tasmania around 11:30pm on Friday night. He was transported to the Royal Hobart Hospital by helicopter. Police say the man […]
Sat Nov 4, 2023 - 10:00amMany Tasmanians say they are “disappointed” at Air New Zealand’s decision to withdraw their direct flights to and from the island for an ‘indefinite’ period from next year. Come April 5, 2024, travellers will be left with no choice but to venture via the mainland to head across the ditch due to ‘scheduling issues’ over […]
Sat Nov 4, 2023 - 5:00amTasmanian taxpayers spent $68.2 million on fly-in, fly-out locum doctors in the last year, according to information obtained by Labor. In the 2022-2023 financial year, the Royal Hobart Hospital received $17.5 million in locum spending, while the Launceston General Hospital was allocated $27.1 million, the North West Regional Hospital got $14.3 million and the Mersey […]
Sat Nov 4, 2023 - 4:00amThe Launceston General Hospital is back on lockdown following a suspected gastroenteritis outbreak, the third outbreak in just three months. Patients on Ward 5A have developed gastro-like symptoms, prompting the closure of the ward to new admissions and visitors. The Department of Health is working with staff and locked down patients to provide support and […]
Sat Nov 4, 2023 - 3:00amA car has mounted the footpath of a busy Hobart Street after a peak hour crash this evening. Police and emergency services were called to the crash on Campbell Street outside Officeworks shortly before 5pm on Friday. Images from the scene show one vehicle wedged against a traffic light pole, with injuries not yet known. […]
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